Consumer goods manufacturer Tropikal Brands Afrika has entered the flour market with a product branded Nutripro which is targeting health-conscious customers. The firm has partnered with a Rwandan-based food processing company Africa Improved Foods which is commissioned by World Food Programme to source nutritious grains from smallholder farmers of maize and millet in Kenya and…
Kwibuka 25: To commemorate Kwibuka 25, Africa Improved Foods staff assembled together in an all-purpose room to pay their respects and remember the fallen victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. The staff joined Mr. Theogene Karinamaryo from the National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG) as he took them through the history…
Meet Maurice Tuyisenge, who as per his words is very grateful to have been part of an 18-day training in Netherlands. The training which started on 8th March and ended on 30th March 2019 took place at Wageningen University & Research, saw 42 participants from all over the world unite to understand the motivation behind…
Leadership is a process and does not necessarily mean that you take the reins when you are in a managerial position, it begins from the early formative years when you take on menial leadership tasks. This is according to AIF Country Manager Mr. Prosper Ndayiragije who through a sit down interview expressed his viewpoint on…
We are very delighted to have hosted the World Food Programme Executive Director Mr. David Beasley at Africa Improved Foods. He was welcomed by our CEO Amar Ali and the rest of the AIF management team. He was given a tour of the plant and warehouses by COO Mr. Jan Vriens and the laboratory by Lilian Umuhumuza, the…
Monday 25th March 2019 At Africa Improved Foods, we pride ourselves in upholding the highest quality production standards that are key to WFP as a partner in the fight against malnutrition. We are FSSC22000 certified, the Food Safety System Certification that provides a framework for effectively managing an organization’s food safety responsibilities. It demonstrates…
We were very pleased to have had Mr. Philippe Le Houérou, Chief Executive Officer of IFC at Africa Improved Foods on this beautiful Sunday morning. He was welcomed by AIF CEO Mr. Amar Ali and given a thorough plant tour by COO Mr. Jan Vriens. We were honored. Check out how the visit went below:
The world’s leading young peacebuilders gathered in Kigali for a Caucus hosted by the European Commission and One Young World – the global forum for young leaders. Coming 25 years after the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, the two-day event explored how the world can learn from Rwanda’s experience of forgiveness and reconciliation with the aim of…
We were very pleased to have been visited by Hon. Solina NYIRAHABIMANA, Rwanda’s Minister of Gender and Family Promotion at Africa Improved Foods plant ahead of International Women’s Day on 5th March 2019.
To answer that question we take you behind the motivation Africa Improved Foods had when we decided to partake in partnering with this social enterprise. It all stems from the fact that we are a nutrition based company. When the organizers of Miss Rwanda approached us to be their health partner we saw the value…
