Food Processing

Kenya imported 875,000 tonnes of palm oil in 2024 and refines most of it at home. Where the refining-plant RFQs sit, and who signs them.

Kenya's formal milk intake hit 1.014 billion litres in 2025. The licence, equipment scope, and payment steps for a dairy processing plant project.

Kenya's food processing sector hit $9 billion in 2024. The processors, tenders, and payment mechanics behind its dairy, edible oil, and milling RFQs.

Kenya's formal milk intake hit 1.014 billion litres in 2025. How a UHT sterilisation and aseptic filling project gets specified, licensed and paid for.

Kenya imported about $36M of milk powder in 2023, then suspended powder imports in 2025. Who buys evaporators and spray dryers now, and how they procure.

GEPPIA members post EUR 1.8B turnover with 45% exported. How French food machinery makers reach producers in 70+ countries year-round.

Switzerland exported 79,268 tonnes of cheese worth CHF 748.5M in 2024. The OEMs behind the vats, presses, and brine systems sell worldwide.

Switzerland grows zero coffee yet leads global roasted coffee exports by value. How Swiss processors and capsule makers reach B2B buyers in 80+ markets.

Bühler turnover hit CHF 2.8B in 2025 as North American orders fell 31%. How Swiss food machinery makers rebuild pipeline in new markets.

Kirène holds over 70% of Senegal's bottled-water market. How to win PET, juice and brewery bottling-line RFQs in a euro-pegged market.

Senegal imports 70% of its food and put $191.7M into one agro zone. What food processing equipment is selling, and how buyers source lines that fit.

Senegal imported 53.4bn CFA of dairy in ten months of 2024, mostly milk powder. How suppliers win UHT and recombination line RFQs at Dolima and beyond.

Senegal grows 127,000 tonnes of mango a year and processes 1 to 3% of it. How suppliers win juice concentrate line RFQs at Présséa and the agropoles.

Senegal's $191.7M agropole and SONACOS oilseed revival open RFQs for groundnut, cashew, rice and grain processing lines. A buyer-side sourcing guide.

Senegal imported 904,947 tonnes of wheat in 2024. How suppliers win bakery and confectionery line RFQs at Patisen and the big Dakar mills.

Senegal imports 70% of its food and just opened a $191.7M agro-processing zone. How suppliers win food-plant RFQs at SOCAS, SIAGRO and Patisen.

SONACOS runs 900,000 t/yr of groundnut crushing across five ageing plants, with two new units in build. A buyer-side guide to the equipment RFQs.

SOCAS contracts 12,000 tomato growers yet Senegal still imports concentrate. How suppliers win tomato paste line RFQs in a euro-pegged market.

Ghana spent USD 646M on imported juice in 2020. Indicative aseptic line budgets, the kit you pay for, and how the LCs clear.

Ghana produces ~300,000 t of palm oil against ~450,000 t demand, a 150,000 t gap pulling refinery RFQs. Who buys, what kit, how the LCs clear.

Ghana's fastest CSD line runs 65,000 bottles per hour. The greenfield procurement steps, named buyers, and how the LCs clear.

Ghana imported USD 1.24B in food processing inputs in 2024, up 44%. Where the equipment RFQs sit, who buys, and how the LCs clear.

Twellium's Kumasi water line runs at 80,000 bottles/hr. Here is what a Ghana PET bottling line costs, who buys it, and how the LCs clear.

Ghana's biggest biscuit maker holds about 30% market share and runs a 24-hour line at Tema. Here is how to import a biscuit and snack line, FX to freight.

Ghana imports tomato paste worth over USD 100 million a year. Here is the equipment a domestic paste line needs and how to win the RFQ.

Savanna Beef won EU/UK approval NA37 and Meatco filled its 1,200t Norway quota. Sourcing abattoir, deboning and chilling lines in Namibia, explained.

Tanzania earned $413M from coffee in 2025/26 but ships 92% as green beans. Where dry-mill and roaster RFQs sit, who buys, and how to win them.

Used and modular fish filleting and freezing lines for Namibia: filleting machines, plate and spiral freezers, sourcing, refurbishment, and freight.

Namibia is lifting locally processed catch from 23% to 45% in five years. Used and modular fish processing equipment options, sourcing, and freight.

Namibia's first EU-approved private beef abattoir (NA37) cost ~N$400M. The import playbook: documentation, FX/LC, SACU duty, Walvis Bay freight, install.

Namibian grain output jumped 375.9% in Q4 2025. A project guide to flour milling equipment: roller mills, purifiers, silos, supplier shortlist, FX and LC.

Namibia's beef chain just won EU/UK accreditation and fish policy is forcing local processing from 23% to 45%. A procurement map for equipment suppliers.

Tanzania earned Sh1.52 trillion from cashew in 2024/25 yet processes a fraction at home. Where agro-processing equipment RFQs sit and how to win them.

Bakhresa's $500M expansion doubles output to 300,000 cartons a day by 2026. How food packaging machinery suppliers win Tanzanian RFQs.

Tanzania imports over $250M in edible oil yearly and is racing to localise milling, dairy, and bottling. Where the food processing equipment RFQs sit.

Egypt bakes 250M+ subsidized loaves a day and is spending EGP 34B on silos by 2030. Where bread plant equipment RFQs sit and who buys.

Morocco imported $130M of chocolate in 2024. What a chocolate moulding line actually costs to buy, ship, and commission, by capacity tier.

