Press release
28th Mar, 2023
Riz Bijou Awarded Best Rice Brand in Cameroon for the Second Consecutive Year
Cameroon
Olam Agri, a leading agribusiness and a major rice distributor in Cameroon, is proud to announce that ‘Riz Bijou’, one of the brands from its fragrant rice range popularly known as “Rice of the People” , has been recognised as the “Best Rice Brand” in Cameroon for the second consecutive year by (FOCACO) Fondation Camerounaise des Consommateurs, a leading consumer rights civil society organisation.
The two-step selection process involved conducting a general survey with consumers followed by a judging panel comprising industry experts. The judging criteria includes Awareness, Consumer Satisfaction, Value Addition and Distribution.
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Vice President and Business Head for Olam Agri’s rice business in Cameroon, Mr. Vibhay Singh Chauhan, said,
’’ This award is a testament to our commitment in supplying high quality rice to our consumers. Our goal as a responsible business has always been to ensure that every Cameroonian from all 10 regions of the country has access to nutr
News
8th Mar, 2023
Olam Agri Introduces Workplace Lactation Pods for Working Mothers to mark International Women's Day
Ghana
Olam Agri, a global agribusiness company, has marked International Women’s Day with the installation of new lactation pods across its business locations in Ghana. This initiative forms part of the company’s workforce nutrition goal to ensure that by 2030, all its employees have access to nutrition programmes.
Blog
20th Mar, 2023
Building a Business that Conserves Forests, One Step At a Time
“I have worked in the Congo basin for years, but nothing could have prepared me for the moment when I was just steps away from Buka, who belongs to one of the four groups of habituated silverback gorillas living in the vicinity of our forest concessions in the Congo Basin,” says Vincent Istace, Head of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability at Congolaise Industrielle des Bois (CIB), an Olam Agri subsidiary.
Personal pictures of Paki Paki taken by Vincent Istace in 2021. © Vincent Istace
“This landscape is ideal for wildlife viewing compared to other natural forests in the area. The forest is more open, making it easier to see and spot gorillas and other wildlife. This feature has made sites such as Mondika one of the world’s most interesting spots for the study of great apes.
It may surprise some to hear that critical gorilla and chimpanzee habitats around the buffer zones of Nouabale-Ndoki National Park, are also where sustainable timber harvesting is practiced.”
Forest