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Burkina Faso

Operations in Burkina Faso were first established in 1994.

We are now one of the country’s leading exporters of agri-commodities, such as sesame seeds and cashew nuts.

With our permanent staff based in our head office in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso’s second largest city, we operate an integrated supply chain across sourcing, processing, logistics, marketing and distribution, to ensure good value creation and risk management for our customers.

Olam Packaged Foods Business distributes leading brands Tasty Tom and Festin which include tomato paste, pasta, perfumed rice and palm oil products.

Discover Our Products

Fresh fruit bunch of palm, cut to show the source of palm oil. Olam's oils portfolio includes palm, soybean and sunflower.

Meet the Team

Our ever-growing team operates across 3 locations.

Amit Agrawal, Olam's Country Head of Burkina Faso.

Amit Agrawal Country Head, Burkina Faso

A handful of sesame fruit and hulled seeds, Olam.

News, Views and Insights

Press release

28^th Jan, 2021

Top Employers Institute recognises Olam International for excellence in HR

Company’s operations in Cote d’Ívoire, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and the Netherlands also separately recognised Africa Olam International (Olam), the global food and agri-business, has been recognised by the Top Employers Institute for the first time in 2021 for its excellence in HR practices for the Africa region. The Company’s operations in Cote d’Ívoire, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, as well as the Netherlands, have also separately been awarded for their HR best practices. The auditing survey from the Top Employers Institute highlighted Olam as excelling in each of the assessment categories, which included people strategy, organisation and change, career, digital HR, work environment, employer branding, talent acquisition and onboarding, performance management, learning, wellbeing, rewards and recognition, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability. Jaideep Biswas, Regional Head of Human Resources, Africa, Olam International Limited, said, “People are critical to

News

21^st Aug, 2020

Olam Coffee partners with customers to support vulnerable farmers through COVID-19

In May, Olam Coffee launched a COVID-19 Global Intervention Plan to strengthen its ongoing relief efforts for the world’s worst-affected coffee farming communities. Securing skilled labour, earning a living and affording usual food and new hygiene supplies are the main challenges being faced by coffee farmers as a result of lockdowns and movement restrictions. All of which are compounding the pre-existing vulnerability of coffee farmers to low prices and climate shocks. Donations from customers and partners, together with Olam’s contributions, have reached US$449,670 to date, funding food and hygiene packages for over 20,000 coffee households across 12 countries, where farmers are navigating the complexities of harvesting during a pandemic. Vivek Verma, Managing Director and CEO, Olam Coffee, said, “We are extremely grateful for the generous support from our customers, namely Lavazza, Nespresso, Caffé Borbone, JM Smuckers, Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee, Strauss, Melitta a

Blog

1^st Feb, 2021

Working to “END” neglected tropical diseases in our lifetime

1.7 billion people – or 1 in 5 globally – are affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Despite this, they remain a relatively unknown burden that are yet to be effectively tackled. Olam – comprising Olam Food Ingredients (OFI) and Olam Global Agri (OGA) – has partnered with The END Fund – the only private philanthropic initiative solely dedicated to ending the most common NTDs – to improve the lives of people affected by these diseases. Together, we have been working across Olam's various supply chains in Africa - particularly cashew, as well as rice, grains, and other ingredients – to solve the burden of these diseases.