Senegal

Olam’s operations in Senegal began in 2008 with the incorporation of our subsidiary, Société Senegalaise de Marchandises Alimentaires (SOSEMA).

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Since then, Olam Senegal has grown into a leading agri-commodity company in Senegal and one of the leading importers and distributors of milk powder and rice.

Our grains business has also invested significantly in wheat milling, with our facility producing biscuit and baguette flour. We engage with bakers across the country to better understand their needs. Technical design and a focus on efficiency and environment has meant that our Senegal plant runs with around 25% lower power consumption than some of our other mills in Africa. Our initiatives to enable this include using renewables for lighting, section wise power monitoring, use of variable speed drives and single drives for multiple applications.

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Milk pouring from a silver churn into a blue bucket. Olam offers butter, cheese, milk powder and whey protein, consumed by families all around the world.

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Mature rice crop, grown in India, Thailand, Vietnam and Nigeria, Olam.

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Olam Products: Food Staples: grains feed, grains, wheat, maize, barley, sorghum, rye, flaxseed and chickpeas soybean meal

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Meet the Team

Our team is made up of over 70 people across operations in Senegal.

Partheeban Thedore, Olam's Country Head of Sengal where we have over 100 employees.

Partheeban Theodore Senior Vice President and Country Head, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal

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24^th Nov, 2020

Press release

Cascara iced tea to traceable cocoa: Olam Food Ingredients demonstrates the art of natural innovation at Fi Connect

London Olam Food Ingredients ("OFI"), one of the world's leading providers of cocoa, coffee, nuts, spices and dairy, is showcasing creative ingredients and solutions in its first virtual exhibit launched during Fi Europe Connect, Europe's largest gathering of food and beverage professionals. Visitors are able to freely navigate through interactive zones on the digital platform to access and engage with rich content on OFI’s portfolio of “on-trend” and healthy products, across categories ranging from snacking to beverages. With a focus on creative ingredients, showcased products will include deZaan D11MG – Ghana single-origin cocoa powder, anti-oxidant rich cascara (coffee cherry) iced tea, and GardenFrost™, Olam Spices’ proprietary purée line and the most operationally efficient, clean label purée on the market, across multiple product applications. They can also experience AtSource, Olam's revolutionary insights platform that provides food brands and manufacturers with v

1^st Dec, 2020

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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,

17^th Aug, 2020

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Olam celebrates its place in Cameroon history

2020 marks 25 years of company “Re-imagining Global Agriculture and Food Systems” with the country This year marks 25 years since Cameroon became a vital part of the Olam’s international story and its long-term contribution to this country’s economy and food security. Today, Olam Cameroon is a leading business in the country operating cocoa, grains, and rice across all its 10 regions. Since Olam Cameroon was established in 1995, the company and the country have been working as partners in progress. Domestically, it has been a story of corporate commitment to the economic growth of the country, to creating jobs for its dynamic young workforce, and to delivering quality food products to Cameroonian customers and consumers. Collectively, Olam’s initiatives in both Cameroon and around the world have reflected the company’s strategy for responding to the many challenges in meeting the needs of a growing global population. While at the same time achieving positive impact for farming c

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Cascara iced tea to traceable cocoa: Olam Food Ingredients demonstrates the art of natural innovation at Fi Connect

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

Olam celebrates its place in Cameroon history

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