Biofach 2020 – Organic Africa Pavilion

During BioFach 2020, the Organic Africa Pavilion hosted 22 companies and organisations representing more than 17 African countries. We are very happy that our exhibitors evaluated two thirds of our their business leads as important. In addition, ProFound has been very busy during the fair, and not only at the Organic Africa Pavilion. “I have been to BioFach before just as a visitor, but I have to say that this is 20 times better because totally unexpected people can find you.”  Hilary Sommerlatte, Arbor Oils of Africa, exhibitor from Kenya / Frankincense oil A lot of interest for African products [Read more]

2020-03-04T16:23:52+00:00February 26th, 2020|
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Meetings in Bosnia and Herzegovina to support Foreign Trade Chamber

Supporting the Foreign Trade Chamber to develop market intelligence This week, our senior consultant Kasper Kerver is in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for a meeting organised by the Foreign Trade Chamber (FTC) for the medicinal and aromatic plants sector. This meeting is part of a bigger project in which ProFound is active; training and supporting the Foreign Trade Chamber in BiH to improve its services to its members. During the meeting, FTC presented results of the market research on the essential oils market in the United States that they have worked on since May with ProFound's support. The research [Read more]

2019-12-10T13:19:40+00:00December 5th, 2019|
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Promoting exports of food products from Malawi

SMEs in Malawi are preparing to export sunflower oil, peanut butter and chili sauce, amongst others. During a workshop in Malawi, our consultant Kasper Kerver presented export opportunities. He challenged the entrepreneurs to make the most of these opportunities by developing a marketing strategy. With this support, entrepreneurs like Endrina in the picture below can scale up their business and generate more income and employment.  The workshop was part of a private sector development programme with partners Palladium and the Malawi Investment and Trade Centre (MITC). This programme improves access to markets and finance for SMEs. It also builds capacity [Read more]

2019-07-12T07:44:37+00:00February 28th, 2019|
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Tunisian and Balkan BSOs’ steep learning curve at HI/NI trade fair Frankfurt

ProFound’s senior consultant Gustavo Ferro attended the Health Ingredients / Natural Ingredients trade fair in Frankfurt. He was supporting SIPPO in a series of capacity-building activities for Business Support Organisations from Tunisia and the Balkans. For example learning from orientation meetings with European buyers as well as competing suppliers and support organisations such as CBI. In addition to visiting the trade fair itself, the BSOs met with the European Spice Association (ESA) in Bonn and with the European Federation of Essential Oils to explore synergies and channels for future collaboration. Gustavo is working together with SIPPO’s external experts Teresa Hüttenhofer and Andrew [Read more]

2019-04-12T14:15:56+00:00December 5th, 2018|
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Promoting trade in Zambian moringa

Moringa is one of the new superfoods, the leaves of this plant  are packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Though a niche market in Europe, it has the potential to grow rapidly, if European buyers can position moringa as a healthy, natural and organic superfood. To do this, buyers need reliable suppliers of organic certified moringa.  This is one of the conclusions of our analysis of the European moringa market for the Dutch Enterprise Agency (RVO). With this study, we want to show Dutch buyers the potential of Zambian moringa. The study also aims to support investments in the Zambian moringa sector.  Between March [Read more]

2019-04-12T14:29:25+00:00March 16th, 2018|
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NI-CheckApp

NI-CHECKAPP: ONE STOP COMPLIANCE TOOL The NI-CheckApp saves time and costs in the natural ingredients value chain The NI-CheckApp is the one-stop compliance tool for the natural ingredients value chain. It is the tool for documentation, compliance, guidance and sustainability. Designed for both suppliers and buyers, this tool makes traceability and sustainability of production chains easier and more affordable. It saves up to 30% of annual inspection time and reduces the necessary documentation and administration for combined certification by over 50%. The tool solves a two-fold problematic in the supply chain of natural ingredients: Suppliers of natural [Read more]

2023-05-08T08:58:03+00:00February 1st, 2018|
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