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Beanz Meanz Development: value addition by cooking and packing nutritious beans
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Beanz Meanz Development: value addition by cooking and packing nutritious beans

The East Africa Business Podcast: African Start ups | Investing | Entrepreneurship | Interviews · samfloy

September 21, 201629m 10s

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Show Notes

From a GDP perspective, any business that “adds value” to a supply chain  is a good thing. Traditionally countries like Rwanda have been just growing agricultural produce, with other companies/ countries undertaking investment and reaping the benefits of manufacturing of a higher value product.

FarmFresh is  different in that regard. I visited Christian Heremans at their “pilot factory” (a converted house) to see how his company are taking raw beans, and turning them into well packaged cooked beans for consumption in and out of Rwanda.


READ MORE AT:
https://theeastafricabusinesspodcast.com/2016/09/21/cooked-beans-the-food-business-of-bean-processing-in-rwanda-with-christian-heremans-of-farmfresh/