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Company presentation
Created on 20/01/2015 under NF21 N° 268 Vol2/15, by decree ZF N° 34/17/MIT/SAZOF, CAJOU DU CENTRE has been approved to the status of the free zone. It is an agro-industrial complex for the production and processing of organic cashew nuts into organic cashew kernels. Located 12 km from the city of Sokodé precisely in the village of Sagbadéi, the Company has an exploitable surface of 2000 ha of which 553 ha are exploited for the production of cashew nuts certified organic by ECOCERT SA since 2019. It has also a cashew nut processing plant into cashew kernels with a capacity of 9,000 tons of raw nuts equivalent to 1,800 tons of cashew kernels per year. Its various value chains employ 500 people, 80% of whom are women.
Committed to the quality approach since its creation, in particular by the layout of its premises which respects the principle of the forward movement of HACCP, solidly implemented and maintained by a team of professionals on site, CAJOU DU CENTRE has obtained the ACA seal certificate (Africa Cashew Aliance) which is a benchmark African standard for the production and processing of cashew nuts. It is also committed to the implementation of a quality approach in accordance with the ISO 9001 standard and is moving towards ISO 22000
What did you know about the company?
The development axes of the company integrate all the value chains of the cashew sector, from production to marketing:
Quality management
The company is moving towards ISO 22000
Production
fair trade, and the organization of producers into a cooperative in order to ensure the permanent supply of the factory with raw materials.
Processing
fair trade, and the organization of producers into a cooperative in order to ensure the permanent supply of the factory with raw materials.
Corporate social responsibility
Improvement of the working conditions of the staff and the living conditions of the surrounding populations, strict respect for the environment through the recovery of waste from production.
Secondary activities
As secondary activities, CAJOU DU CENTRE is also specialized in the production of cashew apple and tropical fruit juice, and in organic beekeeping with 1000 beehives installed in its plantation and certified organic by ECOCERT S.A.
The main products sold
- Organic cashew kernel
- Organic monofloral honey from the cashew tree
- Organic wax
- Cashew apple juice
- Tropical fruit juices
- Fizzy drinks
The management team
The management staff of the company mainly consists of the Principal Manager, who is the founder and his collaborators
Mr. Ibrahim KANGAYE
The Principal Manager
the founder and main shareholder of CAJOU DU CENTRE. He holds a master’s degree in business administration and management and a license in law. He has a solid experience in industrial business management because apart from the agro-industrial sector where he has been involved for more than 5 years, he has also been for 20 years promoter and General Manager of three industrial production units of roof tiles in Togo, Benin and Niger.
Mr. AVODEH Messanvi
The Production Manager
holds a professional master’s degree in Food Hygiene and Quality Management and a professional license in agrifood technology. He is the director of industrial production. He coordinates the entire transformation process and has 5 years of experience in the agri-food sector.
Mr. BANAKINAOU Wiyao
The Quality Manager
holds a master’s degree in Quality Safety Environment and a professional license in agro-food technology. He is in charge of environmental safety quality management and has 7 years of experience in the food industry.
Mr. KPASSAGOU Richard
The Director of Agricultural Operations
assistant agricultural engineer. He is the manager of the agricultural and beekeeping operation and has 10 years of experience in farming