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Every supplier on Yeafrica is verified as manufacturing or producing in Africa. No importers, no resellers — only makers, artisans, farmers, and cooperatives.
32 suppliers · 13 countries
💎 Platinum VerifiedTOMOCA Coffee
Founded in 1953 by Costa Tome, TOMOCA (Torrefazione Moderna Caffé) is Ethiopia's oldest specialty coffee roastery. The iconic Addis Ababa roastery on Wavel Street has been roising single-origin Ethiopian beans for 70 years — the same Italian drum roaster imported in 1953 is still in use today. TOMOCA pioneered the concept of Ethiopian coffee for Ethiopian pride, roasting for domestic consumption when most Ethiopian coffee was exported raw. Now exported to 15+ countries.
Wavel Street, Addis Ababa
🥈 Silver VerifiedGarden of Coffee
Garden of Coffee is Ethiopia's first women-owned specialty coffee roastery, founded by Husseina Ahmed in 2016. Sourcing exclusively from women-led coffee cooperatives in Yirgacheffe, Sidamo, and Harrar, Garden of Coffee ensures that 100% of proceeds go to women farmers. The roastery has trained 200+ women in cupping and roasting skills, creating career paths in a male-dominated industry. Featured by BBC Africa and Quartz Africa.
Bole, Addis Ababa
🥈 Silver VerifiedDesta Weaving Cooperative
The Dorze people of the Gamo highlands have woven Ethiopia's finest cotton for over 400 years. The Desta Cooperative brings together 85 weavers from 12 villages, producing the bamboo-fiber shamma and gabi garments worn at Ethiopian Orthodox ceremonies. Their tibeb border patterns are registered with the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office as traditional cultural expressions. Each weaver works on a pit loom dug into the hillside — a technique unique to the Dorze.
Dorze, Gamo Gofa
🥈 Silver VerifiedKUR Gallery
KUR (meaning 'leather' in Amharic) was founded in 2014 by REDIS - Rehabilitation and Development of Indigenous Skills, a social enterprise that trains disabled veterans in leather craftsmanship. Based in Addis Ababa, KUR produces premium leather bags and accessories using vegetable-tanned Ethiopian sheep and cowhide. Each piece is stamped by the artisan who made it, and 60% of revenue goes directly to the maker. Featured at the 2019 Milan Design Week.
Sarbet, Addis Ababa
🥈 Silver VerifiedBeza Mar Honey & Beeswax
Beza Mar ('my solution') is Ethiopia's leading honey and beeswax processor, founded by Tadessa Mekuria in 2008. Working with 1,500 beekeepers across the Amhara and Oromia highlands, Beza Mar modernized traditional forest beekeeping with improved hives while maintaining zero-heat processing. The company exports beeswax to European cosmetic manufacturers and was the first Ethiopian honey brand to earn EU organic certification. Beza Mar means 'my solution' in Amharic.
Wuchale, Amhara
🥈 Silver VerifiedLalibela Foods & Spices
Lalibela Foods is Ethiopia's largest spice processing company, founded in 1998 by Dawit Abraham. Operating from a 2,000m² facility in Addis Ababa's Mercato — Africa's largest open-air market — the company stone-grinds berbere, mitmita, shiro, and korerima for domestic distribution and export to 12 countries. Lalibela Foods works directly with 300 spice farmers in the Ethiopian highlands and was the first to standardize berbere proportions for international palates.
Mercato, Addis Ababa
🥇 Gold VerifiedSoleRebels
Founded by Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu in 2004 in her grandmother's village of Zenabwork, SoleRebels is the world's first Fair Trade-certified footwear brand. Handcrafted from recycled car tires, organic Ethiopian cotton, and sabdariffa fiber — materials that were previously burned as waste. Named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2011, Bethlehem built SoleRebels into a brand sold in 30+ countries with 100% manufacturing in Ethiopia. The company has created 1,200+ permanent jobs and was featured in Forbes, CNN, and Vogue.
Zenabwork, Addis Ababa
🥉 Bronze VerifiedArdent Mills Teff Partnership
Working with the Tigray Agricultural Research Institute, this cooperative of 450 teff farmers cultivates Ethiopia's ancient grain using improved varieties that yield 3× more per hectare while maintaining 100% of the nutritional profile. Teff has been cultivated in Ethiopia for over 3,000 years and is now recognized globally as a superfood — gluten-free, high in iron, calcium, and resistant starch. The cooperative stone-mills in small batches and was the first to export teff flour to the EU under AfCFTA rules.
