How this Nigerian started a food processing business with
little capital
Kasope Ladipo-Ajai (31) is the co-founder of OmoAlata Food Services, a
company that processes and packages soups, spices and ‘peppers’ for flavouring
local Nigerian dishes. Launched in 2012, the company supplies 25 retailers in
Lagos – including the Spanish supermarket chain Dia – and just signed a
contract to supply Spar stores. The goal is eventually to export to foreign
markets.
Ladipo-Ajai got the idea for starting the company while working for four years at
Virgin Nigeria (a now defunct airline). During this time she often travelled to
developed markets and would visit retailers that stocked Nigerian foods and
flavours. She was surprised to discover, however, that many of these Nigerian
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spices and mixes were actually produced in Ghana.