Middle East and North Africa

With its strategic proximity to 3 continents, our presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region enables us to meet customer needs for a wide range of products: coffee, cocoa, dairy, nuts, rice, tomato paste, sesame, spices, pulses, beans, cotton and wood.

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We are one of the largest shippers of containerised agri-commodities in Algeria. We also have a strong presence in Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, GCC and the Middle East.

We are the largest suppliers of dehydrated onions from Egypt, with a strong supply chain covering upstream and midstream operations from 2 locations.

Our corporate marketing, sales and distribution offices for the region are in Algiers (Algeria), Cairo (Egypt), Casablanca (Morocco) and Dubai (UAE).

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Ripe red coffee cherries growing on a bush, ready for harvesting, Guatemala, Olam.

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A stack of Tasty Tom tins full of tomato paste, Olam also manufactures pasta, biscuits, yoghurt drinks and edible oils for African markets.

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Looking up the trunk of a tall Teak tree. Olam wood business specialises in responsibly-sourced tropical timber.

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Meet the Team

Venkataramani Srivathsan Managing Director and CEO, Africa and Middle East

News, Views and Insights

21^st Dec, 2020

Press release

Olam Food Ingredients heats up Spices portfolio with US$108.5 million acquisition of a leading US chile pepper business

Acquisition is on-trend to support rising consumer demand for Mexican flavors Singapore Olam Food Ingredients (“OFI”), the new operating group created after the reorganization within Olam International Limited (“OIL”) earlier this year, is expanding its Spices portfolio (“Olam Spices”) to meet the rising demand for bold, authentic flavors with the acquisition of one of the world’s leading suppliers of premium green chiles, jalapeños and enchilada sauces. OIL, through its subsidiary, Olam Americas, Inc. has agreed to acquire the US-based chile pepper business (“CPB”) of major maker of condiments and sauces, Mizkan America, Inc. (“Mizkan”), for US$108.5 million. This is the first major acquisition for OFI after the reorganization and is in line with its strategy to provide customers with on-trend food products and sustainable, natural, value-added ingredients and solutions. Based in Deming, New Mexico, CPB is renowned for its high-quality New Mexico green chiles as well as other spec

1^st Oct, 2020

News

Coffee kiosk gives Brazilian smallholders direct access to global markets

Olam is experimenting with technologies that reach remote coffee farmers and empower them to sell to the company directly, thereby giving them access to global market prices. Its first kiosk in Ibicocara - Brazil's Bahia region, allows farmers to drop off coffee samples and then Olam manages the testing and pricing negotiation via its digital platform, Olam Direct. The company has received more than 50 samples in July, its first month of operation, and farmer feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Olam hopes to roll out the kiosks to serve additional farmers in 2021 and the locations may offer other value-add services for farmers and their communities. Edmilson Rocha Aguiar, who farms 140 miles away from the closest Olam facility in Vitoria da Conquista, was one of the first participants in the kiosk test.

1^st Dec, 2020

Blog

A Sustainable, Equitable Food System Needs to be Nourished at the Source

COVID-19 has exposed many of the vulnerabilities in our food system, one of which is just how reliant global supply chains are on people’s well-being at every step of the journey. The small-scale farmers in emerging markets who produce much of the world’s food ingredients, live in countries that face high rates of malnutrition, with many farming households unable to eat healthily themselves. The strong link between health and agricultural productivity is one of the reasons nutrition has moved up the sustainability agenda for Olam. Malnutrition is said to cost the private sector as much as $850 billion a year in lost productivity, according to a recent Chatham House reporti, with much of this borne by the ag sector given the labour intensity of farming. So as a business that plans to run efficiently for the next 30, 50 years and beyond, helping to reduce malnutrition in the communities where we operate is actually a down payment on future productivity. Financial incentive aside,

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