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TANZANIA
Elia
TIMOTHEO
East Africa Foods
Founder & CEO
ABH 2022 Grand Prize Winner
Winning ABH has given my business increased traction from investors, f visibility, and talent attraction.
Elia
TIMOTHEO
East Africa Foods
Founder & CEO
ABH 2022 Grand Prize Winner
Winning ABH has given my business increased traction from investors, f visibility, and talent attraction.
Farm-to-market trade drives profits for smallholders and vendors
The business trajectory of Elia Timotheo’s mother, from street food stall vendor in the Kilimanjaro area of Tanzania to owner of five restaurants, ignited his entrepreneurial fire, his determination never to work for someone else. However, student fieldwork with 3,000 smallholder farmers for the Tanzanian Ministry of Agriculture forged the certified accountant’s direction.

What he observed exposed him to challenges in the farm-to-market supply chain. Poor yields produce losses, waste, and low market returns frustrate farmers’ livelihoods.
HQ LOCATION
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
YEAR FOUNDED
2013
VOLUMES TRADED
20,691 metric tons from Jan to Aug 2022
NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS
8,035
JOBS CREATED
224 direct, 260 indirect