Adigrat, Tigray
🥉 Bronze VerifiedAbyssinia Frankincense Export
Ethiopia is the world's largest exporter of frankincense (etan), producing 60% of global supply. Abyssinia Frankincense Export works with 500 harvesters in the Tigray and Amhara drylands, sustainably tapping Boswellia papyrifera trees using techniques passed down since the Aksumite Empire. The company grades resins by color and oil content, exporting premium grade to France (for perfumery) and Saudi Arabia (for religious use). Certified by the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority.
Mekelle, Tigray
🥇 Gold VerifiedMarula Studios
Marula Studios in Karen, Nairobi is Kenya's premier leather workshop, founded by Carola Schmid in 2000. Best known for the Camel Leather brand — the world's first commercially tanned camel leather, developed with the Kenya Camel Association. Each bag is hand-stitched by Maasai and Kikuyu artisans trained in the workshop. Marula supplies Safari collections to lodges across East Africa and has been featured in National Geographic Traveler and Condé Nast Traveller.
Karen, Nairobi
🥈 Silver VerifiedUbuntu Life Foundation
Ubuntu Life is a social enterprise in the Maasai Mara, founded by Jeremiah and Maria Kisang in 2011. The foundation employs 40 Maasai mamas who hand-bead the iconic Ubuntu sandals and jewelry. Proceeds fund the Ubuntu Life Education Center, which currently educates 120 Maasai children — many of whom are the first in their family to attend school. The beadwork follows traditional Maasai color symbolism: red for bravery, blue for the sky, green for the land.
Maasai Mara, Narok County
🥈 Silver VerifiedAjiri Tea
Ajiri Tea is a B-Corp certified Kenyan tea company founded by siblings Sara and Holley in 2009. Each tea box features a hand-made label crafted by Kenyan artisans, and 100% of profits fund the Ajiri Foundation, which sponsors orphans' education in the Kisii highlands. The tea is grown at 2,100m by the Kisii Tea Farmers Cooperative — 340 smallholder farmers. Ajiri was featured in Oprah Magazine and The New York Times as a model for ethical African business.
Kisii, Nyamira County
🥈 Silver VerifiedNKWO
NKWO is a Nigerian fashion brand founded by NKWO Onwuka in 2011, pioneering the 'Post-Consumer' textile movement in West Africa. The brand transforms recycled denim and factory waste into hand-felted fabrics using a proprietary technique called 'NKWO felt.' Based in Lagos, the workshop employs 25 artisans who upcycle textile waste into couture-grade Adire pieces. NKWO won the Vogue Italy 'Who is On Next' prize in 2012 and has shown at London Fashion Week and Arise Fashion Week.
Lagos
🥉 Bronze VerifiedNaadam Shea Cooperative
The Naadam Shea Cooperative is a 640-woman cooperative in Northern Ghana, certified by the Global Shea Alliance. The women hand-harvest karité nuts, cold-press the butter, and produce black soap using a 200-year-old recipe passed through Dagomba families. Naadam partners with the Savannah Women's Development Project to provide financial literacy training. Their shea butter is Grade A certified by the Ghana Standards Authority and supplies L'Occitane and The Body Shop supply chains.
Tamale, Northern Region
🥉 Bronze VerifiedTK Beads Industry
TK Beads Industry is Ghana's largest powder-glass bead manufacturer, founded by Thomas Kofi in 1995 in the Krobo heartland. The workshop recycles 50 tons of glass bottles annually, crushing them into powder, forming beads in clay molds, and firing in traditional kilns at 800°C. This is the Krobo tradition — a 400-year craft protected by Ghana's Cultural Policy. TK Beads supplies ethical jewelry brands in the US and Europe and was featured in the Smithsonian's African Art collection.
Odumase-Krobo, Eastern Region
🥈 Silver VerifiedGolden Tree Chocolate
Golden Tree is Ghana's iconic chocolate brand, manufactured by the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) since 1965. CPC is a state-owned enterprise that processes Ghanaian cocoa beans — the world's finest — into chocolate bars, drinking chocolate, and cocoa powder. Golden Tree was the first sub-Saharan African chocolate brand to achieve bean-to-bar production. The Akuafo Bar (named after the Ghana cocoa farmer) has been Ghana's most-loved chocolate for 60 years. In 2019, Golden Tree won gold at the International Chocolate Awards.
Tema, Greater Accra
🥈 Silver VerifiedTiemar Argan Cooperative
Tiemar is a 120-woman argan oil cooperative in the UNESCO-protected Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve of southern Morocco. Founded in 2006 with support from the Moroccan Agency for Agricultural Development, Tiemar was among the first cooperatives to achieve EU and USDA organic certification for argan oil. The women crack argan nuts by hand using stones (it takes 40kg of nuts to produce 1L of oil) and cold-press within 24 hours. Tiemar's argan oil supplies French cosmetic houses and is sold at Galeries Lafayette.
