Pure. Local. Nutritious.
Adding value to Zambia's agricultural surplus with naturally processed nut and grain products — sourced from farmers, packed in Lusaka.
12
launch SKUs
3
pack sizes
The product range
Familiar foods, made with more care.
Four product lines designed for everyday Zambian households, retail shelves, catering and nutrition programmes.
Raw whole, roasted salted and roasted unsalted cashews, shelled, blanched and carefully finished.
Dry raw, pounded and roasted groundnuts, cleaned, seasoned and sieved for consistent quality.
Fine and coarse rice meal, cleaned, milled and packed for households and institutional kitchens.
Smooth and crunchy peanut butter with no sugar or oil added — simply roasted, ground and jar-filled.
Farm to factory
Two regions. One traceable supply chain.
Cashew nuts and groundnuts from Eastern Province, with farm-gate sourcing and cooperative offtake.
Apr–Jul harvest window
Groundnuts and local rice from Western Province, connected to a Lusaka processing base.
Mar–Jun harvest window
3–5
cooperatives per region through formal offtake agreements
3 months
dry-stock reserve to protect production continuity
Every batch
tested for aflatoxin and moisture content
Built for distribution
Start close to home. Scale across Zambia.
Qban Foods will combine in-store tasting, social content, WhatsApp ordering and market agents with institutional sales to make locally processed food easy to find.
Growth plan
An investment-ready food business.
A Lusaka processing hub creates a platform for farmer income, urban jobs and affordable consumer nutrition.
01
Launch
Build the Lusaka facility, complete compliance, and introduce 12 SKUs across three pack sizes.
02
Prove demand
Activate supermarket tastings, WhatsApp ordering and institutional tenders.
03
Expand
Extend wholesale distribution into Kitwe and Ndola with a regional distributor.
04
Deepen impact
Grow farmer offtake, add capacity and introduce festive and bulk-buy programmes.
ZMW 1.8–2.4M
projected Year 1 revenue
12 jobs
created in Year 1
Month 10–14
projected break-even
For retailers, institutions and investors