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Jambo Food Products is providing products of international quality standards at affordable prices to the masses, and with plans for expansion it looks set for greatness Writer: Phoebe Calver Project Manager: Joshua Mann
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ambo Food Products has experienced a meteoric rise to success over the past four years, becoming one of the largest manufacturers of carbonated soft drinks, fresh juices, and the processing and bottling of water within East Africa, based in Shinyanga, Tanzania. The Company is a part of Jambo Group of Companies Ltd, a conglomerate made up of five independent business entities, including Jambo Oil Mills & Ginneries, Jambo Petroleum Products, Jambo Spinning Mills, Jambo Cargo Transportation and of course Jambo Food Products. “As one of the leading economic forces in Tanzania, we have major investments and successful operating companies in all key business sectors,” explains Dawood Hobaya, General Manager of Jambo Food Products. “We are part of a family-owned Group, which is managed by our CEO, Founder and Director, Salum Khamis Salum and Co-Director, Sleman Khamis Salum.And now Mr. Salaam, their younger brother has joined the board of directors.”
Dawood Hobaya, General Manager
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Providing quality & environmentally friendly packaging solutions In 1997, QPL started its activities at a 100 sq meter rented facility with an installed capacity of 10 mtons/month. QPL’s work ethics, diligence, commitment and sincerity enabled it to meet its customers’ needs and excel their expectations. This enabled numerous expansions of its business activities and these expansions are still on going. Presently QPL operates at a 5-acre custom-built facility situated in Mukono with an installed capacity of 350 mtons/month. QPL is engaged in flexible plastic packaging of both, extruded and co-extruded, and manufactures mono and multilayer films, DPC sheetings, tubings and plant bags for seedlings and packaging for pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries to name a few. It also removes from circulation and recycles a large quantity of waste plastic
We believe in ethical growth and quality performance
Mr. Shamsher Ali (General Manager) Quality Plastics (U) Ltd Plot No. 283 Kyaggwe, Block 198 Nangwa - Mukono P O Box 24573 , Kampala, Uganda T: +256 393 348 946 M: +256 787 357251 sales@qualityuganda.com www.qualityuganda.com
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The Company has invested wisely in state-of-the-art machinery
When the Group was conceived in 1998 by Salum Khamis Salum, it set out with humble intentions to work as a small trading business in the cotton sector, engaging in cotton purchasing and ginning, oil refining and cotton lint bale exports. However, with stringent planning and the right team of people at the core, the Jambo Group has subsequently expanded the business into a wide range of sectors.
Healthy and affordable quality products
Having been a successful and thriving Company in Shinyanga, Tanzania for many years, the Jambo Group’s move into food production was a natural step. Initially its product offering comprised cooking oil and cotton seed cake for animals, and when those proved particularly popular, the Company pooled its resources
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Since 2013, our food products have grown in sales by 15 percent year-onyear and our products are now available in many store outlets in Tanzania
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UALITY PLASTICS (U) LIMITED (QPL), is a manufacturing company incorporated in Uganda in 1997, with an objective of becoming the leading packaging company in East Africa. We are engaged in manufacturing of PET preforms, plastic closures, printed and plain industrial packaging, DPC sheets, recycling of PE films,. Since its inception, QPL has been committed to catering Uganda and EAST Africa with high quality products for major industries including the food & beverages, pharmaceutical, agricultural and construction. We strive to meet our customers’ growing and changing needs by increasing and improving the range of packing materials, machinery and equipment. Reaching out and serving for emerging and developing markets we are committed to remain at the leading edge. At QPL we believe in ethical growth and quality performance, which is for the benefit of all our stakeholders. QPL’s diversified expertise in extrusion and injection moulding represents our immense growth potential to generate opportunities for sustaining development both in rigid and flexible packaging. Our diversified product range also includes production of CSD preforms from HUSKY machines. At present, commercially QPL is the only producer of PET Preforms in Uganda using the globally recognised Husky Machine. These PET Preforms are made from high quality raw material which ensures high durability at its user end and thus are approved by renowned multinational companies. QPL is capable
of undertaking production of any sizes and colours of preforms as per the buyers’ prerequisites. In order to maintain its high standards, the Quality Control department at QPL is equipped with world class and well maintained lab equipments. At QPL, we manufacture closures also (plastic bottle caps) from SACMI Machine. The closures are made from high quality raw material which ensures high durability at its user end and thus are approved by renowned multinational companies. Our relation with JAMBO is not only as supplier and customer. JAMBO is like our business growth partner, where we can see JAMBO growing with us and JAMBO can see QPL growing with them and our aim is to continue this strong bond forever. It takes a dedicated amount of time and energy to build good, strong, lasting business relationship today and at QPL we can easily say that our business relationship with JAMBO is very strong. The best thing about JAMBO is their management, they are thoroughly professional and they know how to move forward with their suppliers. They have been very supportive throughout and in return we have given 100% as well.
