Highland Seed Growers Limited – 2012

Investment by African Seed Investment Fund and African Agricultural Capital Highland is a seed company located in Mbeya in the Southern highlands of Tanzania. The business processes and markets hybrid and open-pollinated maize seed varieties and distributes seed throughout Southern Tanzania. Highland has a strong focus on research and development of seed varieties suitable for…

Wilmar Flowers – 2012

Investment by African Agricultural Capital Fund Wilmar Flowers limited is a well-established export floriculture business located in Thika, Central Kenya. The business is one of the major summer flower exporters at the Dutch auction from Kenya. The business model revolves around supporting smallholder farmers in central, Eastern, Rift Valley and Nyanza provinces produce commercial flower…

Midlands Limited – 2012

Investment by African Agricultural Capital Fund Midlands Limited is an agro-processing company, with the objective of adding value to temperate zone agricultural produce in Kenya. Situated on a 25 acre piece of land in South Kinangop, Nyadarua which is in the South rift valley, the crop range of the business included potatoes, carrots, cabbage, sukuma…

Mimea International Limited – 2012

Mimea International Limited (MIL) is a private tissue culture SME agribusiness firm. MIL was incorporated in 2005 and started its operations in the same year.The firm is currently located in Kitengela Township, where it operates a tissue culture laboratory. In 2012, MIL secured a loan of US$ 350,000 from African Seed Investment Fund (ASIF) for…

Alemayehu Makonnen Farm PLC – 2012

Investment by African Seed Investment Fund Alemayehu is a large scale commercial farm located in the Awash valley in the Oromia province, East of Ethiopia. The farm is located deep in rural Ethiopia, specializing in the production and marketing of grain seed especially seed maize, both hybrid and open pollinated varieties (OPV’s) as well as…

Dryland Seed Limited (DSL) – 2011

Investment by African Seed Investment Fund DSL is a business based in Machakos, Kenya that was established to produce seed adapted to dry land conditions. DSL continues to play an important role due to the changing climatic conditions which provide a ready market for its products.ASIF Financing has enabled the business to expand its processing capacity and…

NASECO -2010

Investment by African Seed Investment Fund NASECO is one of the largest seed companies operating in Uganda. It is located in Hoima district in Western Uganda and produces and trades in hybrid maize seed. Additional products include rice, groundnuts, sorghum, soya beans, beans and sunflower. Seed is marketed to stockists and numerous NGOs operating in…

Farm Inputs Care Centre Uganda (FICA) – 2010

Investment by African Seed Investment Fund. FICA Uganda is one of the largest seed businesses in Uganda. Founded in 2001, after the Ugandan seed industry was liberalized, it was the pioneer of privately-owned seed companies in Uganda. With 3 substantial farms and a large processing facility located in Masindi, FICA has the potential to produce…