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When you scroll down
this page you will find a listing of business opportunities
in West Africa across a broad range of industries including
textiles, export/import, infrastructure, housing, power,
agro-industry, textiles, and agriculture. Several West African companies are
seeking suppliers of equipment or specific imports from the U.S.
ready, willing and able to buy. Export-ready companies
also offer
quality products aimed at the global market. And dependable businesses
do seek joint
venture partnerships and investors to profitably pursue the vast
opportunities available in Africa's natural resource abundance.
There are also unlimited opportunities
in governments contracts.
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these opportunities and guidance to minimize the risk of investing
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or call (720) 351-5520. It is critical you consult with me because
my work as a strategy and organizational development consultant is
important for I deal with capacity building and business
development issues. The important part of my work is to go
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mission, to understand the factors that purport to influence the
people in that country to become dishonest and morally bankrupt.
I take a multidisciplinary approach for a more intellectual
understanding of how individuals in any country are being seen as
a part of a larger context in a multicultural world especially how
individuals contribute to make or destroy their society. The
expected outcome for a such a discovery mission is to ultimately
create a strategic road map the investor to use to successfully
conduct his or her business operations in a volatile environment.
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Textiles
New!
Company
Name: Radar Confection
Country: Benin
Contact: Laurent T. Dossou; dolaure200@yahoo.dk
Preferred Business
Relationship: Sell
Description:
Radar Confection, a boutique apparel manufacturer in
Benin, produces a full line of prêt-à-porter shirts for men and
women as well as bespoke men’s suiting. Radar Confection’s
production capacity is 1,000 shirts a month. Radar Confection uses
both local fabric from COTEB as well as imported cotton, linen,
tie-dyed and printed fabrics. Radar Confection is interested in
outsourcing opportunities.
New!
Company
Name: Cape Verde Clothing Company
Country: Cape Verde
Contact: Asanga Vithrana; glioncv@cvtelecom.cv
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
A manufacturer of women’s and men’s non-washed woven apparel
such as blouses, shirts, jackets, pants, shorts, suits and skirts.
With an annual turnover of over $1 million they produce and export
between 500,000 and 1,000,000 pieces a year to a U.S. customer who
supplies Walmart and other department stores. Cape Verde Clothing
Company’s factory has been certified by Walmart. Total annual
capacity is 1.5 million pieces. Currently Cape Verde Clothing
Company imports fabrics from Asia. They are interested in finding
additional U.S. customers and expanding to produce apparel using
U.S. fabric.
Company Name:
Confeccoes Porto Grande, Lda.
Country: Cape Verde
Contact: Adriano Pires; conf.pgrande@mail.cvtelecom.cv
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
One of Cape Verde’s leading apparel manufacturers, Confeccoes
Proto Grande (CPG), specializes in men’s cotton shirts (flannel
shirts, sports shirt, outdoors shirts, etc.). In a 5,000 square
meter factory with 155 workers, CPG has a daily production
capacity of 1600 shirts. CPG uses modern machinery sourced
primarily from Japan and Germany and their factory is less than
one kilometer from the port. CPG exports to the U.S. and Europe
regularly and has been producing for brands such as Pierre Cardin,
Cabela’s and LLBean. Website: http://sapp.telepac.pt./c-p-g
Company Name: Complexe Textile
du Benin
Country: Benin
Contact: Aboubakar Mama Sirou; coteb1974@yahoo.fr
Preferred Business Relationship:
Buy; Sell
Description:
Established in 1974, COTEB is one of Benin’s major industrial
textile producers. COTEB has a comprehensive, vertically
integrated textiles and apparel plant including a spinning,
weaving, knitting, dyeing, cutting and sewing departments. Coteb
produces 100% cotton fabric, khaki vests and trousers, t-shirts,
undershirts, military and school uniforms, sheets, towels and
other apparel. Coteb employs nearly 400 people in the town of
Parakou and exports throughout Africa. Coteb has had prior export
experience to the U.S. and France. COTEB seeks suppliers of
textile and apparel manufacturing equipment to upgrade its
facilities. COTEB seeks buyers for both its fabric and finished
garments as well as outsourcing relationshsips.
Company Name: Entreprise
Nigerienne du Textile
Country: Niger
Contact: Mme. Fati Alio Mamane Rabiou; imaizama@yahoo.fr
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
ENITEX , one of Niger’s main textile and apparel manufacturers,
employs 800 people with annual sales of more than $8 million.
ENITEX has spinning, weaving and dyeing facilities and produces
fabric, African and other apparel. Daily production is 45,000
meters of fabric. ENITEX exports throughout West Africa and
supplies a New York based company, Diop. ENITEX seeks additional
U.S. distributors and outsourcing opportunities.
