Foodstuff & Beverages

Meta Abo Brewery S.C. is established as a public enterprise under the regulation No. 64/1992 by the council of Ministers. The purposes of the Enterprise are:To manufacture, can and bottle all kinds of beer and other beverages whether alcoholic or non-alcoholic.To prepare and manufacture malt, hops, yeast, carbonic acid, gas and other ingredients of the products.To sell its products both locally and abroad, andTo engage generally in any other business conducive to the attainment of its purpose.We aim to play a leading role in quality beer production and sell its product both locally and abroad by manufacturing quality beer of all kinds and other beverages whether alcoholic or non-alcoholic in conformity with the Environmental Management systems and Regulation.Supply its products both locally and abroad at a competitive price  enhance its market share from time to time.Increase its productivity and profitability from time to time. Meta Abo Brewery is located in the town of Sebata, 27 km from Addis Ababa. The brewery was established in 1963 by the Ethiopian Government and Ethiopian private nationals as a share company with a starting capital base of 2 million Birr. Initially, the production capacity of the brewery was 50,000 hl. per annum. In 1970 the first expansion program took place, and the annual production capacity was raised to 120,000 hl. Later on, in 1980, the second expansion program was carried out. As a result of this program, the attainable production capacity reached 350,000 hl. Meta has been transformed into a share company with 83.28 million Birr paid in share capital as at December 31, 1998. The company has 83,284 ordinary shares with a par value of Birr 1000.00 each fully owned by the government.It is the only brewery which gets water from a big reserve of soft spring water (locally known as holy water of St. Abo). The spring water meets the international brew standard to be used without any treatment. The brewery produces bottled and draught beer. Bottled beer is supplied to all markets in the country, while draught beer is supplied to the city of Addis Ababa and the towns located within 120 km from Addis Ababa. The brewery has a liaison office and distribution center in Addis Ababa. The total land holding of the brewery is 369,000 m 2 of which 25,000 m 2 is a built-up area. A car park, recreation and horticultural farms occupy the major part of the brewery's premises.In 1998, Meta Abo Brewery produced and sold 365,000 hl. of bottled and draught beer worth Birr 195 million. In the same year, it made a profit of Birr 39.74 million.The brewery supplies 55% of its product to distributors and 45% to retailers. Distribution outside Addis Ababa is made through agents. The brewery distributes draught and bottled beer to Addis Ababa using its own truck fleet.The brewery's major raw materials are malt, hop extract, hop powder, and other chemicals. Except the hop extract, powder and chemicals that are imported from abroad, the major raw material, malt, is obtained from Assala Malt Factory at a distance of 200 km from the brewery. Bottles, corks and crates are obtained from factories located in Addis Ababa.

AWDA Pvt. Ltd. Co. was established in 1997 G.C with the objective of procurement, processing and export of best Ethiopian Arabica coffees to the entire world.  It is the continuation of the shareholders' effort, in the coffee sector where he has been investing and expanding the realm of the company.Mr. Alem Tessema started the business some three decades ago as a supplier of coffee for local consumption.  Consecutively, he managed to establish washed coffee pulping and sun-dried coffee hulling facilities in 'Yirgacheffe', thus supplying his product to the auction center of Addis Ababa.  Intensifying his activity Mr. Alem constructed the modern cleaning plant in Addis Ababa and started exporting coffee to overseas countries.Every Company has its own history of foundation and process. In the lifetime of a Company, it is obvious that there may be years of tremendous success and recoverable failures.  Like each and every other private Coffee Exporters in Ethiopia, AWDA has got its own history of foundation and progress, of which we are confident to say that AWDA's business history is simply a history of success.The overall business activities of the Company fall under the auspices of the General Manager Mr. Alem Tessema, who is also the owner of the Company. Apart from the General Manager the Company is well armed with experienced and qualified personal of various profession. It is well organized into functionally specialized departments. There are five functional departments pertaining to:Administration and Finance,Export and Documentation,Quality Control and Liquoring,Procurement,Production & technique.In total, the Company creates employment opportunity for 44 permanent and 700 temporary employees with a possible rise due to the rapid growth of the sector in the future.The total capital of the Company is around Br. 40 million. So the financial position of the Company is more than satisfactory and has not faced any cash shortage for both coffee processing and exporting businesses. The Company also has smooth relations with major financial institutions on short and long term financing. In sum, throughout its operation, AWDA works in a healthy financial position with a timely repayment of debts and gradual expansion.

