Billboards built, flighted and maintained across Africa

If you need a billboard, the hard part is rarely the advert. It is the steel, the foundation, the approval, the skin, the crew on the structure and the person who keeps it looking right month after month. Billboards Africa handles that whole chain under one roof, so you deal with one team from first enquiry to the day the face goes up and long after.

We are a BoldMedia Group company based at Rivonia Central in Sandton, serving Gauteng, every South African province and the wider continent. Whether you own a site and want a structure on it, want to rent space for a campaign, or run a network that needs flighting and upkeep, the starting point is the same: send us your details through the quote form.

Billboard structures built to suit the site

Our manufacturing and steel fabrication side produces the structures that carry your message. We build and erect unipoles, monopoles, double-sided and V-shape structures, trihedron units, vertical formats, rooftop and wall-mounted frames and super billboards. Each is matched to the ground, the wind exposure, the viewing distance and the size of face you need.

Foundations and civil works, faces and frames, lighting (including solar) and engineering design are all part of the same scope. Browse the billboard types to compare formats, or see billboard manufacturing for how a structure moves from drawing to erection. Existing structures can be relocated, dismantled or upgraded, including conversion from static to digital.

Every structure starts with a drawing and a site walk. We confirm the footprint, check for services, review the soil and decide how the column, base and face share the load, so the steel is made once and made right.

Digital billboards and LED screens

Our digital billboards range covers outdoor LED billboards, indoor screens, transparent LED displays for glass frontages and mobile LED trailers for events and roadshows. We also manage the content that runs on them and maintain the screens so they stay bright and readable.

Digital sites are usually subject to conditions set by the approving authority, such as brightness, operating hours and content rules, and we plan for those from the start rather than after the screen is installed.

For advertisers, digital also means flexibility: a single screen can carry several messages in turn, and content can be updated without a crew on the structure. For owners, it means power, data and servicing needs that a static face never had, which is why we scope them with you before anything is ordered.

Printing, flighting and everything that keeps a face working

Under billboard services we print billboard skins on PVC or flex, mesh and backlit material, then flight them: installing the new skin and removing the old one. Rope access teams reach hard-to-reach sites and building facades, and mobile crane solutions cover heavy lifts and awkward positions.

Repairs, maintenance and inspections keep structures safe and presentable, while design and campaign management take the creative and scheduling work off your desk. Large format banners and mesh banners round out the printing side for hoardings, fences and building wraps.

Skins are printed to the exact face size and fixed so they sit tight against the frame, because a loose or wrinkled skin ruins a good design. When the campaign ends, we take the old skin down and put the next one up, or hand the face back clean.

Rent a site or build your own

If you would rather not own a structure, we offer billboard space on available sites. Locations, sizes and flighting periods are confirmed at enquiry. Our billboard packages group the common routes, from rotating suburban creative to highway coverage, digital slots, developer hoardings and a turnkey build-your-own option.

Inclusions and availability are always confirmed on your quotation, so you know exactly what is covered before you commit.

Landowners who want income from their property can talk to us about building and flighting a structure of their own. Advertisers who want a place on the road without owning steel can look at rental space. Either way, the commercial terms are written down on a quotation, not assumed.

Industries and areas we serve

Our clients range from property developers and shopping centres to automotive, banking, mining, agriculture, government and agencies. See how we work with each on the industries page.

Coverage includes Johannesburg, Sandton, Pretoria, Midrand and the rest of Gauteng, plus the major centres in every province, and Southern and wider Africa. Outside Gauteng and outside South Africa, work is carried out by our teams travelling or through approved local partners, confirmed at quotation. Start at areas we serve to find your region.

Retail and shopping centre clients tend to want mall faces and wrap-style branding, developers want hoardings and site billboards, and agencies want reliable flighting at scale. Each of those buyers has a page of its own under industries.

Approvals, safety and how a job runs

Outdoor advertising needs approval from the relevant authority, usually the local municipality, with roads authorities such as SANRAL or a provincial roads department involved near their roads, and consent from the landowner. We assist with applications and supporting documents, but the decision rests with the authority.

Engineering design and sign-off are arranged as the structure and site require, and rope access and lifting work follows the applicable health and safety requirements. Read how we work for the full sequence, or use the resources section for sizes, artwork and approvals guidance.

Throughout, we keep one person accountable for the scope on your quotation, so questions about the site, the print or the structure go to the same place. That is the practical benefit of having fabrication, printing, flighting and maintenance in one company: nothing falls between suppliers.

If you are comparing suppliers, ask each one who fabricates, who pours the foundation, who prints, who installs and who maintains. The answers show where your risk sits.