Company Name:
Bhojraj Industries Plc.
Country: Nigeria
Contact: Alok Jain; alok.biltex@bhojrajchanrai.com
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
With 180 years of experience on the content Bhojraj
Industries is a division of the Bhojraj Chanrai Group. Bhoraj has
four primary product divisions: textiles, household plastics,
sewing thread cones and hair thread. They have spinning, weaving
and knitting facilities for both natural and manmade fibers and
they produces a variety of garments, hosiery, bedsheets and lace.
Bhojraj also produces acrylic fiber and vinyl tube hair threads.
The Bhojraj Chanrai Group has extensive international business
experience with operations in 27 countries. Bhojraj Industries is
looking for new buyers and distributors for their products.
Company Name:
Brands International Company Limited
Country: Nigeria
Contact: Sina Buraimoh-Ademuyewo; bademuyewo@beta.linkserve.com
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
Brands International manufactures t-shirts, polo shirts, tank
tops, track suits, children’s apparel, twill gym shorts,
underwear, cotton tote bags, shoe bags (cotton and PVC) and other
active wear. They have a production capacity of 2,000-3,000 pieces
per shift with the potential to run three shifts a day (up to
10,000 pieces). They are a major supplier to universities,
schools, the army and healthcares NGOs in Nigeria. Brands
International emlployees 100 people and uses machine simported
from Germany, Japan and the U.S. Past an current customers include
Velvasheen (Ohio, USA) and London Underground (U.K.) as well as
several souvenir retailers in the U.K. Brands International seeks
outsourcing deals.
Company Name:
Sayenu Industries
Country: Sierra Leone
Contact: Mariama Sesay; (please contact WAIBL
directly)
Preferred Business Relationship: Sell
Description:
Established in 1984, Sayenu produces t-shirts, trousers,
children’s clothing, shirts, medical uniforms, bed sheets and
police and military uniforms using fabric and yarns imported from
the U.S. and the U.K. Sayenu uses both 100% cotton and
cotton-polyester blends. Currently Sayenu exports to Ghana, The
Gambia, Guinea and Nigeria and is a major supplier to the
government of Sierra Leone. Daily production capacity is above
2000 pieces. Sayenu employs 120 workers in a facility located 15
minutes from a port. Sayenu seeks to expand its factory with
additional industrial sewing machines, interlocking machines,
button fixing machines, tackling machines, an additional boiler,
cloth cutting machines, cutting tables and additional generators.
Sayenu seeks U.S. buyers and outsourcing opportunities.
Company Name:
Fidele Couture
Country: Ghana
Contact: Stella Quaye; fideleco@yahoo.com
Preferred Business Relationship:
Buy; Sell
Description:
This Ghanaian apparel
manufacturer exports to the U.S. and seeks supplier of machinery
and fabrics. Fidele Couture also seeks investors for an expansion
project and training initiative.
Company Name:
AGA Consulting
Country: Cameroon
Contact: Lauré Djoukam; edjoukam@agagroup.org
Preferred Business Relationship:
Invest
Description:
AGA Consulting is promoting a textiles joint venture whereby an
American company would provide input material to a Cameroonian
partner who would then complete labor-intensive processing and
re-export the finished product to the U.S.
Company Name: Teinture Confection Broderie
Country: Guinea
Contact: Ramatoulaye Sow; soramatou@yahoo.fr
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
TCB seeks buyer for traditional Guinean textiles, table linens,
and apparel for all ages.
Company Name:
NigerCraft
Country: Niger
Contact: Sadou Shakrah; sosadou@yahoo.fr
Preferred Business Relationship:
Invest; Sell
Description:
NigerCraft seeks buyers for apparel and leather goods such as
men’s shirts, bed linens, traditional African dress, wallets and
leather folders. NigerCraft seeks a U.S. partner for a project to
expand its product line and production capacity.
Company Name:
International Business Connection-Textile
Country: Cameroon
Contact: Ernest Yossa; eyossa@ibconnection.com
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
International Business Connections – Textile (IBC Textile), a
Cameroonian producer of blouses, shirts, uniforms, trousers,
jackets, and custom designed apparel, seeks partner or contracts
to manufacture and export finished products using fabric imported
from the U.S.
Company Name:
Perfect Touch, Ltd
Country: Nigeria
Contact: Anita 0nyemelukwe; anita@nova.net.ng
Preferred Business Relationship:
Buy; Invest
Description:
A leading interior decorating, home remodeling and
furniture-manufacturing firm in Nigeria with 15 years of
experience specializing in window coverings seeks
agent/distributor relationship with manufacturer of roller shade
window coverings for Nigeria and the West African sub-region.
