East Africa Fruits

EDFI AgriFI invested $1.5 million in East Africa Fruits, a distributor of fresh fruits, vegetables & grains, from rural farmers towards urban customers.

Project overview

EDFI AgriFI committed circa € 1.3 million to support the East Africa Fruits’ scale up. The financing has been allocated to develop operations and invest in additional trucks, collection centres and machinery, aiming to reach 10,000 farmers by 2025.
East Africa Fruits production, trading and distribution business is committed to minimise post-harvest losses by reducing intermediaries in the food value chain.

Funding objective

AgriFI funding aims to support the company’s activities scale up: financing additional trucks, collection centres and machinery while providing working capital to keep sourcing
from more farmers.

Investment rationale

• 100% out grower model with repayment of value to smallholders
• Reinforcement of domestic value chain & food security, tackling a structural issue of post-harvest losses
• Highly scalable mode

Read more:

• East Africa Fruits | AgriFI
• The EU invests USD 1.5m in East Africa Fruits through EDFI AgriFI in an effort to reduce Tanzania’s food waste | AgriFI
• For Quality Fresh Produce East Africa Foods Co. We are the Best (eafruits.com)