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Where Ghana's harvest meets the world's shelves.
AL-BNC Ventures sources agricultural commodities and fast-moving consumer goods across West Africa, then moves them reliably into Europe, Asia and beyond.
From raw harvest to retail shelf, under one roof.
We run two businesses side by side: sourcing raw agricultural commodities at origin, and moving fast-moving consumer goods to the retailers who need them — backed by the same trade infrastructure and the same people.
- Agribusiness
- Shea, cashew and other raw commodities, sourced directly from growers in Ghana and graded to specification before export.
- FMCG distribution
- Packaged consumer goods moved reliably to wholesalers, retailers and industrial buyers across the region.
- Global reach
- Trade relationships spanning Ghana, West Africa, Europe and Asia, built for buyers who need a dependable supply line.
Run by two people you can actually reach.
AL-BNC Ventures is led directly by its founder and managing director, both involved in sourcing, trading and the shipments that leave Techiman.
Mr.Abdul Mumuni Issah
Founder
Chairman of the Techiman Cashew Traders & Exporters, and a member of the Cashew Council of Ghana.
Mr.Abdul Latif
Managing Director
Oversees AL-BNC Ventures' day-to-day trading, sourcing and logistics.
One warehouse in Techiman. Routes in every direction.
AL-BNC Ventures imports, exports, trades and aggregates agricultural commodities across Ghana and neighbouring West Africa, and ships on the terms our buyers need.
- Commodities we trade
- Shea nuts, soya beans, sesame seeds and raw cashew nut, bought and aggregated at scale.
- Reach across the region
- Sourcing across Ghana, with import lines into Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Ivory Coast.
- Warehousing at Techiman
- Our own facility handles stock inventory, drying and sorting before anything moves.
- Delivered on your terms
- Local delivery to Tema, then FOB or CIF to the port you specify.
Shea from the savanna, delivered to your line..
We buy at the collection point in northern Ghana, grade to your specification, and handle export from Tema end to end.
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We buy straight from the farm
Most of what we sell starts with small farmers and women's collection groups, often far from any road worth the name.
We go to them. We buy on the spot. No brokers in the middle taking a cut and losing track of where things came from.
That way the farmer gets a fair price and comes back to us next season. And when a buyer asks which village their shipment came from, we can tell them.
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We check everything before it leaves
Every batch gets looked at. We test how dry it is. We take out whatever is not good enough. We write down what came from where, batch by batch.
So if something is wrong, we know exactly which batch and which supplier. And if you need papers proving quality or origin, we have them ready.
Most buyers ask about this. Good. It means they have been burned before and they know what to look for.
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We do the difficult part
Moving goods from a village to a factory takes more steps than people think. Bagging. Storage. Inspection. Certificates. Customs. Booking a ship. Every one of those can hold a shipment up for a week.
We handle all of it.
You place one order. You deal with one company. You get one invoice. When something goes wrong, you call us. Not five different people.
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Tell us what you need
We work with food manufacturers, cosmetics companies, wholesalers and distributors, in Ghana and abroad.
Some want one container to see how it goes. Some need the same amount arriving every month so they can plan production. Both are fine.
Tell us what you want and how much. We will tell you straight what we can do, when it will arrive, and what it costs.
Two sides of the business
Which one are you here for?
On the shelf
A few things we are moving right now
Shea Nuts
Quality shea nuts aggregated from Ghana and neighbouring West African countries, properly dried, cleaned, and sorted at our Techiman warehouse before export. We supply consistent volumes for shea butter and shea oil processing, with delivery to Tema port and export terms available as FOB or CIF to your destination port.
Take a lookraw cashew nuts
High-quality raw cashew nuts sourced from Ghana and neighbouring West African countries, cleaned, dried, and sorted at our Techiman warehouse before export. We supply consistent volumes to processors and buyers worldwide, with delivery to Tema port and export terms available as FOB or CIF to your destination port.
Take a lookSoya Beans
Quality soya beans aggregated from Ghana and neighbouring West African countries, cleaned, dried, and sorted at our Techiman warehouse before export. We supply consistent volumes for oil processing, animal feed, and food manufacturing, with delivery to Tema port and export terms available as FOB or CIF to your destination port.
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Learn more about albnc ventures
Three places worth starting
Our storyWhy the company exists, what it set out to fix, and where it has got to.Read on
How we buyAt the collection point, from the groups who gathered the crop, at a price agreed before the season.Read on
Markets we serveWhere our crops and consumer lines end up, and what each market asks for.Read on
From the team
What we have been writing
Our 2035 ambitions
Three things we want to be true about this business in ten years. Each one changes how we buy, what we build, and who we sell to.
THE PEOPLE WHO GROW ITBuy from more farmers, and pay them better
- Buy from more communities every season, instead of returning to the same few.
- Pay at the collection point, in cash, at a price agreed before the season starts.
- Sign longer agreements so farmers can plan further ahead than one harvest.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXTDo more of the work here in Ghana
- Clean, press and pack at home rather than shipping raw and letting others add the value.
- Build storage near where crops are grown, so nothing spoils waiting for a truck.
- Hire and train locally for the skilled jobs that processing brings with it.
WHERE IT ENDS UPSell to more buyers, in more countries
- Meet the standards that open doors in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
- Hold enough supply that a buyer can order every month, not once a season.
- Be the first name people think of when they need something from West Africa.