Company Name: Cadling Fashions
Ltd
Country: Ghana
Contact: Linda Yaa Ampah; cadlin@hotmail.com
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
Cadling seeks buyers of contemporary African and Western clothing
and casual shirts. Cadling is part of a Presidential Special
Initiative aimed at developing Ghana's garment industry.
Company Name: Recoma
Country: Mali
Contact: Moussa Diarra; recoma@cefib.com
Preferred Business Relationship:
Invest
Description:
A Malian textile company seeks American partner for a project to
establish a jeans manufacturing plant in Mali. Recoma seeks a
licensing agreement to produce jeans under an established American
brand in Mali for the West African sub-region.
Infrastructure.
Energy and Transportation
New!
Company Name: Government of Benin
Country: Benin
Contact: U.S. Embassy, Tel. 011 229 30 06 70
Preferred Business Relationship: Tender
Description:
A tender will be issued soon to recruit consultants for
an ambitious development and modernization program of the Benin
basin. They will have to determine the technical, economic and
financial feasibility of the project and complete the technical
studies leading to the tenders for the four main components of the
project: definition of the zones of development around the city of
Cotonou; a new airport and a dry port at Golo-Gible; the Lagos-Lomé
highway; and a railroad. This program is not scheduled to begin
before 2010.
New!
Company Name: World Bank
Country: Burkina Faso
Contact: Jane C. Hopkins; tel 202 473 4540.
Preferred Business Relationship: Tender
Description:
To support the government’s decentralization effort, the World
Bank is implementing an environmental management project for the
plains of the Sahel to combat natural resource degradation. It
will reinforce local capacity for integrated management of the
ecosystem by financing some technical assistance services
(training, planning). It will create a local investment fund for
secondary projects (reforestation, introducing new forest/pastoral
practices). It will also strengthen the national council for
management of the environment and explore partnership
opportunities offered by the Kyoto protocol.
Company Name: GAM
Solar Energy & Engineering
Country: The Gambia
Contact: Omar Touré; gam.solar@usa.net
Preferred Business Relationship: Invest; Buy
Description:
GAM-Solar Energy is the leading renewable energy company in The
Gambia, dedicated to the promotion and marketing of new energy
technologies and energy efficiency for sustainable development.
GAM-Solar is seeking partners for a large-scale solar power
generation project and suppliers of batch solar water heaters.
Company Name:
Moukhtara Holding Co.
Country: The Gambia
Contact: Sayed Moukhtara; moukhtara.gambia@gamtel.gm
Preferred Business Relationship: Invest
Description:
Moukhtara Holding is a major industrial company in The Gambia,
which is currently promoting a project to develop an Industrial
Zone Area in Bonto, The Gambia. As part of this Industrial Zone
project Moukhtara Holding seeks investors for a coal and LPG gas
fueled power plant.
Company Name:
AIGA Transport
Country: Niger
Contact: Mansour El Hadj; aiga_transport@yahoo.com
Preferred Business Relationship: Buy
Description:
AIGA Transport seeks supplier of buses, tractors and other
transportation equipment.
Company Name: Donem
Investments
Country: Nigeria
Contact: Uju Emeh; donem2001@yahoo.com
Preferred Business Relationship: Buy; Sell
Description:
Donem Investments is an import/export trading company
dealing in home electronics, computer parts and agricultural
equipment. Donem seeks suppliers of home electrical appliances and
vehicle tracking systems.
Company Name:
African Investment Corporation
Country: Cameroon
Contact: Joseph Tegue; aichoffman@hotmail.com
Preferred Business Relationship: Invest
Description:
A Cameroonian company seeks a joint venture partnership
with a company interested in assembling buses in Cameroon for the
Central African sub-region.
Company Name: The Gambia
International Airlines
Country: The Gambia
Contact: Amie Jobe Saho; info@gia.gm
Preferred Business Relationship:
Invest; Buy
Description:
Gambia International Airlines plans to expand its ground support
services and seeks investors and equipment suppliers. Some of the
equipment needed includes: high loaders, tractors, water tanks,
cargo-screening machine. They are also planning staff training
initiatives and a project to establish a warehouse and storage
facility.
Housing &
Construction
New!
Company Name: Technobat
Country: Nigeria
Contact: Prince Peter O. Ezenwa; technobatld@aol.com
Preferred Business
Relationship: Invest
Description:
Established in 1990, Tecnobat Fitting & Fixtures is a leading
Nigerian construction company specialized in an innovative modular
prefabricated housing system. The Tecnobat Building System (TBS)
uses prefab concrete wall panels designed specifically for the
conditions and preferences of the West African market. The TBS
system reduces costs and construction time while building well
insulated, noise proof and fire resistant structures.
