African Companies
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Registered Businesses
Red Star Holding Ltd.
location_on Harare
The Red Star Group offers a variety of consumer products whose range includes, but is not limited to, dry groceries, household products, hardware, liquor, health and beauty products, cigarettes, beverages, stationery, building materials and electrical products.The Red Star brand is well known in Zimbabwe, particularly in the rural areas where it has its beginnings. The brand has recently become a household name in all major towns in the country and is increasingly becoming popular in the larger towns and cities.Red Star Holdings Limited has the country's largest wholesale network and is the only wholesaler capable of reaching consumers in the remotest parts of Zimbabwe, with products and services that would otherwise be the preserve of urban dwellers.Through its Advance brand, and the associated Spar franchise in Zimbabwe's Western Region, Red Star Holdings now caters for the middle to high income market segment realising the Company's strategy to reach customers across all socio-economic groups in Zimbabwe. Red Star Holdings Limited has fifty outlets comprising forty two Red Star Wholesalers branches, four Advance Wholesalers branches, one Spar Corporate Store , one Savemor Corporate Store and one Spar distribution Centre. The Group acquired R Chitrin and Company Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd in April 2006 which comprises a wholesale unit, a Cash and Carry and a beverage centre. Red Star Holdings Limited was registered on the 14th July 2005, prior to it being listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. Trading of shares commenced on January 3rd 2006.The Red Star Group wholesales, distributes and retails consumer goods.Our vision is to be the premier wholesaler, distributor and retailer in all the markets we serve.We are one of the top 2 wholesalers and among the 4 biggest food retailers in the country.
Innscor Snack Foods Division
location_on Harare
Innscor Snack Foods Division which comprises of Zap Nax, Iris Biscuits and Kinsfolk was launched in 2005 under the Innscor Manufacturing Division. Snack Foods division has expanded its operations since then to include two new brands, Dixy Dragon Puffs and Zap Nax Corn Curves which both produce corn puffs available in cheese, chicken, salted, fruit chutney and spicy tomato flavours.The division also produces a range of products for inter company divisions as well as third parties.The Zap Nax factory produces the National Foods Red Seal Corn Curves and the Red Seal Ma Zappy snacks.The Iris factory produces the National Foods Gloria Biscuits, Spar Savemor plain biscuits, the OK Pot 'O' Gold loose biscuits and the OK Value loose biscuits.The Kinsfolk factory produces a variety of pies for the Bakers Inn stores and selected Bon Marche and OK in-store bakeries and also supplies various third party retail supermarkets with the high end Tascali range of par baked pies.StaffThe combined staff compliment of the division is approximately 430 hard working employees who are highly motivated in ensuring that the division realises its end goals. The equipment used in these factories ensures the output of high quality products and each factory is supported by a dedicated and skilled maintenance team that is always on stand by. FactoriesThe factories operate 24 hours a day and are split into three 8 hour shifts. Only the highest quality raw materials are used in the manufacturing of our products, while still maintaining selling prices that provide consumers with value for money. That is why our products contest well against competitors within their respective markets. CommunitySnack Foods is also involved in ploughing back into the community by sponsoring various sporting activities such as the "Hoops 4 Hope" program that co-ordinates basketball workshops for children in high density suburbs in and around Harare and Bulawayo.
