Historical Highlights
- 1967
Export Trading Company is established in Kenya to market Kenyan and international manufactured goods in East and Central Africa.
- 1982
Present owners acquire the company.
- 1983
Export Trading Company begins sourcing and marketing agricultural commodities for emergency food relief.
- 1989
Agriculture commodities trading becomes the focus of the company.
- 1992
Set up of ETC in Tanzania as the head office for the trading business. Investment in storage infrastructure throughout Tanzania to support trading activities.
- 2000
The starting year of replication of procurement infrastructure and offices in other African countries.
- 2004
Agricultural processing is introduced to the business.
Fertilizer and rice imports begin into countries of existing operation, for sale domestically or regionally. - 2006
Investment in commercial farming. Acquisition of a rice estate in Tanzania and the largest commercial cereal farm in Africa, located in Zambia.
- 2007
Set up of commodities trading and agro-processing operations in India
- 2010
Expansion of business activities in existing and new African countries and globally.
- 2011
Building a brand for our processed and packaged products.