Foodstuff & Beverages

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.

Natural Valley Limited the producers of Manzivalley brand of natural mineral water was incorporated in November 2000 but the production of Manzivalley brand started in 1988 and was bottled by Ngwerere farming Enterprises. Currently the production is based at the Waterfalls area of Chongwe district. This where the headquarters and the production plant for Natural Valley are based.At the time, the concept of mineral water was still very new in Zambia and indeed in most of sub Saharan countries. As a result, they were the pioneers in this market. Today they are over 50 producers of mineral water in Zambia.Since then Natural Valley Limited has grown into the biggest producer of mineral water in Zambia under the guidance of Stewart Simpson the Managing Director and proprietor of the company. The company has got a market share of 60% despite the many players in the market.Currently the company covers the entire Zambian market and Manzivalley can be found everywhere.Since it’s inception Natural Valley has always put quality at the forefront and today it’s the only mineral water company that is certified by Zambia Bureau of Standards and has achieved ZS388. This concept has led to the company being awarded several quality awards.In 2004 Natural Valley was awarded the second runner up during the Africa SMME awards in the category of Agriculture, Food and Beverage production held in South Africa. This was followed by yet another award in 2005 in Paris when it was awarded International Gold Star in recognition of outstanding Quality and Excellence.All this would not have been possible without Mr. Stewart Simpson and his very dedicated team at Natural Valley.