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Kenday Samuel Kamara, Ph.D. Scholar-Practitioner/Applied Management and Decision Science

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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.

For strategic advice about these opportunities and guidance to minimize the risk of investing in Africa, please contact me directly at strategyinfo@aol.com 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 to a country an investor wants to do business, in a discovery 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.  

As a native of Africa, I am familiar with the perils of moral bankruptcy we commonly understand as corruption.  Corruption permeates every aspect of Africa's society. That explains why my role as a strategy/organizational development consultant is to deal with the chronic misrule, the high levels of poverty and crime, fluctuating currencies, corruption and multiple layers of obstructive bureaucracy which pose very serious problems for foreign investors in Africa.  I help to evaluate and manage the risks by providing confidence-building guidance and solutions on the range of investment concerns in Africa--from leadership, human resources, and knowledge management to the critically important areas of corruption and security management. 

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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.