Kenya · Tanzania · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi
Hass and Green skin avocados from our own 200 hectare Rift Valley plantations and audited partner orchards; fresh vegetables, herbs and chillies, mango and pineapple; and value added products we process, refine, pack and export, led by crude, extra virgin and refined avocado oil with a batch certificate of analysis. Consultancy and partnerships for orchards and agroprocessing.
Agri export consultants and technical assistance for exporters, processors, investors, donors and development programmes in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and across Africa.
Grower and exporter of Hass and Green skin avocados from our own 200 hectare commercial plantations in the Rift Valley of Kenya, plus mango, pineapple, passion fruit, coconut and fresh herbs.
We process, refine, pack and export avocado oil, our lead value added product, and dried and freeze dried fruit, frozen avocado, macadamia and purees from East African fruit and nuts for food, beverage, cosmetic and ingredient buyers.
What we do
Konza Tropicals is an integrated Kenyan agribusiness group: we advise, we grow and export, and we add value through agroprocessing, with avocado oil as our lead value added product.
Export readiness, certification, market access and buyer matchmaking, feasibility studies, investment planning and local partnership for exporters, processors, investors and development programmes across East Africa and the continent.
Consultancy →Hass and Green skin avocados from our own 200 hectare Rift Valley plantations and audited partner orchards, with mango, pineapple, passion fruit, fresh vegetables, herbs and chillies, packed under our own programme and inspected before every loading.
Fresh produce and season calendar →We process, refine, pack and export crude, extra virgin and refined avocado oil, dried and freeze dried mango, pineapple and banana, frozen avocado, macadamia nuts, and mango, passion fruit and pineapple purees and concentrates, each lot with a batch certificate of analysis.
Value added products →Equity and debt investors, grant and development partners, equipment suppliers, offtake buyers, and companies needing a consultant or local partner for commercial avocado orchards and processing facilities.
Investment and partnerships →Grown by us
Unlike traders who buy at the roadside, the Hass and Green skin avocados we export start on our own 200 hectare commercial plantations in the Rift Valley of Kenya. We plant the trees, manage the agronomy, test dry matter in the field, harvest with our own crews and pack under our own programme, so the fruit in the container is fruit we have known since it was a flower. Partner orchards across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi add more than 3,000 hectares and extend the season to 52 weeks.
Facts and figures
The Konza way
Standards and certifications
Coverage differs by site and product: some standards are held at our own orchards, others at partner packhouses and processors, and some are readiness programmes still in progress. The standards register states which applies where; certificate copies are shared with each offer.
Our partners
Two partners work alongside our own team on every export programme, so buyers see the fruit before it sails and know the price before they commit.
Independent avocado quality control, the Kenyan arm of Quality Studio Europe. Every consignment is inspected at the packhouse before loading, with a preloading QC report on dry matter, defects, sizing and pulp temperature shared with the buyer, and arrival inspections on request in Europe.
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Our partner international sourcing platform. SAFTA connects our fresh avocados to retailers, importers and buyers in Europe in a vertically integrated way: fixed and transparent pricing, cold chain from packhouse to destination, reliable buyer connections and SAFTA Rescue support for shipments in European ports, so growers and importers both know where they stand.
fruittradeassistance.com →Agrotourism
Buyers, investors, students and travellers are welcome to see East African horticulture at work. A Konza Tropicals farm visit takes you through our Hass avocado plantations in the Rift Valley, a working packhouse and cold store, and a tasting of the season's fruit, with the agronomists and export team who run them. Visits are arranged with our sister company Volcan Tours and Travel, a Nairobi based safari operator, so an orchard morning combines easily with the Great Rift Valley lakes, Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha, Hell's Gate, the Masai Mara or Amboseli.
Export markets
From our plantations in Kenya and partner orchards across East Africa we ship to Europe, the Gulf and Middle East, Turkey, India, China, Far East Asia and North America, and we advise exporters and importers on entering each market.
Export regions
Sea freight from Mombasa and Dar es Salaam, air freight from Nairobi, and a buyer network built in person at the fairs where programmes are agreed.
Questions buyers and clients ask
Both, in that order. Our Hass and Green skin avocados come first from our own 200 hectare commercial plantations in the Rift Valley of Kenya, then from audited partner orchards in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi that extend the season to the whole year.
Hass and Green skin avocados, mango, pineapple, passion fruit, coconut, fresh herbs and chillies, dried and freeze dried fruit, frozen avocado, macadamia nuts, purees and concentrates, and crude, extra virgin and refined avocado oil. Across our five East African origins there is fruit in every month, but each product has peak and lean windows; the season calendar on the exports page shows them, and availability is confirmed in each offer.
Dry matter is tested before harvest and pulp temperature before loading by our own team, and Fruit Quality Studio Africa inspects every consignment at the packhouse and issues a preloading QC report that the buyer receives before departure.
Export readiness assessments, licensing and certification (GLOBALG.A.P., GRASP, organic, HACCP, BRCGS), market intelligence and buyer databases, B2B matchmaking at trade fairs, commercial advisory, trade finance and investment planning, and training for exporters, processors and development programmes across East Africa.
Europe, the GCC and Middle East, Turkey, India, China, Far East Asia and North America, by sea from Mombasa and Dar es Salaam and by air from Nairobi.
Season updates
A short email for importers and partners: what is in season, indicative prices, transit times and trade fair dates. No more than one a month.
Contact
We work from Kenya with partner orchards and exporters in Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, and we answer email and WhatsApp during East African, European and Gulf business hours.
