"Discussions with key investors were under way and, if successful, would result in a listing by the end of the 2018 financial year," Tradehold's joint Chief Executive Friedrich Esterhuyse said in a statement.

Tradehold, which counts the United Kingdom and South Africa as its main markets, recently completed developing the Dunes Mall in Walvis Bay at a cost of 29 million pounds.

(Reporting by Wendell Roelf; Editing by James Macharia)