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Agriculture
107 outlets throughout Zambia, Ghana and Nige-
ria. Zambeef also operates 9 regional abattoirs all
strategically located throughout Zambia. Zambeef
Products is listed on the LuSE and is one of the most
actively traded companies.
“Agriculture has been recognized as a key sector for
the development of Zambia. Zambeef, as a market
leader in the sector, contributes greatly to this de-
velopment.”
Mr. Yusuf Koya
Group General Manager
Zambeef is the largest meat producer in Zambia,
slaughtering over 60,000 cattle per year and is the
largest feedlot of quality beef cattle in Zambia, produc-
ing over 12,000 top quality grain fed animals per year.
Beef cattle ensures top quality Zambian beef
The Company is also the largest chicken producer
in the country, processing over 4 million chickens
and 40 million eggs per year. Zambeef is Zambia’s
only national egg supplier. The Company operates
8 chicken fast food outlets under the brand name of
“Zamchick Inn”, with more planned for 2010 -11.
Zambeef Products is the largest milk producer milk-
ing 850 cows per day and producing 8.5 million litres
of milk per year. The milk is processed, pasteurized,
homogenized and packaged under the brand name
“Zam-milk”. Their dairy plant produces natural yo-
ghurt, drinking yogurt, butter and cheese.
The company produces 120 tonnes of stock feed per
day in its own stock feed plant for the dairy, chicken
and beef operations, making the company self-suffi-
cient in stock feed.
In 2007, Zambeef launched an edible oils division
under the brand “Zamanita.” It is the largest edible
oils plant in Zambia and produces 27,000 tonnes
of edible oil per annum. In 2009 the company com-
menced the production of bottled water and currently
produce approximately 1,000 cases of water per
month. The plant also produces a full range of plastic
bottles for their oil and water production.
Through its own tannery, Zambeef Products pro-
cesses 60,000 hides per year mainly for export to
South Africa, Europe, and the Far East. This busi-
ness unit operates under the brand name “Zamshu”
and is valued at approximately US$900,000 per an-
num. They are a major shoe producer manufactur-
ing industrial footwear for local and regional markets.
They are also a major producer of leather protective
wear for the mining sector.
Zambeef Products also operates one of the largest
cropping operations in Africa growing wheat, maize,
alfalfa, soya beans and has a total of 5,000 hectares
of irrigated crops and a further 1,500 hectares of dry
land crops. They represent one of the largest crop-
ping operations in all of Africa. They have a storage
capacity of 32,000 tonnes and in 2009, harvested
65,000 tonnes of grain.
In 2009, Zambeef began Zambia’s first palm plan-
tation. They planted the first 1,700 hectares during
2009 and an additional 1,300 hectares in 2010. Their
palm plantation is located in the Northern Province of
Zambia and Zambeef expects the plantation size to
reach 20,000 hectares in the next few years.
In 2006, Zambeef expanded their operations into the
international market and they currently have opera-
tions in Nigeria and Ghana. Zambeef supplies and
manages the 19 Shoprite Butcheries in Zambia and
when Shoprite planned its move to Nigeria and Gha-
na they approached Zambeef Products to be their
partners. They have a 67% stake in Master Meat &
Agro Production Co. of Nigeria Ltd and a 90% stake
in Master Meats (Ghana) Ltd. These two operations
in Western Africa are based on franchise agree-
ments with Shoprite Checkers Butcheries.
In 2008, after being present in Western African for 2
years under a franchise agreement, Zambeef sought
to further capitalize on the Nigerian market. Zam-
beef’s strategic objective in this West African market
is to follow the same successful business model as
Zambia and to tap into the massive potential of Ni-
geria. They have already begun to secure farmland
in the outskirts of Lagos and now look to open retail
outlets throughout Nigeria.
Zambeef Products PLC is one of the most success-
ful agri-businesses in Zambia and is a major player
in the Zambian economy. It aims to be the leading