Foodstuff & Beverages

Milli Group of Companies is based in Mombasa and is a leading manufacturer in Kenya of a wide range of food items and beverages. The company has a dedicated processing plant where it manufactures and packs its brand of Picana Juices in 200ml and 300ml bottles. This is unique in itself as it is the first bottled juice of its kind in Kenya. This high quality juice is primarily produced for the local market with the prime objective of introducing better juice products in the Kenyan market. Picana ready-to-drink juice is set to revolutionize local market which has suffered greatly from cheap import products that have flooded the market. We also manufacture and exoprt high quality, fresh jams and maramalades made from frsh fruits.

We are committed to the promotion of non-traditional exports (NTEs) from Ghana of products that that include fruits, vegetables (fresh and processed) and other food items, handicraft products, clothing and textiles, other manufactured items, etc. Our outreach includes Ghanaian producers and exporters, as well as importers and investors from around the world.   The Federation of Associations of Ghanaian Exporters is a private, non-governmental, apolitical and not-for-profit organisation established with the assistance of USAID in Ghana. FAGE is the umbrella organisation of exporters of non-traditional exports (NTEs). FAGE's membership comprises over 2,500 exporting firms and individuals. Non-traditional exports are goods and services exported other than cocoa, gold and other mineral resources in their raw state, unprocessed timber and electricity.    FAGE's mission is to facilitate the business of Ghanaian exporting firms by contributing to the development of the non-traditional export sector. FAGE assists exporting firms in developing and marketing their products and in facilitating transactions for people interested in doing business in Ghana. 

Innodis, until recently known as Happy World Foods, was founded in 1973, and is the largest of Altima’s operating companies. It employs 700 people and has around 3,000 shareholders. It is a public company, listed on the official stock exchange, and ranks among the 30 biggest companies in Mauritius.The company is the largest food and grocery wholesale distributor and services over 3000 customers and 60 hotels nation-wide, with a fleet of 40 trucks.It is also engaged in manufacturing, producing 8000 metric tons of chicken, ice-cream under a license from Nestlé/Dairymaid, yoghurt, flavoured milk and sanitary pads under license from Kimberly-Clark. It is actively pursuing a strategy to diversify further into manufacturing. It is implementing a poultry-rearing project in Mozambique and looking at Tanzania and Namibia as future poles of development in the region.Innodis is also engaged in retailing, with three cash & carry outlets under the name of SUPERCASH.One of the core competencies of Innodis is marketing and brand building.

King Kombo Distillery produces a range of refreshing tropical fruit liqueurs. We grow the basic fruits ourselves on our plantation. The distillery and plantation are located in the heart of the Kombo area, where  nature, tranquility, and fresh air are part of every day life. King Kombo Distillery and Plantation and Gambian Fruit Liqueurs is founded by a Belgian family. The Management and product development is still done by the founder himself, assisted by Gambian people from the villages around the distillery and plantation.  Most of our products are seasonal. Because the high quality of our liqueurs ask for fresh fruit, we are completely dependent on the different fruit seasons.   Below is a list of the products we produce:   COCOLIME                                                                             A combination of banana, coconut and lime, 22.5% vol. Can be used as desert.   KOMBONELLA                                                                         A combination of orange, grapefruit and lime, 35% vol. Can be used as “Snaps” and social drink.   KOMBOCREAM                                                                       A combination of banana, chocolate, coffee, and cream, 22.5% vol. A perfect coffee liqueur, in or with the coffee, or as an ice-cream topping.   PINAKOMBO                                                                          A combination of pineapple and coconut, 22.5% vol. A very refreshing drink for beach time launching.   BANANA LIQUEUR               Bananas only, 22.5% vol. A very tasteful banana liqueur that is fresh   CASHEW LIQUEUR           Cashews only. A very special taste with sliced cashew fruits inside in the bottle.   OTHER LIQUEURS                     A  range of seasonal specialties in very small production quantities for the real liqueur admireres. 

Sea Food International Co. Ltd is one of the leading exporters of fish and shrimps from the Gambia. The company has its own factory in Banjul for cleaning and processing fresh shrimps and fish in a hygienic and clean environment and has been exporting to various countries around the world. The latest addition to our sprawling processing centers in The Gambia is the Sea Food International factory located in the suburb of Banjul - Capital of The Gambia, approximately 30 minutes drive from the capital.  Established in 1985, this factory specializes and is capable of producing high quality sea food - for a host of internationally renowned food processing companies and restaurants. The Gambia is a small country stretching along the banks of the River Gambia, and is bordered on all sides, except on the Atlantic coast, by the Republic of Senegal. The Gambia lies within the Sahel region and is subject to periodic droughts, which can affect the water flow and productivity of marine and estuarine fisheries.The Gambia’s maritime fisheries resources are enhanced by the freshwater flow from the River Gambia estuary, which attracts marine fish for feeding and spawning purposes. The most important marine fish species are pelagic species, including shad or bonga (Ethmalosa spp.) and sardinellas (Sardinella spp.), but there are also appreciable stocks of both demersal and semi-pelagic species, such as carangids (Carangidae); barracudas (Sphyreanidae); croakers and drums (Sciaenidae); porgies and seabreams (Sparidae); groupers and seabasses (Serranidae); threadfins and tasslefishes (Polynemidae); and grunts (Pomadasysidae).Gambia has considerable quantities of brackish- and freshwater fish. Some of the most abundant species are tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), African bonytongue (Heterotis niloticus), upsidedown catfish (Synodontis gambensis), catfish (Clarias lazera), bagrid catfish (Auchenoglanis occidentalis), Labeo senegalensis and Chrysichthus furcayus. Artisanal fishing activities fall into three categories: marine, lower river and upper river. The lower portion of the River Gambia has a brackish-water regime and marine fish are caught in this area, particularly bonga, catfish, threadfins, barracuda, sole and shrimps. The shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) and tonguesole (Cynoglossus senegalensis) caught along the river are purchased by industrial fishing companies for processing and export to Europe.The performance of the industrial fisheries subsector in terms of its contribution to total fisheries industry output has been below expectations. Industrial fisheries activities involve use of high-cost fish-production systems (fishing trawlers), as well as high-cost processing systems (fish factories). There are about 20 locally registered fishing companies. Although the number keeps increasing, only 11 companies have so far managed to invest in fish factories. Seven fish factories have now been certified to process and export to EU countries. Only three companies have managed to acquire fishing trawlers; the other companies depend solely on raw material supplies from the artisanal fishers. Industrial fishing activities focus mainly on demersal fish species, which are processed and exported. The fishing companies operate industrial fishing vessels (shrimp trawlers, demersal trawlers) under licence, but most vessels do not land their catches in the Gambia because of lack of a fisheries port.Fish is a relatively cheap source of protein compared with other animal products available in the Gambia, and per caput consumption is high, particularly along the coast. However, with recent steps to improve the distribution of fresh marine fish, inland areas now have greater access to fish and fishery products, both domestically produced and imported.