Morocco's orange juice processing forecast hit 6,500 tons for 2025/26 on expanding capacity. Where citrus extractor and pasteuriser RFQs come from, and who buys.

Egypt's confectionery and biscuit exports hit $264M in the first 9 months of 2025, up 40%. Where the moulding-line RFQs sit and how to win them.

Egypt imports 97% of its edible oil and is building local crush-and-refine capacity. Where the refining and bottling line RFQs sit, and who buys.

Egypt's farm exports hit a record $11.5B in 2025. Where the agro-processing equipment RFQs sit, who buys, and how the deals get paid.

Egypt's cereals and biscuit exports hit $340M in 2025, up 42%. A greenfield procurement guide for biscuit and wafer production line suppliers.

Egypt consumes 600,000 to 700,000 tonnes of UHT milk a year, most of it recombined from imported powder. Where the line RFQs sit and who buys.

Egypt's processed-food exports hit $5.8B through October 2025. Where the food-processing equipment RFQs sit, who buys, and how deals get paid.

Morocco's raw milk output fell from 2.55B litres in 2020 to under 2B. Here is how to land and import a spray dryer dairy plant, FX and customs included.

Egypt's pasta market hit $242M on 99K tonnes in 2024, and producers are adding lines. Where the equipment RFQs sit, who buys, and how deals get paid.

Generation Green commits $11B to double Morocco's agri-exports by 2030. Where olive, citrus and argan processing RFQs come from, and how to win them.

Morocco imported $526M of dairy in 2023 and is pivoting to UHT. A project guide for suppliers quoting greenfield UHT lines into its top processors.

Morocco's agrifood industry turns over MAD 190.9 billion with investment up 8% to MAD 10 billion. How equipment suppliers win RFQs in tomato, dairy, sugar, and confectionery.

Egypt processes 780,000 tonnes of tomatoes a year, and the largest line runs 1,200 t/day. Who supplies the evaporators and how RFQs get paid.

Morocco imports 9,000 to 15,000 tonnes of paste a year and now charges a 29.93% duty on Egyptian product. Where the processing-line RFQs come from.

Nigeria sold 53 billion liters of soft drinks in 2024. Here is the buyer map and RFQ route for beverage filling line suppliers chasing Lagos bottlers.

A mid-scale biscuit line runs USD 1.5M to 5M before install. Here is the full CAPEX walkthrough for South African and SADC bakers.

Nigeria milled wheat from 6.7M tonnes of imports in 2025/26. Here is how to land roller mills, purifiers, and plansifters past FX, customs, and port.

Nigeria's $538M SAPZ Phase 1 and Africa's biggest cassava and cocoa volumes are pulling in processing-line RFQs. Here is where the equipment demand sits.

Nigeria spends $1.5B a year importing milk. Backward integration is driving local UHT capex. Here is how to source UHT processing equipment.

Nigeria runs a palm oil supply gap above 1M tonnes a year. Here is how to scope, phase, and source a greenfield edible oil refining line.

Nigeria imported EUR 265M of food and packaging technology in 2024. Here is the buyer map for equipment suppliers chasing food processing RFQs.

Nigeria runs 268 rice mills on a 7.5M-tonne base. A buyer's guide to specifying de-stoners, whiteners, color sorters, and parboiling lines.

Nigeria runs a 1m-tonne palm oil deficit and spends $600m a year on imports. Here is how to buy mill equipment, from mini-mills to large lines.

South Africa slaughters 23 million birds a week and imports the lines that do it. Here is how to source a turnkey poultry plant and win the RFQ.

Nigeria imported EUR 265M of food and packaging machinery in 2024. How to source a snack or noodle extrusion line and reach the right buyers.

SA plant bakeries run lines at 12,000 loaves per hour. Here is the equipment, supplier shortlist, indicative pricing, and procurement workflow.

A greenfield dairy UHT line in South Africa runs roughly 12 to 24 months. Here is the procurement, financing, and FX playbook for foreign suppliers.

Tiger Brands lifted capex to R1.2B and CCBA put in a 72,000 bph line. Here is the food processing equipment buyer map for South Africa.

Premier runs 680,000 t/a of maize milling and 40% of SA capacity sits idle. A greenfield project guide for turnkey maize milling plants in South Africa.

Canada's baked goods sector hit CAD$7.7B in exports in 2024. Here's how manufacturers break out of distributor lock-in and trade show dependency.

Canada exported $4.9B in beef in 2024, on track for a record $5.2B in 2025. Here's how Canadian beef processors reach international buyers.

Canada crushed a record 11.6 million tonnes of canola in 2025. Here's who the processors are, what they buy, and how to reach them without trade fairs.

Canada exported $2.7B in frozen potatoes in 2024/2025, ranking 3rd globally. Here's how processors are finding buyers beyond trade fairs and distributors.

Canada produces 73% of the world's maple syrup, worth $837M in 2024. Here's how processors find serious B2B buyers without burning cash on trade shows.

Canada exports 1.45M tonnes of pork worth $5.48B annually. Here's how Canadian pork processors find buyers and what it costs.

Canada exports $3.4B in pulses annually. Here's how lentil, pea, and chickpea processors are losing margin on old channels and what replaces them.

Germany exported EUR 10.6B in food packaging machinery in 2024, up 6%. How manufacturers build pipeline beyond Anuga FoodTec.