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The French company Malteries Soufflet, a division of the InVivo Group, has inaugurated its first malt house in Africa, 28th for the company, which is located in the Bole Lemi industrial park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The malt production site, which came into service a year ago, is based on a local supply chain for malting barley
The French company Malteries Soufflet, a division of the InVivo Group, has inaugurated its first malt house in Africa, 28th for the company, which is located in the Bole Lemi industrial park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The malt production site, which came into service a year ago, is based on a local supply chain for malting barley.
Located on 10 hectares on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Soufflet Malt Ethiopia has a strategic location. It is in proximity to the malting barley crops. Equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure, the malt house has an annual production capacity of 60,000 tons per year. It is aiming for 110,000 tons in the short term.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was present at the inaugural of the malt production unit, expressed Ethiopia’s readiness to support such determined investors who invest with such significant financial outlay for import substitution. This new malt house is also the first in the world to be zero carbon emissions. Electricity required for the plant is generated from hydroelectric dams.
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With this new location, Malteries Soufflet has initiated a project to replace imports along the entire value chain. The barley used is mostly grown locally, and the malt is sold directly to local brewers. This will significantly reduce imports of raw materials, which currently account for 70 percent of the market, and limit the transport of goods.
Ethiopia is Africa’s largest barley producer and the continent’s fourth-largest beer producer, with a market growing by nearly 15 percent a year. However, the local supply of malt and barley production is not sufficient to cover the sector’s needs and keep up with its expansion.
