About Us – Faffa Food Share Company

Faffa Food

Trusted Nutrition for Every Generation

Faffa Food Share Company supplies essential relief and nutrition products to address food insecurity and childhood malnutrition, offering both emergency food aid and fortified baby foods tailored to the developmental needs of infants and toddlers.

Faffa Food Share Company SINCE 1962 G.C FOR OVER 60 YEARS

HOME TO 250 EMPLOYEES

DELIVER HIGHLY NUTRITIOUS FOOD

PRODUCTION CAPACITY IS 42781 MT PER ANNUM

Background of Faffa Food Share Company

Faffa Food Share Company is one of the pioneer food manufacturing industries in Ethiopia engaged in production of

Pre-cooked infant baby foods
Semi-cooked supplementary foods
Protein-enriched and fortified foods
Emergency rations
Breakfast cereals and cereal bars
Bread improver

History of Faffa Food Share Company

Established in 1962 as an Ethio-Swedish joint venture, Faffa Food Share Company was created with a clear purpose: to reduce childhood malnutrition in Ethiopia by producing low-cost, high-protein weaning foods. At its inception, the company operated with a modest annual production capacity of 400 tons.

Vision

To play a leading role in building mentally and physically capable generation by producing highly nutritional value products while becoming an internationally competitive business entity.

Future Prospects

Besides the current product portfolio, the company plans to produce pasta products mainly made out of local inputs. Since Ethiopia is a wheat producing country, production of pasta products is an opportunity. The company also has a plan to increase its wheat flour production to satisfy the demand of the market. Side by side with the increase in wheat flour production, the company has a plan to do more flour fortification. This will provide consumers with better access to nutritious food. Additionally, Faffa hopes to export its products to other African countries and further tackle malnutrition across the continent.

Mission

Our mission is to deliver nutritious and healthy food products to tackle malnutrition in Ethiopia, with a reputation for excellence and outstanding service to our customers local and abroad. We seek to deliver our mission through healthy financial rewards to shareholders and through the provision of opportunities for growth and enrichment to our employees, our business partners and the communities in which we operate. And in everything we do, we strive for honesty, fairness and integrity.

Employees

Faffa is home to 250 employees of which 87 are female and 163 are male. About 50% of the female and 30% of the male employees have worked in FAFFA for more than 20 years. The high retention rate of the company is attributed to its reputable legacy, its hospitable working environment and its dedicated contribution to tackling malnutrition and food insecurity in Ethiopia. Our employees are directly connected to the cause and continuously work hard to carry Faffa’s legacy.

Impacts

Currently the company is working in close relationship with Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute especially with maize research institute for production of more quality maize in the country. By doing so the company is encouraging farmers to produce better quality ordinary and yellow maize. The factory is serving as an additional market for the farmers who produce quality maize. The company is also working and would like to work with individual farmers and cooperatives to improve the current value chain management system so that farmers, processors, consumers and the country at large benefit from the system.