Africado

ongoing

Africado was established in 2007 as Tanzania’s first commercial and international grade producer of avocados. Since that time it has developed the business of producing and exporting Hass avocado. The company farms 137 hectares at Kifufu Estate around the Kilimanjaro area in Tanzania and contracts other commercial and small holder farmers to supplement its production. To achieve premium quality fruit, the avocados need to be handled to a high standard so Africado built and operates a fully operational packhouse at Kifufu Estate from where all the fruit is packaged and exported, primarily to the EU. Africado is developing the business and starting the production in a new farm, Gararagua, with an avocado orchard of 175 hectares. Africado aims to expand the harvest season and increase the economics of scale of its operations. The project also encompasses the expansion of the capacity of the existing packhouse.