ZAZOU Group DRC

ZAZOU GROUP is applying an innovative, cost-effective, and scalable solution that addresses both the productivity gap and market inefficiencies in Burundi’s cassava sector.

By integrating scientific soil restoration, improved cassava varieties, digital farm tracking, and guaranteed market contracts, it ensures higher incomes for farmers, lower food prices for consumers, and reduced reliance on expensive imports

Millions people
+ 80
GNI per head
400 $
Population growth
0 %
Malnourished children
0 M
Undernourished people
5 M

Word of Country Manager

Country Manager of ZAZOU GROUP Democratic Republic of Congo

He said:

“As ZAZOU GROUP Congo we are working to enable food security in a practical manner for the average men and women in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There can be no progress if the population is not fed properly. We are at the service of the population”

Koffi Samafu Miesse

May 21, 2024

Word of Director of legal strategy

Director of legal strategy and project management of ZAZOU GROUP Democratic Republic of Congo

He said:

Zazou Group has enabled home grown Africans solutions in both the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi. Zazou Group is a testimony of how Congolese and Burundian are putting together their resources, skills, competences and innovative ideas to implement sustainable “win-win” partnerships.

Innocent Segihobe

May 21, 2024

Why is This Market Especially Promising?

  • High Demand for Cassava

    DRC is the world’s largest consumer of cassava, with an average yearly consumption of 334 kg of fresh cassava roots per person, 150 kg of cassava flour per person, 29 kg of cassava leaves per person

  • Huge population

    With a population of 103 million, the demand for cassava-based products is massive. Kinshasa alone (20+ million people) is a major market for processed cassava products

  • Supply full of irregularity

    The current supply is unstable, and much of the cassava consumed in the DRC is imported, creating an opportunity for Burundi to position itself as a competitive supplier.

ZAZOU GROUP and CEPROCEM