Choppies Group
location_on Gaborone
The group stands for the best service in FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) industry in the country we try to achieve this through the best business practice in the industry and through policies with long term vision on human resources and best value for money for our customers.VALUE FOR YOUR MONEYIntroducing Choppies Group: A unique name in Botswana with Unity In Diversity. A name in FMCG industry with a turnover above 1000 million Pula per year spread over the whole Botswana having more than 41 outlets. Handling more than 45,000 products. Employing a family of 2000 service oriented staff. Offering best quality products and a service with a smile and value for your money.Our MissionWe are the best service provider in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry in the country. We maintain to achieve this through the best business practices in the industry. Our mission is always to be the leader in this industry.Our VisionTo satisfy our customers with value for their money. To have a committed workforce that effectively employs the infrastructure of the organisation for ensuring the best value for money for our customers. To develop a consumer market along with our mission.Policy & ObjectivesEnsure the best quality in all products and services to our customers adhering to international quality standards. Establish quality standards and objectives conforming to our mission. Continual development of Human Resources for sustaining the best quality objectives. Continual improvement of Quality standards.Our HistoryStarted with a filling station and a small retail shop in Lobatse, two decades ago: Has spread in to a retail network servicing more than 35% of the FMCG industry in Botswana. We have made our presence intensely felt in Fast Moving Consumer Goods industry within a very short time.InfrastructureTwo centralized warehouses to cover all the outlets. Fleet of over 140 light & heavy commercial vehicles for supply and distribution to all the outlets. Centrally located outlets in all the major townships in Botswana. Dedicated service oriented employees over 2000 in numbers.Group StructureManufacturingPackagingRetailHardwareFurnitureOK FoodsSuper StoresValue Stores Organisational structureBoard of DirectorsEmployeesOver 2000 employees.140 Expatriates professionals.Professionals consist of:EngineersChartered AccountantsComputer ExpertsMBAsRetail SectorProducts & ServicesWe handle 45000 products.Our supplies are imported from:South AfricaKenyaIndiaThailandMiddle EastWe do cater for more than 400 suppliersOur services are spread over 7 days in a week and more than 14 hours per dayRetail stores (Food)O K FoodsFour franchised stores sized between 2000 and 3000 square meters. One of our OK Foods store is the best retail outlet in Botswana in terms of turnover and the same is the best in the whole OK franchise in Africa.Choppies Super Store.These stores are measured over 1000 square meters with all service departments like Bakery Butchery and Fruit & VegetablesChoppies Value storesValue stores are sized between 250 and 500 square meters and offer more basic commodities to the customers.Choppies is the brand we would like to grow through out Botswana.Hardware & FurnitureHardwareThere are four hardware and building materials stores that caters for the lower end of the market in different parts of Botswana.FurnitureThese are new concept furniture stores which allow cash service to the customers and government sector at a very competitive level and attract medium and low segment of the market.ManufacturingCool IceThis is the only industrial ice making plant in Botswana with a capacity of over 15 tons ice per day. Another plant is in Francistown with a production capacity of 10 tons per day and we are shortly opening a new site in Maun with the same production capacity.PackagingWe have a rice packing unit located in lobatse. We are concentrating on brand building, and this plant packing over 270 tones of rice in one month under our brand name "CHOPPIES". Spices, beans and pulsus are also being packaged now.Market ShareHolds more than 35% of market share in Botswana. Over 15% of Botswana market.Future PlansWe are planning to start four more retail outlets before the end of the year. Strong brand building under choppies with house brand of Rice,Canned products, Toilet Rolls, Dish washing liquid, Samp and Maize and Rice.Plans are in place to secure exclusive rights for marketing in BotswanaLong Life MilkBiscuitsCanned FoodsSweets
C. Dorman Ltd.
location_on Nairobi
C. Dorman Ltd was founded in 1950 and has become Kenya’s leading coffee roaster and exporter, with a reputation for quality that is unsurpassed. The company’s customer base includes major users of coffee and prestigious gourmet roasters all around the world. Our success hinges on rigorous quality control, and although concentrating on premium qualities, we can offer the whole range of Kenyan and Tanzanian coffees.Recognizing and Rewarding ExcellenceWe are committed to supporting Kenyan coffee farmers who take enormous care in the growing and processing of coffee. Sustainability and ethical sourcing is a key element of our buying policy. Annual prizes are awarded to farmers and co-operatives in recognition of excellence.Selecting and Blending Premium CoffeeOur experienced team of coffee liquorers tastes approximately 1500 cups of coffee a week and only the finest coffee is selected for our customers to enjoy. The coffee is specially blended to bring out all the characteristics that give Kenyan coffee its worldwide reputation for outstanding quality and flavour. All our green coffees are carefully processed prior to roasting.Green Coffee exportsC. Dorman Ltd exports approximately 250,000 bags of green coffee from Kenya and Tanzania. The trading operation is run from the Nairobi head office, where All the pre-auction and post auction quality control is carried out. In the search for the right qualities, around 1,500 cups of coffee are tasted weekly and their merits assessed. The team then takes the individual auction lots and carefully blends them to match the requirements of each customer.Dormans have factories/warehouses and processing equipment in Nairobi, Moshi and Dar es Salaam in order to maintain control over quality and security right up to export.
