Tata vehicles were introduced in the African market in 1977, when Tata Zambia began importing and marketing commercial vehicles from the Tata Motors plant in India. Since then, Tata vehicles have come to be recognised for their utility, quality and comfort, and have had a steadily growing market share. Today, Tata Automobile Corporation SA, a subsidiary of Tata Africa, markets and distributes Tata vehicles (passenger cars and medium and heavy commercial vehicles) in South Africa through a network of 32 dealerships. It also assembles Tata Ubuntu buses and markets the Tata Novus range of tippers and trailers. Tata Zambia sells a range of Tata pick-ups, trucks and buses, and has supplied a sizeable order of Tata vehicles to the Zambian government over the years. Tata De Moçambique and Tata Ghana are involved in the sale of Tata vehicles and their after-sales service.

Tata Africa has a large railway wagon and steel fabrication facility in Mozambique. Engineering activities by companies like Tata De Moçambique Lda and Cometal SARL include bus-body building and assembly of vehicles, fabrication processes like the manufacture of pot shells for aluminium smelters, tanks for petroleum companies, grain silos, and radial and modular gates for irrigation systems. Other activities include infrastructure projects where metal fabrication is required, such as gates for canal systems and tanks for petroleum companies.

Chemicals
Through its Engineering Division, Tata Africa caters to South Africa's chemicals industry.

Marketing and sales
The Engineering Division of Tata Africa sources steel and engineering products from India (from Tata and non-Tata companies), the US, the UK and Germany. These products, which include steel ropes, conveyor belts, rails, rollers and pipes among others, are sold not just in South Africa but are exported to Zambia, Tanzania and Ghana as well. Tata Ghana is involved in the marketing of steel products, mining consumables, and forklifts.