What if you never had to search for another vendor again?
What if one partner could take care of your travel logistics, secure your premises, feed your team, manage your corporate wellness, fill your events with life and colour, and champion the women who make your industry run all while you focused on what you do best?
That is not a hypothetical. That is Real Time Global.
A Vision Born from a Simple Truth
In 2006, Lilian Atho looked at the African business landscape and saw a gap. Not a small one. A structural one. Businesses from growing SMEs to established multinationals — were spending enormous amounts of time, money, and energy managing a fragmented web of service providers. A different company for every need. A different invoice, relationship, and standard of service for every function.
Her response was not to fill one gap. It was to build a bridge over all of them.
Today, Lilian Atho serves as Founder and CEO of Real Time Group Global a multinational enterprise with a strategic presence across Kenya, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, China, the United States, and the Cayman Islands. Named in the Top 50 Under 50 CEOs, recognised as one of 60 Women of Influence by eMpower and the African Union, and awarded CEO of the Year by the Female Founders Initiative, she has spent two decades doing what visionaries do best: turning an idea into an ecosystem.
Her philosophy is simple, and it shapes everything RTG does: inclusive growth creates sustainable economies. Businesses and people should not have to choose between quality, convenience, and value. They deserve all three, consistently, from one trusted partner.
“We are not just a group of companies. We are a bridge. The bridge that connects your corporate needs to the right solution, every time, all in one place.”
Six Subsidiaries. One Standard of Excellence.
Real Time Global is not a holding company in the traditional sense a distant parent collecting returns. It is an active, hands-on conglomerate where every subsidiary is built on the same DNA: quality, convenience, efficiency, and value for money. Here is who we are.
1. Real Time Tours & Travel for Seamless travel experiences
Travel is no longer simply about getting from A to B. In today’s corporate world, travel is a strategic function and when it goes wrong, it costs time, money, and trust.
Real Time Tours & Travel manages the full spectrum of corporate and leisure travel: from group bookings and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Events) logistics, to executive itineraries and inbound tourism experiences. We bring the same philosophy we apply across all RTG businesses seamless, reliable, value-driven service to every journey we plan.
2. Real Time Restaurant & Outside Catering where Every bite tells a story
A great meeting deserves great food. A product launch deserves a dining experience that leaves a lasting impression. An office celebration deserves something more than sandwiches on a tray.
Our restaurant and outside catering arm delivers quality food and hospitality for corporate events, board luncheons, staff functions, galas, and everything in between. We do not just cater to appetites we create environments where connections happen and memories are made.
3. Real Time Pharmaceuticals for Health That Does Not Wait
Healthcare in Africa has historically been transactional. You go to a pharmacy when you are sick. You pick up medication. You leave. Real Time Pharmaceuticals believes that model is not good enough.
We offer a comprehensive range of high-quality, competitively priced pharmaceutical and healthcare products and services, with a focus on proactive corporate wellness. From prescription management to health consultations and product sourcing, our offering is built on care, trust, and the understanding that a healthy workforce is a thriving one.
4. Real Time Fast Response Security: Safety at the Speed of Now
In a world where threats to people and property are increasingly sophisticated, security cannot be an afterthought. It cannot be slow. And it cannot be unreliable.
Real Time Fast Response Security delivers exactly what the name promises: prompt, professional, and dependable security solutions for businesses, events, and individuals. Our team is trained, equipped, and ready because peace of mind should never have to wait.
5. White Square: Connecting Markets, powering Growth
Kenya has long been one of the world’s most respected sources of fresh flowers and herbs. The climate is ideal. The growing conditions are exceptional. And the quality speaks for itself on market floors from Amsterdam to Dubai.
White Square Company Limited exists to make sure that quality reaches the world in perfect condition.
Based in Nairobi, White Square is a licensed Kenyan exporter specializing in premium fresh flowers and herbs for international markets. Working closely with experienced growers across the country, the company manages every step of the journey — from careful harvesting and precise grading, to expert packing and cold-chain transportation — so that what arrives at its destination is exactly what was promised: fresh, beautiful, and market-ready.
This is not simply logistics. It is a commitment to representing Kenya’s horticultural excellence on a global stage, and to giving growers a reliable, professional partner who understands both the product and the market.
For Real Time Global, White Square is a natural extension of the group’s founding purpose connecting Kenya to the world, and delivering quality that needs no introduction.
6. Women in Tourism Africa (WITA): Building the Leaders Africa Needs
WITA is perhaps the most personal of Lilian Atho’s ventures and the most consequential. Founded on the conviction that Africa’s tourism industry cannot reach its full potential without the full participation of women, WITA is a continental platform that advances women’s leadership, investment participation, and financial inclusion across Africa’s tourism value chain.
Through mentorship, training, knowledge transfer, and continuous upskilling, WITA empowers women to step into boardrooms, shape policy, access capital, and lead with confidence. It is not a programme. It is a movement.
The Thread That Ties It All Together
You might wonder: what do tours, catering, pharmaceuticals, security, décor, and women’s empowerment have in common? Everything.
They are all service. They are all about people. They are all built on the promise that when you call on Real Time Global, you will be met with quality, reliability, and a partner that understands your needs not just your order.
Lilian Atho built RTG from a deep understanding of what African businesses need to thrive: not more vendors, but better ones. Not more complexity, but more clarity. A partner with the range to cover everything, the professionalism to deliver consistently, and the values to do it with integrity.
That is why our tagline is not a marketing phrase. It is a promise.
There when you need us. From Nairobi to the World
RTG began in Kenya, and Kenya remains the heart of everything we do. But the group’s ambitions have never been confined to one market. With operational presence in six global markets Kenya, UAE, South Africa, China, the United States, and the Cayman Islands Real Time Global is built for a world where business is borderless.
Our clients include governments, corporations, institutions, and SMEs. They trust us because we do not just offer services we deliver outcomes. And across all six subsidiaries, the measure of success is always the same: did we make your life easier? Did we solve your problem? Were we there when you needed us?
That is the standard we hold ourselves to, every day.
This Is Just the Beginning
This blog is the start of a conversation one we have been wanting to have with you for a long time. Over the coming months, we will take you inside each of our subsidiaries, share the stories of the people who make RTG what it is, give you the insights and knowledge that can move your business forward, and show you what it really means to have a partner who is there when you need them.
Whatever your business needs whether it is a flight, a meal, a prescription, a guard at your gate, flowers for your boardroom, or a seat at the table for the women in your organisation — Real Time Global has you covered.
We are Real Time Global. And we are there when you need us.
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