FARMER'S CHOICE LTD.
location_on Nairobi
Farmer's Choice pork, beef, lamb and processed poultry products are unique as we are one of the very few food producers in the world who have total control of the origin and freshness of all meats used in our products. From animal production and feed control through to slaughter, butchery and processing utilizing the only licensed export slaughterhouses and manufacturing plant in the region, we produce an extensive range of fresh and processed meat products. Farmer's Choice was established in 1980 with its main objective being the sale of fresh and processed pork products to the entire population and across all income groups in Kenya. Right up to this moment, the core business of Farmer's Choice has been the production of sausages, bacon, ham, delicatessen products and fresh pork. Beef, lamb and poultry have also become important supplementary products. EXPORTSWe export an average of 2,000 Metric tons of Farmer's Choice processed products annually to about 15 countries across Africa, the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Countries) and the Indian Subcontinent.COMESA:1. Tanzania2. Uganda3. Eritrea4. Ethiopia5. Djibouti6. Mauritius7. The Democratic Republic of Congo8. Rwanda9. ZanzibarNON COMESA:1. UAE2. Bahrain3. Ghana 4. Nigeria 5. Indian Subcontinent6. OmanFarmer's Choice products are sent by Air, Road and Sea from our factory to destinations worldwide.Manufacturing ProcessFarmer’s Choice currently produces around 8,000 tons of meat per year. While most of this consists of pork and beef produce, several hundred tons of other perishable products are also distributed, including turkey, chicken, lamb, dairy products and vegetables. There are three essential criteria in ensuring that Farmer’s Choice products are kept to the international standards expected of them: time, temperature and hygiene. To satisfy these standards the company’s managers have left nothing to chance. There are two on-site generators with a total of 1,000 Kva capacity, as well as a constant fresh water supply from two boreholes within the compound. The water is chlorinated to appropriate safety levels and checked for cleanliness three times a day. The health of the pigs is another crucial factor that needs constant monitoring, not just to ensure good quality meat, but also for humanitarian reasons. Government Veterinary Inspectors regularly check the off-site pig units, as well as those of producers who are sub-contracted to supply pigs for slaughter. As soon as the animals arrive at the slaughterhouse from the pig units, they are put into a lairage that has been built to Kenya Government Veterinary specifications. Here an inspector checks them for any sign of disease. Immediately prior to slaughter, the pigs are screened for any sign of stress that might adversely affect the quality of the meat. The animals are killed painlessly, having been rendered unconscious by an electric stunner immediately beforehand. The cleaning, dressing, inspection and subsequent butchering of the pigs are all strictly controlled, both in terms of the temperature at which each operation takes place, and the time allowed before the animal is moved to the next stage. All workers in the plant are made acutely aware of the need to remain clean at all times. The wearing of white coats, boots and hats is obligatory in all production areas. All the meat products are packed on site, either by vacuum or in food grade wrappers. The meat for sausages is encased in collagen that has been imported from the UK. This gives the sausages a tender bite whilst ensuring sterility. All the packages pass through a computerized dating machine that ink jets the date of manufacture and sell-by date onto each package, ensuring that the product reaches the consumer in a fresh state.Before final despatch from the plant, all products are stored at 0º Centigrade or less, having been metal detected to ensure quality and safety. Over sixty vans are involved in distributing Farmer’s Choice products in Kenya. All of them are either refrigerated or specially insulated, operating on a distribution schedule that ensures the most rapid delivery possible to retail stores, hotels, institutions and fast food outlets alike.
