Mavuno ya Kwetu Products 0
| Legal status: | Sole Proprietorship |
| Number of Staff: | 3 |
| Entrepreneurs: | Mrs. Salome Elia Kabissa |
| Core Business: | Food Processing |
| Address: | SIDO Industrial Estate Incubator Building |
| Telephone Fax: | +25 732 382 978 |
| email: | makini.bp@gmail.com |
| web site: | BDGbusinessclubs.bdgtpsf.com/mavunokwetu |
Well Branded Mavuno ya Kwetu Products Peanut Butter
Roasting Peanuts!
Peanut Butter Making Machine purchased by BDG BDP Grant Funds
Preparing Rice and Other Cereals for Nutritional Flour.
Salome receiving BDG Grants on behalf of Mbeya Region at the Grants award ceremony.
History
History of Business:
The owner and Managing Director of Mavuno ya Kwetu products, Mrs. Salome Elia Kabissa has a five years working experience in food processing, after attended Basic Food Processing course offered by SIDO (Women Entrepreneurs Development) she managed to establish and run her own business. This Business emerged from the idea to add value to agricultural produce through quality improvement, branding and taste.
By the start of 2008 the entrepreneur participated with BDG program and became one of the winners of BDP in Mbeya region, she fulfilled her long time vision of strengthening and becoming the best in food processing in Mbeya.
Special features of Mavuno ya Kwetu Products.
Marketing of the products abroad is carried out by the entrepreneur herself, making use of her numerous international contacts and BDG Business Club website
The Business has built capacity and capability geared to satisfy the demand requirements.
The Business has done promotion of nutritional flour and peanut products.
Proximity to reliable source of Agricultural inputs in southern highland zone.
The owner is creative, committed and innovative manager with practical experience in marketing, production of high quality food products, finance and human resource.
BDG inputs
Though the entrepreneur had for years a good business idea, she had no clue how to develop a bankable business plan. For her the BDG program started just at time because by following the Business Plan Competition she ended by the ten top winners of BPC Cycle 1.
With her excellent business plan and grant funds as equity she gained the right basis to approach BDG Partner bank NMB. She obtained a loan in September 2009 of 30 M Tshs for a period of 2 years and invested the majority in the purchase of stock in the regions, the perfect decorated showroom and display appliances.
Enterprise Achievements
MAVUNO YA KWETU PRODUCTS is registered as a sole proprietorship company.
The company is situated in an excellent Production environment at the SIDO Industrial Estate .
The company improved production by purchasing processing machine
The company managed to brand its products with attractive labels and improved packaging.
Links with other organizations /companies
Small Industries Development Organization (SIDO) – Business Development Service Providers.
Mbeya Region – TCCIA
Founder member of Mbeya BDG Business Club, MASE SACCOS, TCCIA Mbeya and SIDO Mbeya