Our Businesses

Africa has tremendous potential in agriculture. The continent contains more than half of the world’s uncultivated arable land and features a geographic position with year-around warm weather, abundant sunlight, ample water sources and direct sea/air links to worldwide markets.  

“Africa has around 600 million hectares of uncultivated arable land, roughly 60 percent of the global total.” McKinsey Global Institute

We believe that Impact investment solves the problem of sustainability by focusing on creating self-sustaining enterprises that deliver a positive economic, social, and environmental impact. Investments that focus on sharing prosperity, operational excellence, profit-generation do not require continuous capital inflow after initial investments. 

Traditional development or philanthropy projects often fail after the sponsor withdraws, as there is no economic incentive or skilled management to sustain operations, hence one of core values at Salem Group is to invest in self-sustained businesses.

Africa’s per-hectare yields are the lowest in the world due to historical underinvestment in agriculture and substandard farming practices.

Non-industrialized and semi industrialized farmers lack access to global produce markets, resources, and capital.

Operational Excellence, Access to finance, and Global Reach are key factors to solve Africa's most pressing social issues including Poverty, Topsoil annual losses, Lack of education, Malnutrition, and Global food security concerns. 

Global Buyers often refrain from doing business with Africa because they cannot guarantee that products are delivered on time, according to standards, and with ensured reliability and supply continuity. 

Our deep understanding of African Agro/food value chain enable us to serve the most demanding customers worldwide. We prioritize solving critical supply-chain flaws that lead to product delays or non-conformities.

As a result of Africa’s farmers lacking access to global market, they remain under-financed and forced sell their produce solely in nearby cities for a fraction of their export value which impedes further development.  

Salem Group provides hands-on solutions to improve yield and quality, connect farmers to global markets, provide transaction security, and link with impact capital.

As of 2019, Salem group businesses have been in  the market for over 15 years, serving more than 500 customers globally.

Business enterprises of all sorts can generate attractive financial returns while being very effective vehicles for economic growth and poverty reduction. 

At Salem Group, shared prosperity means our businesses strive to become sustainable enough to provide increasing value and choices to our customers, suppliers, investors, and to people seeking improved living standards and employment in the communities in which they are located.

A sound corporate governance framework had been part and parcel of Salem Group's strategy for growth. 

Corporate governance structure has laid the groundwork for successfully managing several companies in Africa, with a clear separation between management and shareholders, diminished conflict of interest throughout our operations, provided pillars for seamless operations across our footprint, and guaranteed we have a sound management structure in place.

Sustainable production and processing methods which minimize effect on environment is a top priority for all our businesses. 

We apply Good Agricultural Practices to all our production or row and permanent crops. Additionally our processing technology is continuously updated to minimize Energy usage, waste production, and carbon foot-print.

Salem Group is currently among the largest producers of Organic crops in Africa, selling our production to more than 50 customers located across Europe and globally.