Japsline Café
location_on Nairobi
We are a small medium restaurant offering delicacies, snacks, cakes and all confectioneries. We also undertake outside catering functions and all kinds of ceremonies. Ready for service and willing to take the extra step for ultimate customer satisfaction.
Atlantic Shrimpers Ltd.
location_on Lagos
Atlantic Shrimpers Limited is the largest fishing company in Nigeria, and arguably in West Africa. With over 1,250 employees, the company exports close to 4,000 metric tons of high value PRIM 7*STARS brand of Seafood to Primstar B.V. (The Netherlands) per annum for worldwide distribution. All products (Shrimps, Crab, Cuttlefish, Red Mullet, Lobster, and Octopus) are wild caught, packed, and frozen at sea on modern shrimp trawlers, with Shrimps accounting for nearly 85% of the exported quantity. Upon landing, products are discharged from trawlers by conveyor belts to ante rooms to be palletized for export by reefer containers. Quality control is strictly enforced by a team of highly trained professionals who perform Organoleptic and Microbiological checks in-house and at government approved laboratories. Crew and shore support teams are continuously trained on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Procedures (HACCP). All operations at Atlantic Shrimpers Limited are fully computerized and all machinery is overhauled in-house by a team of experts, who specialize in their respective fields of engineering, refrigeration, electronics and seamanship. A 40 meter long Floating Dock is used to dry dock the Company's vessels, and fully equipped mechanical, net, and electronics workshops keep vessels in peak condition thereby contributing to vessel safety and performance. In keeping with the Nigerian Government's desire to increase Nigerian exports, Atlantic Shrimpers Limited exhibits along with Primstar B.V. at the most prestigious seafood shows in Brussels, China and Boston every year. This keeps the Company at the cutting edge of fishing technology, whilst also helping to promote Nigerian Seafood, and more specifically the PRIM 7*STARS brand name which has become a household name in Europe.
Gyro Green Ltd.
location_on Botswana
Botswana is a beef producing country and currently the country is supplying most of its beef to the European Union. The Botswana Beef, which is highly regulated (in terms of rearing and production) and is of good standards has penetrated the Euopean market. Our company, Gyro Green, is a Botswana based company supplying good and tasty canned beef. As an exporter, Gyro Green has been able to achieve the confidence of buyers by providing quality products at reasonable rates. Our aim is the total satisfaction of our customers. Botswana is able to produce almost all kinds of quality products at low costs, and we bring this huge resource to our customers.In the present business situation, when the market is slashing down, Gyro Green is able not only to maintain but also to develop itself at a rapid pace. We continue to explore new markets and maintain current ones. We strive to give the best every time and are able to do that, thanks to our experience and good relationship with suppliers all over Botswana, making it possible for us to provide the best products from Botswana at reasonable rates.
Fame Impex Trading PLC
location_on Addis Ababa
We're Ethiopian importers and distributors of quality products from Europe, Middle East and Asia. The products we import include: OBA Spaghetti and Macaroni, ULKER Confectionery and Biscuits, TAYAS Chocolate and Confectionery, MISS BABY Diapers, ALOKOZAY Tea & Sunflower Oil, ANI Biscuits and Chocolate, BRUGGEN Cornflake and Cereals, KITCHEN KING Jam and Mushroom. We're exporters of non-ferrous metals (Zinc Dross, Zinc Ash, Lead Ingots) from Ethiopia.
