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Essential Commodities Limited

We are a leading agro processing company, and our ethos is to produce healthy value for money food products all from 100% local resources. We have over 30 years experience in integrated food production and processing systems, we have move into fast moving consumer goods food products. This is possible because we work closely with the local farmers as is our policy to buy soya beans from our local …

active ZambiaAfrica & Middle East Founded 2014 UnlistedEmployees: 39-42 checked 2026-10-05

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Industry: Alternative proteins
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Role: Producer — “…an agro-processing and food manufacturing company headquartered in Lusaka [1][2]. Founded in 2014, the company…”
Why it is bioeconomy: Essential Commodities Limited is an agro-processing company that produces food products like soy oil and soy-based meat substitutes from local resources, which falls under food biotech and bio-based processing.
Found via: [Rubric] Zambia · lipase-oils

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2026-02-08 KWACHA GAINS HAVE LED TO REDUCED PRICES OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES AND WHY THIS DEVELOPMENT MATTERS - The Editor Zambia
The article does not mention Essential Commodities Limited; it discusses broad price reductions across staples (mealie meal, sugar, cooking oil, bread, etc.) driven by Kwacha gains and actions by manufacturers.
2026-10-01 Zambia : United Capital Fertilizer To Expand Capacity
The article does not mention Essential Commodities Limited at all; it only covers United Capital Fertilizer Zambia’s planned capacity expansion (doubling urea to 600k tonnes/year and adding 400k tonnes/year ammonium nitrate) and related ESIA, employment, and …
2025-10-28 Zambia : Government Ponders Price Controls For Fertilizer, Sugar, And Cooking Oil
The article discusses Zambia considering government price controls on essential commodities like fertilizer, sugar, and cooking oil to protect consumers, with the aim of aligning production costs and market prices while not stifling private enterprise. It …
2026-02-04 Government Urges Wider Price Reductions as Economic Reforms Begin to Yield Results – Youth Village Zambia
The article notes that while there have been voluntary price cuts by the Zambia Association of Manufacturers and about 30 companies, including staples like mealie meal, there is no specific mention or reference to Essential Commodities Limited.
2026-09-23 United Capital To Invest $1.5bn in Fertilizer Production - Zambia 24
Essential Commodities Limited is not mentioned in the article. The piece reports that United Capital Fertiliser plans to invest $1.5 billion in a Urea and Ammonia fertiliser plant in Zambia, builds on a current $650 million Urea plant, and notes partnerships …
2026-05-15 Zambia eases sulphuric acid export ban to Congo as stocks recover - Africa Business Insight
The article does not mention Essential Commodities Limited at all. It discusses Zambia authorizing limited exports of sulphuric acid to Congo by Chambishi Copper Smelter, Mopani Copper Mines, and Alliswell Investment Limited due to improved local stocks, with …

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