Responding to Nigeria’s acute
housing shortage, Tecnobat’s system offers affordable housing
for low and middle-income families as well as non-residential
buildings such as schools or clinics. Currently
Tecnobat is seeking investors and partners for an expansion
project to double their construction capacity.
Company Name:
IFA BACO
Country: Mali
Contact: Mohamed Traoré; ifabaco@cefib.com
Preferred Business
Relationship: Invest; Buy
Description:
IFA BACO is a limited liability real estate development company
headquartered in Bamako, Mali. IFA BACO is pursuing several real
estate development projects that will cater to a broad range of
socio-economic groups from low-income housing to luxury real
estate. IFA BACO seeks investors and suppliers of equipment and
energy efficient housing materials. For more information about IFA
BACO's projects please visit their website at www.ifabaco.net.
Company Name:
Hapel Nigeria Limited
Country: Nigeria
Contact: Chuka Nwokoro; hapelng@yahoo.co.uk
Preferred Business Relationship: Invest; Buy
Description:
Hapel is a major Nigerian engineering and construction
firm involved in medium to large-scale infrastructure and housing
projects.
Agriculture &
Agro-Industry
New!
Company
Name: Natura
Country: Benin
Contact: Gilles Roger Adamon; naturacosm@yahoo.fr
Preferred Business
Relationship: Sell
Description:
Natura manufactures natural, shea butter based skin and hair care
products and unrefined filtered shea butter. Natura sources its
shea butter from rural women’s cooperatives who extract it using
traditional methods. The shea butter is then filtered to remove
any impurities and ensure a consistent standard of quality. Natura
blends this filtered unrefined shea butter with high quality
ingredients such as aloe vera, honey, green clay, carrot, cucumber
and vegetable oils to produce its soaps, creams, lotions, African
black soap and hair conditioners. Natura is interested in
exporting their products to the U.S. A detailed product and price
list is available upon request.
New!
Company Name: Projet Songhai
Country: Benin
Contact: Father Godfrey Nazmujo; songhai@songhai.org
Preferred Business Relationship:
Invest; Sell
Description:
Founded in 1985 by Father Godfrey Nzamujo, Songhai is a center for
training, production, research and development of sustainable
agricultural practices. Songhai aims to raise the standard of
living of Africa's populations by supporting viable agricultural
enterprises. Songhai promotes the use of local resources blending
traditional and modern methods.
On
seven farming and training sites across Benin and Nigeria with a
network of small-holders farmers, Songhai produces a range of food
products: juices, preserves, jams, soy milk, tofu, soy oil, palm
oil, processed cashews, meat, poultry, eggs, fish, dried fruits,
prepared foods and a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Songhai practices sustainable, organics farming and breeding
methods and has a partner association, Songhai-France in Paris.
Projet Songhai is interested in exporting its products to the U.S.
and is seeking U.S. partners. For more information please visit www.songhai.org.
New!
Company Name: A’Ntemana
Country: Benin
Contact: antemanas@yahoo.fr
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
A’Ntemana is a shea butter extraction and processing factory in
Benin. Working with local women’s associations, A’Ntemana
selects only the finest quality shea nuts to make a pure,
high-grade, unrefined butter. A’Ntemana seeks to export its shea
butter to the U.S.
Company Name:
World Bank
Country: Senegal
Contact: El Hadj Adama Touré; etoure@worldbank.org.
Preferred Business Relationship: Invitation to
Bid
Description:
The World Bank is co-financing a project to diversify Senegal’s
agricultural sector and develop agricultural exports. Project
activities are two-fold: to promote high value-added agricultural
products in the Niayes region and to develop private irrigation
and delivery networks. Studies will be done on improving
irrigation systems. Assistance will be provided to
farmers who adopt new irrigation systems.
Company Name: Beurre-Kina
Country: Burkina Faso
Contact: John Scicchitano; scicc@alumni.princeton.edu
Preferred Business
Relationship: Invest; Sell
Description:
Beurre-Kina is a shea butter processing company based in Burkina
Faso founded by an American, Mr. John Scicchitano. Beurre-Kina
will apply appropriate technologies to achieve a higher quality
butter and increase labor efficiency as well environmental
sustainability. The technologies proposed by Beurre-Kina have the
potential to dramatically increase labour efficiency while
reducing water consumption and eliminating the need for firewood.
Beurre-Kina will target the cosmetics industry for its initial
customer base and eventually widen its marketing approach to
include other industries such as the confectionary industry.
Beurre-Kina seeks investors and buyers for its products.