KANA TRADING
location_on Ethiopia
We are exporters of Ethiopian Oilseed, Ethiopian Coffee and Ethiopian Pulse and cereals. We also import edible oil, flour, used vehicles, etc. Oil seed exports overtook coffee as Ethiopia's biggest foreign exchange earner in 2009. Ethiopia, Africa's biggest coffee producer, is also the world's fourth largest exporter of sesame seeds but has for decades been exporting these products to world markets.Ethiopia received $326 million from the sale of 261,216 tonnes oil seeds, mainly sesame, and another $321 million for 114,442 tonnes of coffee in 2009. We are one of the leading exporters of all types of Oilseed, Ethiopian Coffee and Ethiopian Pulse and cereals.Please feel free to contact us for any further information.
Grand Cereals Oil Mills Ltd.
location_on Plateau
Grand Cereals & Oil Mills Limited (GCOML) is an integrated foods company whose primary activity is the creation of superior value from local raw materials, with leading brands in the Cereals, Vegetable Oil and Animal Feed categories. In 1997 UAC of Nigeria Plc acquired a major shareholding in Grand Cereals & Oil Mills Limited, located on a 16-acre site at Kilometre 17, Zawan Roundabout, Bukuru, Jos South, Plateau State, Nigeria. The company which was incorporated in 1983, was originally designed to produce baking flour from imported wheat. Faollowing the ban placed on imported wheat, GCOML modified its operation and production objectives, and today, this growing subsidiary of UACN Plc is steadfastly engaged in many value-added agricultural-based industrial activities. The result is seen today in the current production and marketing focus of the company. GCOML consistently delivers to consumers, high quality cereals, oils and feed, via the careful application of internationally acclaimed techniques to manufacture premium products. The core activities being carried out by GCOML take place through the operations of the following production units: A CEREAL MILL capable of processing Maize into Flour, Grits and Offal as by-product. The Cereal Mill also cleans Sorghum for industrial use. AN OIL MILL capable of processing Groundnuts, Soya Beans, Palm Kernel and Cotton Seeds into high quality Groundnut Oil, Soya Oil, Cotton Seed Oil, Deodorized Groundnut Oil, Cakes, Soap Stock and Lecithin. AN ANIMAL FEED PLANT capable of processing the by-products (bran and cake) from the Cereal and Oil mills respectively at 140 tonnes per day. The plant is also capable of processing pelletised poultry feed, cow, pig and fish feed on request. Incorporated in the feed plant is the concentrate/premix plant. The feed plant has undergone a number of capacity expansion initiatives, the latest being the new ultra modern, fully automated feed plant, ready for full activation by June 2004. This new plant will take the company's feed production capacity to 400 tonnes per day. STRATEGIC SILOS capable of holding 16,000 tonnes of grains.
Warm Spring Waters Nigeria Ltd.
location_on Nigeria
Warm Spring Waters Nigeria Limited (WSWNL) is engaged in the bottling and sale of GOSSY brand of spring water. Sourced from the roots of Ikogosi rock, a natural Warm Spring in Ekiti State, Gossy is produced under stringent quality control conditions. The water treatment process employs first class filtration, thus presenting the natural spring minerals unaltered to quench thirst. Gossy Warm Spring Water comes in 33cl, 50cl, 75cl and 150cl pack sizes. The company is part of the renowned UAC of Nigeria Plc, a diversified company with activities in several sectors, such as food, manufacturing, automobile, logistics and real estate. Recently, the ice cream section of the UAC FOODS evolved into UAC DAIRIES. UAC DAIRIES, apart from continuing with the production and marketing of ice cream, will also venture into other aspects of the dairy market. The former MR BIGG'S Division evolved into UAC RESTAURANTS, which runs the food courts, in addition to MR BIGG'S restaurants. UAC FRANCHISING manages franchise relationship of licensed international brands of Innscor Foods, Zimbabwe and Nandos, South Africa alongside the franchise operations of Mr Bigg's. The Company’s operating subsidiaries include GM Nigeria Limited, Spring Waters Nigeria Limited, Chemical and Allied Products Plc, Grand Cereals & Oil Mills Limited, Warm Spring Waters Nigeria Limited, Mr. Bigg’s Limited-Ghana, UNICO CPFA Limited and UAC Registrars Limited.
