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Where we're on the ground
Five origins, each with our own people in-country — not agents on the end of a phone. We name the regions and the licensing bodies we check, so you can hold us to it.
Nigeria
Huge volumes and huge variance in who you're dealing with. Nigeria rewards buyers who verify — and punishes those who don't.
- · Kano — Sesame & hibiscus
- · Benue — Sesame & soya
- · Kaduna — Ginger
- · Ondo / Cross River — Cocoa
Ghana
English-speaking, politically stable, and a long-established exporter of cocoa, shea and cashew.
- · Ashanti — Cocoa, processing & export
- · Northern — Shea & botanicals
- · Bono — Cashew
Egypt
Dried herbs, spices and Nile Delta crops, with established freight links into the EU and the Gulf.
- · Fayoum — Herbs & botanicals
- · Nile Delta — Citrus & vegetables
- · Upper Egypt — Aromatic & medicinal crops
Ethiopia
Specialty green coffee, sesame and pulses — an origin where traceability and grading discipline matter more than anywhere.
- · Sidama & Yirgacheffe — Specialty coffee
- · Humera & Gondar — Sesame
- · Oromia — Coffee & oilseeds
Tanzania
Raw cashew, arabica, cloves and pulses, moving through Dar es Salaam into Asian and European markets.
- · Mtwara & Lindi — Raw cashew
- · Kilimanjaro & Mbeya — Arabica coffee
- · Zanzibar — Cloves & spices