Company Name: HAWA –Pharma
SARL
Country: Guinea
Contact: Kabiné Kante; londjan2002@yahoo.fr
Preferred Business
Relationship: Sell
Description:
This Guinean export/import company seeks buyers for various
products including corn meal, cassava flour, wheat, millet, palm
oil, peanut butter, shrimps (powder and whole0, dried mangos, shea
butter, fish, coffee, cocoa, sisal, gold, silver, aluminum and
others.
Company Name: Agbanga Karité
Country: Togo
Contact: Olowo-n’djo Tchala; olowo@agbangakarite.com
Preferred Business
Relationship: Sell; Invest
Description:
Agbanga Karité produces natural unrefined shea butter (HTS
1515.90.2000) and coconut oil ( HTS 1513.11.0000). Currently,
Asbanga has a main shea butter processing center at Sokodé, Togo
with 60 permanent employees and a production capacity of 100 MT of
shea butter per year. They operate a customer relations office in
Davis, CA to facilitate sales and follow up with customers in the
United States. Agbanga also runs a training center where there are
exploring the most efficient ways of producing quality handcrafted
shea butter. They bring in local experts from different ethnic
groups to exchange ideas about and methods of traditional shea
butter production. They are also working with local ethnic groups
to find ways to preserve the shea trees. Agbanga seeks buyer for
their butter and financing to increase their shea nut stocks.
Company Name:
Darko Farms
Country: Ghana
Contact: Kwabena Darko; accra@darkofarms.com
Preferred Business Relationship: Buy; Sell
Description:
Created in 1967, Darko Farms is the largest poultry farm
in Ghana, with an annual production of over 5 million
day-old-chicks, 30 million table eggs, 780,000 units of chicken,
and 30,000 tons of animal feed. Darko Farms is looking to expand
their facilities and enter into new export contracts. For further
information on Darko Farms please refer to their website, www.darkofarms.com.
Company Name:
Société MAG SARL
Country: Benin
Contact: Madeleine Gbedo; gbedomadeleine@yahoo.fr
Preferred Business Relationship: Buy
Description:
MAG SARL seeks U.S. supplier of rice and storage facility
equipment.
Company Name:
ETS Dia
Country: Burkina Faso
Contact: Harouna Dia; harouna.dia@fasonot.bf
Preferred Business Relationship: Buy
Description:
This export/import company seeks a supplier of frozen poultry and
agricultural equipment such as poultry farming and freezing
equipment.
Company Name:
Ets. Velegda B. Mamounata
Country: Burkina Faso
Contact: Mamounata Velegda; b.mamounata@liptinfor.bf
Preferred Business Relationship:
Buy; Sell; Invest
Description:
Ets. Velegda B. Mamounata seeks buyers for agricultural products (shea
nuts, sesame, sorghum, ground nuts, etc.) and seeks suppliers of
rice and manufactured consumer goods (oil, soap, etc.). Seeks
financial and technical partners to establish a factory to process
shea butter for export.
Company Name:
African Investment Corporation
Country: Cameroon
Contact: Joseph Tegue; aichoffman@hotmail.com
Preferred Business Relationship: Invest; Sell
Description:
A Cameroonian company seeks investors and
equipment for a cassava processing facility. Fresh cassava would
be processed into dehydrated pieces and flour for home
consumption, or further processing into starch or glucose for
bakeries and the beverage industry.
A Cameroonian firm seeks investors and equipment suppliers for
expansion of a poultry farm.
Company Name: Sonoya Agroindustrie
Country: Guinea
Contact: Ramatoulaye Sow; soramatou@yahoo.fr
Preferred Business Relationship: Sell
Description:
Sonoya Agroindustrie seeks buyer for dried fruit such as mangos,
papaya, banana, or pineapple, fresh avocados, honey and sweet
potatoes.
Company Name: FABA-AIBA
Country: Guinea
Contact: Hadja Fatoumata Binta Baldé; fabaaiba@yahoo.fr
Preferred Business Relationship: Buy; sell
Description:
FABA-AIBA seeks suppliers of processed food products,
construction materials, and computer parts; seeks buyer for fresh
fruits and vegetables.
Food &
Food Processing
New!
Company Name:
Crustamer
Country: Benin
Contact: Patrick Noyes; crustamer@serv.eit.bj
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
Crustamer, a Beninese seafood processing company, currently
exports frozen whole and peeled shrimp to Europe (primarily to
Spain). In a state-of-the-art facility in Cotonou, Crustamer
treats and packages shrimp caught by artisanal fishermen and women
who fish in Benin’s many temperate, tropical lagoons. Crustamer
prides itself on producing high quality shrimp and observes strict
sanitary and hygiene standards. The shrimp undergo manual quality
control and are disinfected with chlorine before being sorted and
peeled or frozen whole. Curstamer processes 15 tons of finished
product a day with an annual output of 450 tons. Crustamer is
interested in exporting to the U.S. and is planning to expand its
product line to include fresh, frozen and smoked fish and to farm
catfish. HACCP plan and other documents available upon request.
