OCO LIFE
Our Story
Oco Life is an exciting company, driven by a dynamic and passionate team of Eco Warriors trailblazing the health industry.
About Us
Our Story
OCO Life was born from a deep belief that business should do more than generate profit—it should create purpose, opportunity, and lasting impact.
Our founder, Annabel, was born in KwaZulu-Natal, where some of her happiest childhood memories were shaped on her grandmother’s farm in Ixopo. Fluent in Zulu from an early age, she developed a profound appreciation for African culture, traditional healing, and the entrepreneurial spirit that would later define her life’s work.
After her family relocated to the Cape Flats, Annabel witnessed firsthand both the resilience of South Africans and the challenges faced by communities living with unemployment and limited opportunities. Those experiences ignited a desire to build something meaningful—something that could improve lives while contributing to a more hopeful future.
Choosing purpose over comfort, she took a leap of faith and founded OCO Life (formerly Orgānico).
Today, OCO Life exists to make natural wellness accessible while creating positive social and environmental change. At the heart of our business is a commitment to empowering people, supporting local livelihoods, and contributing to South Africa’s growing green economy. We believe wellness should extend beyond the individual—it should uplift communities and nurture the planet.
Rather than offering hundreds of products, we have intentionally curated a focused collection of exceptional organic oils. This allows us to dedicate our attention to sourcing only the highest-quality botanicals, working alongside trusted local and international farmers who cultivate plants in their native environments, where nature intended them to flourish.
Every supplier we partner with shares our values of sustainability, ethical farming, and certified organic practices. Because when it comes to your health, quality should never be compromised.
OCO Life is more than a wellness brand. It is a commitment to people, to nature, and to building a healthier, more abundant future for all.
Ida Ivy Biggar
Every great journey
begins with a seed.
For OCO Life, that seed was planted in the rolling hills of Ixopo, KwaZulu-Natal, where our founder, Annabel, spent the most formative years of her childhood on her grandmother’s farm. Immersed in the rhythms of nature and fluent in Zulu, she experienced a way of life where the land was respected, plants were valued for their healing properties, and community was everything.
When her family later moved to the Cape Flats, the contrast was profound. Alongside incredible resilience and entrepreneurial spirit, she witnessed the harsh realities of poverty and unemployment affecting so many South Africans. Those experiences stayed with her and shaped a simple but powerful belief:
Business should exist to improve lives.
Determined to create something that mattered, Annabel left the security of the conventional path and founded OCO Life (formerly Orgānico)—a company built on the conviction that wellness, sustainability, and economic opportunity can grow together.
Today, OCO Life is more than an organic wellness company.
We exist to create meaningful impact.
Every product we offer is carefully chosen to honour both people and the planet. Rather than filling shelves with endless choices, we have intentionally created a curated collection of exceptional organic oils sourced from the regions where each plant naturally thrives. Working with trusted local and international farmers who share our commitment to ethical, sustainable, certified organic farming allows us to deliver uncompromising quality while protecting the ecosystems that produce these remarkable botanicals.
Our purpose reaches far beyond the bottle.
We are committed to creating opportunities, supporting local enterprise, strengthening South Africa’s green economy, and demonstrating that business can be a force for good. Every purchase helps support a vision of wellness that is regenerative—not only for your body, but for communities, livelihoods, and the environment.
We believe true wellness is never just personal.
It is the health of our families.
The strength of our communities.
The protection of our natural world.
And the opportunity for every person to live a life of dignity, purpose, and abundance.
This is the future we are building.
One bottle.
One family.
One community at a time.
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Multiple Award Winning
Brand Born in South Africa
For centuries,traditional medicine has been an integral resource for health in many cultures and communities. The essence of Oco is based on the love of traditional medicine and plant therapy.
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