Text Book Centre Ltd

📍 Nairobi, Kenya🗓 Founded 1964👥 216 employees💰 Last funded Jan 2020

Text Book Centre (TBC) is the best and most diversified book-sellers in Africa. TBC has over the years grown tremendously to become the leading bookstore chain in Kenya. With its headquarters in Kijabe Street in Nairobi’s CBD its retail, wholesale and distribution services have unrivalled capacity to meet the demands of Kenya’s vibrant education sector. Our Products We are an educational and office supplies conglomerate .The firms core activity is supply of education, general books and educational material, including stationery supplies to buyers in Uganda, Sudan, Somalia, Malawi, Zanzibar and Tanzania. In recent years TBC has diversified into PCs, computer’s – desktops, printers, scanners, photocopiers, paper – shredders and other office equipment and supplies. Branches are located on Kijabe Street, Sarit Centre in Westland’s, Langata in Galleria Mall and Junction outlet in Junction Mall Ngong Road, Nairobi. TBC are the Kenyan dealers and distributors for Rexel staplers, shredders, over-head projectors, Bantex box files, Staedtler pencils, Faber Castell technical instruments, Pidilite, Camlin, Windsor & Newton and Marie’s art materials, Oxford Mathematical sets from Helix, Omega office and technical instruments. In addition TBC is the exclusive distributor for Pelikan and Geha Products in Kenya. The most recent addition to the product portfolio is the“MORE” range of school and office stationery.

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