Tiznit, Souss-Massa
🥉 Bronze VerifiedAnou Cooperative
Anou ('well' in Tamazight) is a Moroccan artisan cooperative platform founded by Hamza Cherkaoui in 2013. The cooperative works with 450 artisans across the Atlas Mountains, enabling them to sell directly without middlemen. Anou's Beni Ourain rugs are hand-knotted by Berber women in the Ait Bouguemez valley using undyed sheep wool. The cooperative was backed by the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship and featured by The Guardian and Al Jazeera.
Ait Bouguemez, High Atlas
🥉 Bronze VerifiedBOS Brand Rooibos
BOS Brand is a premium rooibos tea company founded in 2010 by David Donde in Cape Town. Sourcing from Fairtrade-certified farms in the Cederberg Mountains — the only place on Earth where Aspalathus linearis (rooibos) grows naturally — BOS was the first rooibos brand to achieve Carbon Neutral certification. The brand pioneered rooibos cold brew in cans, now sold in 18 countries. BOS partners with the Rooibos Council and the Indigenous San/Khoi communities who hold traditional knowledge rights over rooibos.
Clanwilliam, Western Cape
🥈 Silver VerifiedTanzaniteOne Mining
TanzaniteOne is the world's largest and most advanced tanzanite mining operation, controlling 50% of the global supply of tanzanite — a gemstone 1,000× rarer than diamond, found only in an 8km² area of the Mererani Hills. The company operates vertical shaft mines reaching 900m depth and employs 800 workers with full safety protocols. TanzaniteOne grades stones by the Maarten de Vries system (AAA, AA, A) and is certified by the Tanzanian Gemological Centre. Their Crying Stone cut is patented.
Mererani, Manyara Region
🥉 Bronze VerifiedGahaya Links
Gahaya Links was founded in 2004 by sisters Joy Ndungutse and Janet Nkubito, two Rwandan women who saw basket weaving as a path to reconciliation after the 1994 genocide. Starting with 27 weavers from both Hutu and Tutsi backgrounds, Gahaya Links now employs over 4,000 women across 40 cooperatives. Their Agaseke baskets — Rwanda's symbol of peace — are sold at Macy's, Walmart, and Anthropologie through the Rwanda Fair Trade program. Featured by CNN's African Voices and honored by the Clinton Global Initiative.
Nyanza, Southern Province
🥉 Bronze VerifiedLe Ndoma Bogolan
Le Ndoma ('the pattern') is a Dakar-based Bogolan atelier founded by Boubacar Doumbia in 2000, one of the few studios practicing authentic mud cloth outside Mali. Boubacar trained in Djenné, Mali — the birthplace of Bogolan — before establishing his workshop in Dakar's Médina neighborhood. Each piece is painted with fermented river mud from the Senegal River on handwoven cotton, using mineral mordants that create permanent black, rust, and white patterns. Le Ndoma has exhibited at the Dakar Biennale (2014, 2018, 2022) and the Smithsonian African Art Museum.
Dakar
🥈 Silver VerifiedEgyptian Cotton World
Based in El Mahalla — Egypt's textile capital since the 19th century — Egyptian Cotton World produces luxury bed linens from 100% Giza 87 cotton, the rarest extra-long staple variety grown in the Nile Delta. The company was founded by Tarek El Gohary in 2008 and operates the only OEKO-TEX certified weaving facility in the region. Their sheets are 600-thread-count single-ply, woven on Italian rapier looms. Egyptian Cotton World supplies 5-star hotels across the GCC and was featured in Condé Nast Traveler.
Mahalla El Kubra, Gharbia
🥉 Bronze VerifiedCÉC Chocolate (Chocolaterie Équitable de Côte d'Ivoire)
CÉC (Chocolaterie Équitable de Côte d'Ivoire) is West Africa's first bean-to-bar chocolate factory, founded in 2014 by Axel-Marie Adé and led by chef Axel Emeric. Located in Abidjan, CÉC processes Ivorian cocoa beans — the world's largest production — into premium chocolate, capturing value locally instead of exporting raw beans. CÉC works with 200 farmers in San Pédro and was the first Ivorian chocolate brand to win a Silver medal at the International Chocolate Awards (2021). The factory is Fairtrade certified and powered by solar energy.
Abidjan
🥉 Bronze VerifiedNakate Vanilla
Nakate Vanilla is a Ugandan vanilla company founded by Mukasa William in 2016, named after his grandmother Nakate who first planted vanilla vines in the 1970s. Operating in the Mukono district, the company works with 80 smallholder farmers who hand-pollinate each vanilla orchid flower (which blooms for only 6 hours per year). Nakate Vanilla was the first Ugandan brand to achieve direct trade status with US specialty food retailers and was profiled by Bloomberg Africa in 2022 for pioneering transparent vanilla supply chains.