New!
Company Name: SOBEP
Country: Benin
Contact: Ghislaine Fagbohoun; sobep@bow.intnet.bj
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell, Buy
Description:
Established in 1993, SOBEP is a shrimp and seafood processing
company in Benin that currently exports peeled, cooked shrimp to
Europe. SOBEP’s monthly production capacity is 100 tons and it
produces both cooked and raw shrimp. SOBEP is interested in
exporting to the U.S. and potentially selling American seafood
products in Benin. SOBEP is also seeking suppliers of cooling
equipment for its processing plant.
Company Name: Frescomar
Country: Cape Verde
Contact: Miguel Pinto; frescomar@cvtelecom.cv
Preferred Business
Relationship: Sell
Description:
Frescomar, a fish processing company based in Sao
Vicente, Cape Verde, is an exporter of canned tuna and mackerel.
In 2001, Frescomar was among the first companies in Cape Verde to
export under AGOA. They regularly ship one container of canned
fish every 45 days to distributors in New England. In December
2001, Frescomar became the first Cape Verdean company to be
certified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Frescomar’s
products, targeted at a high-end niche market, are cut and trimmed
by hand using high quality fresh fish. Frescomar adheres to strict
sanitary controls and their products are certified “dolphin
friendly”. Established in 2000, Frescomar employs 150 people and
processes over 16 tons of fish per day (or 30,000 cans).
Company Name:
K. Chellaram & Sons (Gambia) Ltd
Country: The Gambia
Contact: Nitin Chellaram; NChellaram@aol.com
Preferred Business Relationship: Buy
Description:
Established since 1958, K. Chellaram & Sons is an import and
distribution company that is focused on consumer packaged goods
and imports products from the U.S.A., Western Europe, Asia, the
Middle East, Latin America and Africa. For more information please
refer to their website: www.chellaramsgambia.com.
- K. Chellaram seeks a supplier of
generic or private-label soft drinks.
- Seeks supplier of machinery and
equipment for food processing and packaging projects.
- Seeks buyer of fruit juice
concentrates
Information on these projects as well as
projects in other sectors is available on request.
Company Name:
King’s Cocoa Processing Company, Ltd.
Country: Ghana
Contact: King Romeo Lumor; luki@africaonline.com.gh
Preferred Business Relationship: Sell; Invest
Description:
King’s Cocoa Processing seeks buyers for cocoa
powder, cocoa liquor and cocoa butter. King’s is seeking a
supplier of machinery to process raw cocoa beans into cocoa
cake. Specifications on their cocoa products and equipment
requirements are available upon request.
Company Name:
Processed Foods & Spices
Country: Ghana
Contact: Leticia Osafo-Addo; sambaolec@yahoo.com
Preferred Business Relationship: Sell; Buy
Description:
Processed Foods & Spices seeks buyers for processed foods
such as pepper sauce, peanut butter, fruit jams, fruit juices,
and exotic spices. They also seek suppliers of food processing
equipment for producing peanut butter and jams.
Company Name:
MAOA Peche Nouadhibou
Country: Mauritania
Contact: Mohamed Ahmedou; somascir@toptechnology.mr
Preferred Business Relationship: Invest; Buy
Description:
Groupe MAOA Peche is a consortium of private companies involved
in the fishing industry in Mauritania. MAOA Peche is involved in
industrial fishing, processing, packaging and export. Currently
MAOA Peche exports to Western Europe and has had experience
exporting to the U.S. MAOA Peche is looking for partners for an
expansion project and suppliers of purchase fishing vessels.
Company Name:
Achat Service International S.A.
Country: Niger
Contact: Boubacar Wankoye; asi@intnet.ne
Preferred Business Relationship: Buy; Sell
Description:
ASI seeks buyers of onions, dried legumes, peanuts,
millet, hibiscus flower derivatives and Arabic gum. They seek
suppliers of food products such as rice, sugar, and flour as
well as suppliers of food packaging equipment (to package dry
food products in plastic bags).
Company Name:
JuiceMaster (Nig) Ltd.
Country: Nigeria
Contact: Wole Ajala; juicemaster3@yahoo.com
Preferred Business Relationship: Buy
Description:
JuiceMaster seeks supplier of fruit juice concentrate
for local market.
Company Name:
Gicatic
Country: Cameroon
Contact: Hon. Clementine Tiako
Preferred Business Relationship: Sell
Description:
Gicatic seeks buyers of Cameroonian coffee. Annual export
capacity is 20,000 tons of coffee. Coffee meet USDA regulations.
