Africa products

At VAA, we work with numerous African producers who provide high-quality goods from a wide range of categories. To find out more about our producers and their stories select a category from the drop-down below:

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Nairobi, Kenya

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Nestled in the misty highlands of East Africa, the Kenya Nut Company grows and processes organic nuts that have the exciting taste of Africa. Established in 1972, today the Kenya Nut Company is one of the leading macadamia nut processors worldwide. Presently, they employ more than 2500 skilled personnel in their macadamia and cashew nut processing department.

Their brands include Out of Africa and Nutfields which also specialise in coffee, tea and chocolate. Their brands meet the highest international standards as they have a commitment to the integrity and quality of their products.

Out of Africa

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Out of Africa is one of the most popular brands belonging to the Kenya Nut Company (KNC). Out of Africa is one of the leading producers of nuts, teabags and coffee in East Africa. The brand is dedicated to sustainable organic agriculture.

Out of Africa produces roasted coffee, green coffee and tea bags. Coffee is available in ground and bean and is organic with full traceability.

ESWATINI SWAZI KITCHEN

Manzini, Swaziland

Eswatini Kitchen is a fair trade producer of natural gourmet food, certified by WFTO and COFTA that exports its products to 15 international destinations including Europe, USA, Australia and Japan, complying with food safety standards, HACCP requirements and international regulations.

Eswatini Kitchen has grown from a small cottage industry to a thriving business that is enhancing the lives of underprivileged communities by providing a fair and sustainable income for over 300 people in Swaziland, and devoting all its proceeds to the Manzini Youth Care initiatives, which support more than 2000 marginalized children and young people in the country.

Oliberte Shoes

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Oliberté is a sustainable brand supporting workers’ rights in sub-Saharan Africa. Oliberté believe in empowerment, transparency, and doing right by all. This means making premium quality products with a lifetime warranty, and it means treating every employee, everywhere in the world, with respect.

In 2009, Oliberté started off as a small footwear company partnering with factories and suppliers in Africa. Since then, they gained enough momentum to launch our very own factory in 2012. Oliberté make every single pair of Oliberté shoes at this factory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In September 2013, they also became the world’s first Fair Trade Certified™ footwear manufacturing factory.

MADECASSE

Madagascar

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Madagascar is the 10th poorest country in the world, and the average person lives off of less than a dollar a day. By providing equipment and training – and producing the entire product locally – Madécasse is able to provide 100% of production costs to the people of Madagascar.

Madécasse was named one of the “World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies” in 2011 by Fast Company, and the “2012 Leader of Change” by the United Nations Office of Partnerships and the Foundation for Social Change.

EAST AFRICAN BREWERIES - Tusker

Kenya

East African Breweries Limited (Eabl) is East Africa’s leading branded alcohol beverage business with an outstanding collection of brands that range from beer, spirits and adult non-alcoholic drinks (ANADs) reaffirming its standing as a total adult beverage (TAB) company.

With breweries, distilleries, support industries and a distribution network across the region, the group’s diversity is an important factor in delivering the highest quality brands to East African consumers and long-term value to East African investors and delivering on their vision to be the most celebrated business in East Africa.

TUSKER™ can now be found in the UK and Ireland. The name TUSKER™ came about as a memoriam following the death of George Hurst a co-founder of Kenya Breweries Ltd who was killed by an elephant during a hunting expedition in 1922. The brand has since grown to be Eabl’s flagship brand.

TUSKER is brewed from 100% African ingredients that are all locally sourced; the barley is from the Savannah and the Maasai Mara, the spring water is from the Aberdare Mountains and all the yeast is developed locally which means that you feel closely connected to the brand’s origins and roots.

Solino

Ethiopia

Ethiopia is the largest producer of coffee in sub-Saharan Africa, responsible for 4.4% of total world coffee production (The Africa Report, April 2014).

Solino is one of the first fully made-in-Ethiopia to reach Europe. This means that the growing, harvesting, processing, roasting, packaging and branding is entirely done in Ethiopia.