is a south african soft serve frozen yoghurt bar established in durban may 2011 and is classified under the froyo trade name . 1 created by ken and michele fourie and their business partner david clark in 2011 the company has spread throughout south africa and operates in over 40 franchised stores across eight provinces . contents 1 origin 2 popularity 3 type 4 references origin edit the founders inspired by the growing froyo industry around the world saw an opportunity to create the brand which never operated in south africa in the past . wakaberry was the first self service pay per weight yoghurt store in south africa . the name wakaberry was derived from the 2010 south african soccer world cup song waka waka this time for africa . popularity edit initially wakaberry stores were owner owned until its first franchised store wakaberry lonehill was opened in 2012 . originally the brand was not set out to be a franchise this developed after customer demand and resulted in the franchise becoming one of the fastest growing companies in the country . in march 2014 restaurant franchise group famous brands acquired a 70 % stake in the wakaberry frozen yoghurt bar business for an undisclosed sum . 2 this acquisition has set in motion the extension of the companies name with planned world wide expansion . 3 famous brands chief executive kevin hedderwick stated that the acquisition of the company was to help in further growth with some of the country s most famous family restaurants wimpy and steers 4 and a part of their goal of becoming a complete food service provider . 5 on july 26 2014 the company celebrated the countries first national frozen yogurt day which allowed the first 200 customers through each of the 36 store s doors to receive a special limited edition spoon . a smartphone application and two new flavors where released on the same day . 6 type edit the low fat flavors vary from store to store but customers can expect a wide variety including strawberry vanilla mixed berry and english toffee and store variations like red velvet peanut butter pomegranate kiwi and watermelon . toppings offer fresh fruit nuts and cereals and others such as sweets chocolates and sauces . wakaberry is the first south african frozen yoghurt brand to offer a unique self serve concept that allows each customer to choose their own combination . pricing is based on a pay per weight system . 7 references edit http www.wakaberry.co.za about us . retrieved august 2014 . http www.bdlive.co.za business retail 2014 03 25 famous brands gets a taste of wakaberry . retrieved august 2014 . http www.capetownmagazine.com news wakaberry frozen yoghurt bars in cape town 10 22 18824 http www.cnbcafrica.com news southern africa 2014 03 25 safrica % e2 % 80 % 99s famous brands acquires 70 per cent stake in wakkaberry http www.iol.co.za business news famous brands takes big bite of wakaberry 1.1666276 . u9n6veaxjq4 . retrieved august 2014 . http randburgsun.co.za 233182 wakaberry celebrate national frozen yogurt day . retrieved august 2014 . http www.wakaberry.co.za about us . retrieved august 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wakaberry & oldid 677470395 categories frozen yogurt businessescompanies of south africa navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 august 2015 at 14 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view