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Biofach 2020 – Organic Africa Pavilion
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Biofach 2020 – Organic Africa Pavilion

profound2020-03-04T16:23:52+00:00February 26th, 2020|Tags: Africa, Agro Eco, Biofach, Botswana, Comoros, essential oils, Ghana, IPD, Kenya, Madagascar, mango, Market entry, medicinal plants, Mozambique, Namibia, Natural Ingredients, Organic Africa Pavilion, pineapple, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe|

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]

Green Rhino in motion 2019!
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Green Rhino in motion 2019!

profound2020-03-04T09:21:53+00:00January 17th, 2020|Tags: CBI, Food safety, Green Rhino, Kenya, tomatoes, vegetables|

ProFound’s sister company in Kenya Green Rhino  witnessed much progress in 2019. Training of the Jarine team on value of HGC to aggregators (Green Rhino 2019) Kenyan food safety: the core of Green Rhino activities We finalised activities under SNV’s ‘Kenya Market-led Horticulture Programme (HortIMPACT)’. Working hard on demand and supply side factors to improve food safety issues in Kenya. We organised Producer-Farmer and Consumer Focus Group discussions concerning our focus products tomatoes and leafy vegetables. Moreover, the 3 pilots on food safety protocols with a producer group, a processor, a supermarket and restaurant chain continued. SNV [Read more]

Biofach 2019 – Organic Africa Pavilion breaks records again
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Biofach 2019 – Organic Africa Pavilion breaks records again

profound2020-03-04T10:31:03+00:00February 27th, 2019|Tags: Agro Eco, Biofach, Botswana, Comoros, Ghana, IPD, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, NABC, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe|

From 13-16 February, the 22 exhibitors at our largest Organic Africa Pavilion yet met with almost 1,100 business leads. The pavilion included exhibitors from Madagascar, South Africa, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Namibia and Mozambique. Both Botswana and the Comoros made their debut at BioFach. "The added value is huge. It's helping us as a platform to showcase our products to this incredible market, where people are coming from all around the world." - Serge Rajaobelina, Sahanala, exhibitor from Madagascar The companies displayed natural ingredients for food, cosmetics and health including baobab, honey, fresh papaya, African vegetable oils, spices, medicinal plants, [Read more]

Organic Africa Pavilion doubles in size: 24 exhibitors at stands 4-359 and 4-571
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Organic Africa Pavilion doubles in size: 24 exhibitors at stands 4-359 and 4-571

profound2020-03-04T11:40:44+00:00January 18th, 2019|Tags: Agro Eco, Biofach, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Comoros, Ghana, IPD, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, NABC, Namibia, Sao Tomé, SIPPO, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Zimbabwe|

Back to popular demand, our Organic Africa Pavilion 2019 at the BioFach trade fair is bigger than ever. On two Organic Africa Pavilions which total nearly 180m2, we will host 24 exhibitors from 10 countries. The steep increase in market access needs from African suppliers shows the continent's readiness for export. From 13 - 16 February 2019, these exhibitors will be ready to meet potential business partners. You can find them at stands 4-359 and 4-571. Stand 4-359 Companies from Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa and the Comoros, offering various herbs & spices, citrus peels, cocoa beans, fresh papaya, tiger [Read more]

Green Rhino tackles food safety issues in Kenya with Healthy Green Choice
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Green Rhino tackles food safety issues in Kenya with Healthy Green Choice

profound2020-03-04T09:17:39+00:00May 9th, 2018|Tags: Food safety, Green Rhino, Healthy Green Choice, Kenya, SNV|

Kenyan companies face severe mistrust issues on the domestic and international markets. This dates from a few years back, when products were rejected by European markets despite carrying labels. European tests revealed metal and pesticides residues. Healthy Green Choice: a new activity to develop food safety solutions ProFound’s sister company Green Rhino is accelerating its activities in Kenya. This month, Bert-Jan Ottens and James Sablerolles joined Operations Manager Stella Maina in Nairobi to further develop ‘Healthy Green Choice’ food safety solutions. "It has become clear we are looking at long-term collaboration with partners in Kenya to work on traceable [Read more]

ProFound commits to demand driven models to improve food safety in Kenya
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ProFound commits to demand driven models to improve food safety in Kenya

profound2017-09-05T16:02:56+00:00September 5th, 2017|Tags: certification, Food safety, fresh fruits and vegetables, Healthy Green Choice, Kenya, traceability|

Consumer demand for safe fruits and vegetables in Kenya is continuously growing. However, supplies of safe food for the domestic market fall way short of this demand. Smallholder producers in Kenya account for around 75% of the total agricultural production, including fresh fruits and vegetables. The vast majority of these smallholder producers are not producing in compliance with minimum food safety requirements, due to capacity gaps and disincentives to comply. The majority of supply is still highly informal and non-transparent, lacking traceability and food safety requirements. Finding opportunities to market safe food in Kenya In July, ProFound’s director Bert-Jan Ottens [Read more]