Company Name: MamCocktail
Country: Mali
Contact: Diallo Oumou Sissoko; mam_cocktail@yahoo.fr
Preferred Business Relationship: Invest
Description:
A Malian manufacturer of exotic fruit juices seeks investors for
expansion and diversification projects.
Company Name: Atta National Enterprise Ltd
Country: The Gambia
Contact: Anna Axi Gye; annaaxi@hotmail.com
Preferred Business Relationship:
Invest; Buy
Description:
A Gambian fishing and seafood processing company seeks a U.S.
distributor.
Company Name: Badala
Industries
Country: The Gambia
Contact: Sammy Lai Mboge; est@ganet.gm
Preferred Business Relationship:
Invest; Sell
Description:
A Gambian company seeks investors for a fish smoking and
processing plant. The fish smoking plant would be
environmentally friendly using solar energy. Processed and
smoked fish would be exported to the region.
Company Name: Lyefish Company Ltd
Country: The Gambia
Contact: A. M. Njie; lyefish@hotmail.com
Preferred Business Relationship:
Invest; Buy
Description:
A leading Gambian fishing and fish processing company with
European export experience seeks partner for diversification and
expansion project to target new European export markets. They
seek to purchase small multi-purpose fishing trawlers
Company Name: Adom Seafood International
Country: Ghana
Contact: Sam Opoku; adomseafood@hotmail.com
Preferred Business Relationship:
Invest
Description:
A leading Ghanian seafood exporter seeks investors and technical
partners for an expansion project. This company seeks to
purchase a fleet of fishing vessels to exploit tuna, swordfish,
lobster, and other varieties. They are interested in expanding
their operations to include aquaculture and fish processing.
Handicrafts & House wares
Company Name:
Ash-Geo Handmade Training Center
Country: Ghana
Contact: George Ashiagbor; ashgeokente@hotmail.com
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
Ash-Geo is a weaving enterprise located the Keta District of the
Volta Region of Ghana. Ash-Geo manufactures hand-loomed Kente
cloth, tie-dye fabrics and screen-printed fabric. Ash-Geo employs
32 people and produces shawls, shirts, table linens and other
unique handicrafts. The owner, Mr. George Ashiagbor is the
chairman of the Keta District Kente Weaving Association. The
Association comprises a group of 15 similar companies, each with
an average of 10-12 workers. The association provides a firm
production base for meeting larger orders
Company Name: T. Y. Kente
Weaving Enterprise
Country: Ghana
Contact: Thomspon Avornyotse; (please contact
WAIBL directly)
Preferred Business Relationship: Sell
Description:
T.Y. Kente Weaving Enterprise is a small-scale weaving facility
that produces hand-loomed Kente cloth. T.Y. Kente Weaving
Enterprise produces shawls, table lines and other apparel using
handmade Kente cloth.
Company Name:
Celestial Needy Children's Program
Country: Ghana
Contact: Osagyefo Kwabena Osei Bonsu; assistyouth@yahoo.com
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
Celestial Needy Children's Program produces patchwork quilts and
bags using African printed fabrics. Skilled seamstresses use small
squares of fabric to create intricate patterns for their quilts
and bags. The program provides educational and vocational training
to children. Children are mentored by the seamstresses in order to
learn the craft and to hopefully become economically empowered.
Company Name: Ceramica Tamakloe Ltd
Country: Ghana
Contact: Peter Tamakloe; info@ceramicatamakloe.com
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
Ceramica Tamakloe seeks buyer of decorative home and garden
pottery, African ceramics and terracotta floor and wall tiles.
They have extensive export experience with the U.S. and Western
Europe. Details and specifications of their products are available
to potential buyers upon request. For further information about
Ceramica Tamakloe please refer to their website, www.ceramicatamakloe.com
or www.ceramicatamakloe.ghanatown.com
(for pictures of their products).
Company Name: Artivity
Country: Ghana
Contact: Heather Badjer; artmasons@idgh.com
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
Artivity seeks buyers of handicrafts such as shadow boxes
and custom framing.
IT
& Telecommunications
New!
Company Name: Persol Systems
Country: Ghana
Contact: Michael Quarshie; michael.quarshie@persol.net
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell; Partnership
Description:
Persol began operations in 1995, to deliver best-in-class software
products and IT solutions to businesses in Africa. Today, Persol
reaffirms this commitment through the provision of full-featured
software and new technological solutions that impact the way
businesses operate and use information technology.
