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Since the beginning
Safari Group started slow with watches and perfumes in the early 1990s, though their dreams were huge. Driven by a founder who always had a keen interest in rising opportunities, he made sure he pursued it with a team of similar ambitious minds. From our first mall in 2010 to the latest one in 2024, our family, collaborations and popularity have grown, yet what remains the same is our commitment to a long-time vision, A Mall For All.
The Backstory Behind Our Journey
In 1979, an ordinary man from Malabar, Kerala, Mr. Aboobacker Madappat boarded his first flight to Qatar. Starting his journey in Qatar as a blue-collar worker, he quickly identified opportunities to enhance his skills and advance his career. Within three years, he secured a position as a salesman at a retail company specializing in luxury brands, including Christian Dior and other luxury brands. Over the next 10 years, through hard work and dedication, he rose through the ranks to become a manager. Eventually, he decided to resign from his managerial role to pursue his entrepreneurial ambitions and start his own business.
1997 started Safari Trading where he distributed products for major retail brands in Qatar and later in 2005 decided to start his own hypermarket. In 2010 Safari Mall concept was born.
8 outlets
Safari operates a total of 8 outlets across Qatar and the UAE. This includes 5 hypermarkets and 3 malls that together redefine everyday convenience. Each of these spaces are designed to offer a complete experience of shopping, dining and leisure, all under one roof.
3 countries
While Safari’s hypermarkets and malls are based in UAE and the Qatar, the group has also established a strong footprint in India. The group’s diversified business interests have left a lasting impression and continue to thrive with remarkable success.
Notes from Chairman
Notes from Chairman
“Safari wants to become a mall for everyone, for everyone to get the best shopping experience that gives them the best of products within their budget. In the last 25 years, we have reached there gracefully. But now, we want more people around the world to access the same, more locations, more cultures, slow and steady, our team is going forward with the same vision.”
Aboobacker Madappat
Chairman, Safari Group
Mission
To evolve into a place all over the world that provides a wide range of products, services, and opportunities, ensuring that almost everyone, regardless of background or circumstance, can find something valuable within their financial means and feel empowered to achieve their goals.
Vision
Safari Mall has stayed true to their founding promise, which is to make high quality products affordable for everyone. In fulfilling that vision, it has become the preferred destination for families where they get to enjoy luxury, international level shopping and best brands but at affordable rates.
The Larger than
life dream
In the next 10 years, we plan on being in all 3 continents, creating a new shopping culture around the world. Covering countries one by one, we are acquiring pace, we are getting started.
- Presence in 3 continents
- New global shopping culture
- Expanding country by country
- 10-year plan
Sustainability
We have thrived and sustained for the last 30 years, that’s because every move at Safari is after taking into account the next 300 years for the people around us. A mall for all, aworld for all.