Mukono, Central Uganda
🥉 Bronze VerifiedGreedy K Moringa
Greedy K is a Kenyan superfood brand founded by Kendi Achieng in 2018 in Kwale County. The company processes moringa oleifera — the 'miracle tree' — into powder, capsules, and tea. Kendi started with 5 moringa trees and now works with 60 coastal farmers, shade-drying leaves to preserve the 46 antioxidants and 36 anti-inflammatories. Greedy K is certified by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and was selected for the Tony Elumulu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme in 2020.
Kwale, Coastal Kenya
🥉 Bronze VerifiedHerbes du Maroc
Herbes du Maroc is a medicinal herbs company founded by Fatima Zahra in 2015 in the blue city of Chefchaouen. Working with 30 Berber herbalists from the Rif and Atlas mountain communities, the company wild-harvests Nana mint, rosemary, thyme, and verveine at altitudes above 1,500m. All herbs are sun-dried and hand-blended following traditional Amazigh remedies. Herbes du Maroc is certified organic by Ecocert and supplies tea houses in Marrakech and Casablanca.
Chefchaouen, Rif Mountains
🥇 Gold VerifiedSabahar
Sabahar is Ethiopia's only Fair Trade certified silk and cotton textile company, founded by Kathy Marshall in 2008. A Canadian-born development worker who fell in love with Ethiopia, Kathy built Sabahar from a small workshop into a company employing 80+ artisans in Addis Ababa. Sabahar is unique in Africa for its full-cycle silk production — from mulberry cultivation to hand-spinning to hand-weaving — reviving Ethiopia's ancient silk tradition that dates to the Aksumite era. The company is WFTO (World Fair Trade Organization) guaranteed, meaning every artisan receives fair wages, healthcare, and profit-sharing. Sabahar's cotton textiles are woven on traditional Ethiopian pit looms by Dorze weavers, while silk is spun from domesticated and wild eri silkworms. Featured at the 2020 New York NOW trade fair and supplied to ABC Carpet & Home.
Addis Ababa
🥇 Gold VerifiedAfrikartt
Afrikartt is a pan-African e-commerce platform founded in 2023 with a mission to connect African makers and creators with buyers across the continent and the global diaspora. Operating from hubs in Lagos, Nairobi, Accra, and Johannesburg, Afrikartt curates products from over 200 African artisans, brands, and small businesses — from Ghanaian shea butter to Kenyan beaded jewelry to Ethiopian honey. The platform handles cross-border logistics under the AfCFTA framework, enabling a maker in Kigali to sell to a customer in Cairo without middlemen. Afrikartt's 'Direct-to-Artisan' model ensures 70% of every sale goes to the maker. Selected for the 2024 GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator and featured in TechCabal and Rest of World.
Lagos · Nairobi · Accra · Johannesburg
🥇 Gold VerifiedMade in Africa
Made in Africa (made-in-africa.co) is a Ugandan-based marketplace showcasing African-made furniture, art, and organic teas. Founded in 2021 by a collective of Kampala-based designers and tea growers, the platform partners with carpenters in the Mpoma workshop cluster, painters from the Ndeeba art scene, and organic tea farmers in the Rwenzori foothills. Every wooden piece is crafted from sustainably-sourced mvule and mahogany, while the teas are grown pesticide-free at 1,800m altitude. Made in Africa's mission is to prove that African-made goods can compete on quality with any global brand, and to keep value addition on the continent. Featured by the Uganda Export Promotions Board.
Kampala
🥈 Silver VerifiedHitJem Export Private Limited
HitJem Export Private Limited is a Tanzanian textile export company specializing in wholesale distribution of authentic East African kanga, kitenge, and wax print fabrics. Based in Dar es Salaam, HitJem sources directly from local textile mills and works with printing workshops that have produced kanga for generations. The company serves retailers, fashion brands, and distributors across Africa and the diaspora, offering tiered wholesale pricing, bulk bolt bundles, and AfCFTA-compliant export documentation on every shipment.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
🥉 Bronze VerifiedNiani Baskets Cooperative
Niani Baskets Cooperative is a Senegalese women-led artisan collective specializing in traditional Wolof and Mandinka coiled basketry. Based in the Niani region along the Senegal River, the cooperative brings together 60+ women weavers who use locally harvested ndiourou grass and recycled plastic strips to create durable, beautifully patterned baskets. Each piece reflects centuries of Senegalese weaving tradition passed down through generations. The cooperative exports wholesale to retailers, home decor brands, and fair trade shops across Africa and beyond.
Niani, Senegal
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