N&B Crocodile Farm breeds crocodiles for skins and meat for export.The farm consists of 45 breeders being 5 male and 40 female all over 15 years old. These are kept in a large fenced breeding dam with strategically placed sandpits for egg laying.Nearing September when laying takes place these sandpits are moistened daily, raked each evening and monitored for any signs of digging. If there is any disturbance in the sand, the area is checked for eggs.When eggs are found they are placed in kaylite boxes in vermiculite and the boxes are packed into the incubator, which is kept at 34 degrees. An average of 35 eggs per female are laid with approximately 1400 eggs being collected. Some will be infertile and others rejected for various reasons.Each box is clearly labelled with the date of lay and the period of incubation is roughly 90 days. About 3 days before the due period, which is in December, the boxes are monitored for hatching. The crocodiles make a chirping sound when hatching and are then removed from the incubator boxes and placed on dry sand for 24 hours. They are then moved to hatchling pens in enclosed tunnels where the water is warmed during the winter months to promote growth. The hatchlings are fed on minced meat and liver and, together with the breeders and growers, consume approximately 700 kilograms of meat per week. At one year old the crocodile growers are transferred to open concrete pens where they grow out to approximately 1.5 metres in 2 years before being slaughtered for their belly skins and meat for export.Our annual slaughter is approximately 900 animals done during April, May and June each year. Diseases such as brown spot are more prevalent during the summer months, Sept to March. Our Manager, Felix Makaza, and his staff of ten run the farm.N&B Sugar EstatesThe N&B Sugar Estate has a quota to produce 10,500 tonnes of sugar cane and a water allocation of 1 3/4 cusecs.The farm employs 60 people who are housed, with their families, on the farm in two bedroom brick under iron houses. The staff have their own beerhall and entertainment area and a clinic.

MAX EXPORTSWe provide highly nutritious Pulses, Oil Seeds and Spices that are in huge demands in the African and international markets. Max Exports has been catering to the African and international market with our high quality agro food products. The foundation stone of the organization was laid down in 2001 and since then Max Exports has been successfully bridging the gap between the need and supply. Today, we are counted as one of the leading suppliers of essential foodstuff in Ethiopia.Our Spiced Chick Peas is grown and packed under safe conditions. Spiced Chick Peas provided by us is available in different packing ranges. Our Spiced Chick Peas is free from any kind of contamination, thus safe to eat. We provide Spiced Chick Peas at very moderate prices within the specified time frame. We have firmly positioned ourselves as one of the prospering Chick Peas in Ethiopia.Pulses- Chick peas- White pea Beans- Soya Bean etc.Spices- Cumin Seed- Coriander SeedOil Seeds- Niger Seed- Sesame Seed and others

Horra Trading is one of the exporters of Ethiopan Coffee, Ethiopian Bees Wax and Oil Seeds. It was established in 2005 with Br. 16 million capital with our own warehouse and coffee processing plant and also coffee liquoring located in Addis Ababa. The owner (Adem Kedir) has 15 years of experience as coffee supplier to major coffee exporters. He used to supply unwashed and washed coffee. We opened washing coffee station and sun dried hulling facilities in Sidamo area at Yirgachefe – which is well known in the world as one of the best coffee growing areas. OUR EXPORTSWashed Coffee: Yirgacheffe Gr-2, Sidamo Gr-2, Limu Gr-2, Teppy Gr-2, Bebeka Gr-2 Sun-dried Coffee: Sidamo Gr-4, Lekempti Gr-4 and 5, Djimmah Gr-5 Bees WaxWe offer quality coffee at competitive price and timely shipment. Coffee Packing: per 50 or 60 kgs fiber bags shipment.