Sahel Capital backs Tanzanian dairy company
Sahel Capital, an investor in the food and agriculture sector in sub-Saharan Africa, has extended a three-year term loan facility and a renewable working capital line to Rogathe Dairy Farm Products Ltd from its Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA).
Rogathe is a dairy processing company based in Msata, Tanzania, that actively collaborates with smallholder farmers, sourcing fresh milk while enhancing their productivity and profitability through extensive extension services. Rogathe currently sources raw milk from 2,000 smallholder farmers and farmer cooperatives from surrounding communities, which it then processes into pasteurised milk and yoghurt.
Rogathe will utilise the loan facilities to acquire refrigerated trucks to strengthen its supply chain and finance raw milk purchases from smallholder dairy farmers. Sahel will also extend support via SEFAA’s technical assistance facility to improve the productivity of the dairy farmers within Rogathe’s network.
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