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afepak Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya was selected by Jambo Food Products Co Ltd back in 2015 when they were taking the first steps towards this new venture. Whilst we never asked the GM/CEO for the underlying reasons behind placing this enormous trust and expectation for this big new venture, we can only presume it may have something to do with our experience of more than 26 years,; our capability to work handin-hand on any technical or business requirement of our customers; and our reputation to deliver on the commitment.
A proudly Tanzanian entity
Safepak Ltd is probably the most accomplished convertor of plastics in East Africa, if not Africa, encompassing the latest technologies in pet preform manufacture, pet bottle blowing, injection molding of closures and other packaging accessories, compression molding of closures, and printing of closures.
Jambo’s drinks are becoming one of Tanzania’s most visible signs of healthy and affordable quality products
to officially start the Jambo Food Products arm of the Group in 2013. “We now include mineral drinking water, fresh juices and carbonated soft drinks available in various different flavours, lemon, orange, vito, cola, ginger, cocopine, pineapple, malt products, energy drinks... Jambo’s drinks are becoming one of Tanzania’s most visible signs of healthy and affordable quality products,” continues Hobaya. “Since 2013, our food products have grown in sales by 15 percent year-on-year and our products are now available in many store outlets in Tanzania.” Looking forward the Company is
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Safepak Ltd works with a broad spectrum of customers from the smallest companies to the largest global brands across the widest diversity of industries engaged in still and carbonated beverages, edible oils, pharmaceuticals, personal care, household chemicals, foods and dressings, confectionary, agro chemicals, spices and condiments, sauces, and spreads. Safepak Ltd offers the most extensive range of preforms suitable for the smallest to the largest containers, the most extensive range of bottle designs and sizes, and the most extensive range of closure solutions.
planning to expand its operations to include the production of fruit pulp and juice concentrate to stores located within the entire country, bringing production to an estimated 300 metric tonnes a day. “In order to achieve this, our transportation needs will increase,
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Safepak Ltd is most renowned for developing and delivering bespoke packaging solutions for the most discerning domestic brands in our region enabling the brand owners compete effectively against global brands. T +254 20 2403222/2403223 E admin@ke.safepakgroup.co.ke
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ver the past years of enhancement, the principle for absolute quality has always been maintained. With up-to-date technology & cost effective solutions, CET Group can provide its local and global customers with tailored expert advice, intelligent detailed solutions and rapid services in industrial solutions.
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www.cetindustrial.com The Company has a wide range of drinks products that are highly popular throughout Tanzania
requiring a large fleet of trucks for transport and distribution,” affirms Hobaya. “Replacing our current fleet of Scania, Iveco, Mitsubishi and Man trucks with new Volvo trucks will also enhance and better the distribution of products throughout the entire country. “Following vast amounts of research, we came to the conclusion that Volvo are the most reliable, durable and efficient companies to carry our daily business endeavours, and we are looking forward to making this a reality.” Implementation of these plans will make for exciting progression in the next few years, as initial contracts are completed with retail outlets throughout the country and potential target markets identified. The Company is also hoping to export to East African partner states and other African countries, really widening its target market over the next few years.
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Pure products
Our Company vision ‘life in every drop’ is the standard to which we uphold all our work, focusing on the goal of having clean and safe drinking water to make our nation healthier
The Jambo Food Products selection is available throughout Tanzania, and excitingly looking forward, throughout East and Central Africa. Due to the demand for its products, Jambo has a soft drink and water plant with the capacity for production of more than 72,000 bottles each hour. “Our Company vision ‘life in every drop’ is the standard to which we uphold all our work, focusing on the goal of having clean and safe drinking water to make our nation healthier,” concludes Hobaya. “By doing this we have committed our vision to satisfying the demand in Tanzania for truly pure and healthy products anywhere at any time. “The Company strongly believes that every Tanzanian should be given the choice to enjoy world-class, quality products that come at affordable Tanzanian prices, therefore making Jambo the popular first choice among other food product companies in East Africa.”
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CET Group has provided solutions and innovative parts across the East African region in industrial products and has grown into an organisation with ability to deliver almost all the needs of industries in both packaging and manufacturing sector.
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Jambo Food Products Ltd. Mwanza – Dar Es Salaam Road, Shinyanga Tel: +25562 611 1117 , +25562 266 6692, +25562 266 6693 info@jambogrouptz.net
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