Persol has grown rapidly. From a
pure software development operation, Persol now offers enterprise
level business software, systems integration services, solution
development and IT strategy consulting to over 150 businesses and
organizations in Ghana, Mali, Guinea, Togo and Nigeria. Persol’s
own-developed business applications software products include
Human Capital Management, card and fingerprint-based Time and
Attendance software, Materials Management, Asset/Fund Management,
Retail and Touch-screen restaurant software.
Persol seeks partnerships with
American technology companies for equipment resale and
distribution in the sub-region and for outsourcing opportunities
in software development and business processes (data forms
processing, medical transcriptions, call centers, etc.)
New!
Company Name: Groupe Chaka
Country: Senegal
Contact: Saer Sett Sarr; saer@chaka.sn
Preferred Business Relationship:
Sell
Description:
Groupe Chaka, established in 1994, quickly established itself as a
leader for voice information systems in West Africa. Groupe Chaka
is a computer services provider offering tailored high-technology
solutions. Groupe Chaka has developed a full range of computerized
voice servers that are accessible by telephone, fax, e-mail or SMS
messaging and that were developed for companies of all industries
and types such as a multimedia server for account consultation or
subscriber information or computerized voice servers.
Groupe Chaka also offers a range of
software packages such as Mobile Office, for telecom providers;
E-Banking; Simplex, to electronically manage all types of
correspondence; and Financia, which enables decentralized
financial structures to manage savings and loans. In 2002 Groupe
Chaka also launched Money Express, a new electronic money transfer
system, in partnership with savings banks of the West African
Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU).
Groupe Chaka is interested in outsourcing
opportunities and is looking for investors to expand their product
line and reach new export markets. For more information on Groupe
Chaka, please visit www.groupechaka.com
New!
Company Name: STE
Country: Senegal
Contact: Ndèye N’diaye; ndeyendiaye@ste.sn
Preferred Business Relationship:
Buy, Invest
Description:
La Sénégalaise des Télécommunications (STE) was created in
1996 by the employees of Senegal's national telecom provider,
SONTATEL, who wanted to participate in SONATEL’s privatization.
STE specializes in supplying of high-speed Internet access (DSL),
Internet telephony, telecom equipment sales and repair (PBX, GSM
terminals, etc.), marketing calling cards, hosting and developing
websites and installing web servers. A highly skilled staff and
strong infrastructure ensure that STE is able to provide
high-quality, reliable service
STE plans to open a telecom boutique
through which it will market telecommunications equipment and
accessories. In addition to the DSL service that it offer clients,
STE plans on installing a "Wireless Local Loop" in order
to increase its market share as an ISP. STE seeks equipment
suppliers for this expansion project.
New!
Company Name: Computer Information Systems
Nigeria
Country: Nigeria
Contact: Bonny Mekwunye; bonny.mekwunye@cisnig.com
Preferred Business Relationship:
Buy; Sell
Description:
CIS Nigeria Limited started operations in 2001 in Nigeria, but is
part of an international group which established itself in the IT
industry is 1979; it rapidly became a global IT solution provider
across Africa and the Middle East.
Products/Services:
Hardware (Servers, Workstations, Printers, Scanners, etc)
Software (Oracle, Siebel, OpenView, Steria, Monetel, etc)
Solutions (SCM, ERP, BI, Data Warehousing, GIS, CRM , Call Center,
Billing, Network Mgt)
LAN/WAN Solutions (Routers, Switches, VSAT Equipment etc)
Technical Support/Integration/Training
CIS Nigeria is interested in establishing
partnerships and agent/distributor relationships with American IT
firms. CIS would provide an excellent platform for any US company
wishing to penetrate the African and Middle-Eastern markets
through its existing network and presence.
New!
Company Name: ETS Ciminti Import/Export BTP
Country: Niger
Contact: Amina Hassane Wangari; wangari@intnet.ne
Preferred Business Relationship: Buy
Description:
ETS Ciminti operates one of Niger's four cyber cafe's.
ETS Ciminti is seeking suppliers of VSAT equipment.
Company Name: Alpha
Diffusion SARL
Country: Burkina Faso
Contact: Rasmané Compaoré; alphadiffusion@fasonet.bf
Preferred Business Relationship:
Buy, Invest
Description:
Alpha Diffusion SARL is a Burkinabé information
technology and telecommunications export/import firm. Alpha
Diffusion deals in Hewlett Pakard, Canon, Epson, and Lexmark
consumer products. The company also deals in medical and
laboratory equipment as well as telecommunications equipment and
internet call systems. Currently Alpha Diffusion is working on
project to install rural telecommunications facilities and
introduce prepaid calling cards and internet calling systems in
rural areas. Alpha Diffusion seeks additional financing for this
project. Alpha seeks a U.S. supplier for IT and telecommunications
equipment. |