Equity investors
Minority or project-level equity in the Naivasha plant and the sourcing programme. Process: introduction call, NDA, information memorandum and model, site visit, term sheet, confirmatory due diligence.
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Partner with an integrated East African avocado business
Konza Tropicals Limited grows, exports and adds value to East African avocados and is building its own avocado oil plant in the Naivasha Special Economic Zone. This page explains where the project stands, what information is public, how we work with each type of partner, and how due diligence proceeds. It is not an offer of securities.
Where the project stands
Verified status, 15 October 2026
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| Sponsor and project entity | Konza Tropicals Limited, Nairobi, Kenya (grower, exporter and agri export consultancy). |
| Site and land tenure | 2.403 hectares (5.938 acres) in the Naivasha Special Economic Zone, Nakuru County, held on a 50-year lease from December 2025, designated for avocado oil processing, production and storage. |
| Development stage | Site activation and licensing in 2026; first-phase commissioning targeted for 2027. Dates are plans, not commitments. |
| Technology | Italian cold-press extraction and refining lines selected with the equipment makers and sized for phased growth. Supplier names and line capacities are shared with qualified partners. |
| Fruit supply | Own 200 hectare Hass plantations in the Rift Valley, an outgrower register, and oil-grade fruit from partner packhouses in Kenya, with sourcing from Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. |
| Market | Crude avocado oil already shipped from partner plants in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania under supply contracts and letters of intent with refiners and brand owners in Europe and North America. Counterparty names are confidential. |
| Capital requirement, uses of funds, sponsor contribution, returns | Not published. Provided in the information memorandum to qualified counterparties after identification and a confidentiality agreement. |
| Management and governance | Led by the company's directors, with a finance-trained team; the consultancy division has set up, certified or linked eight avocado oil plants to buyers. CVs and the governance structure are in the data room. |
Routes
Five ways to work with us, kept separate
Lenders and trade finance
Asset finance for processing lines, working capital and pre-export finance against contracted offtake. We provide audited accounts, export records and contract evidence to the lender's specification.
Enquire about debt →Equipment and technology partners
Extraction, refining, bottling, cold storage, laboratory and residue-processing technology, including vendor finance and supply-and-install proposals.
Propose equipment →Offtake and strategic partners
Multi-year crude, extra virgin or refined oil offtake, private label, and joint programmes with refiners, brand owners and ingredient buyers. Offtake can anchor financing.
Discuss offtake →Development and grant partners
Programmes on farmer market access, post-harvest loss, quality and value addition, kept separate from commercial investment. See the development partnerships page.
Development partnerships →Due diligence
How a conversation becomes a decision
1. Introduction (1 to 2 weeks)A 45-minute call to confirm fit: ticket size, instrument, timeline and what you need to see. We send the public project summary.
2. Confidentiality and data roomAfter identification and an NDA, access to the information memorandum, financial model, lease, licences, equipment proposals and offtake evidence. Documents are shared through authenticated access, not by public links.
3. Site and supply chain visitNaivasha site, Rift Valley orchards, a partner packhouse and a partner oil plant, with testing on site. Visits are organised with our sister company Volcan Tours and Travel.
4. Terms and confirmatory diligenceTerm sheet, legal and financial diligence by your advisers, agreed conditions precedent and closing.
Material risks we discuss openlyFruit supply and price volatility; project execution and commissioning timing; SEZ licensing and permits; currency and interest rate exposure; counterparty and offtake concentration; logistics from Mombasa; regulatory change in destination markets. The information memorandum sets these out with mitigants.
What we do not doWe do not publish projected returns on the website, we do not accept funds before documentation is complete, and we do not describe target dates as guarantees.
Due diligence visits
See the orchards, packhouses and site
Buyers, investors and development partners are welcome to visit the Rift Valley orchards, a working packhouse and cold store, a partner oil plant and the Naivasha SEZ site, with quality testing on site. Half-day and full-day programmes from Nairobi or Nakuru; agricultural study tours for universities, cooperatives and programmes can be arranged.
Start a conversation
Tell us who you are and what you are looking for
Enquiries go to the directors at consult@konzatropicals.com. We reply within two working days with a public summary and a proposed call. Please do not send confidential information through the form.
Contact
Let us talk fruit
We work from Nairobi with our own orchards in the Rift Valley and partner orchards and exporters in Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, and we answer email and WhatsApp during East African, European and Gulf business hours.
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