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  • Where is golden Africa's palm oil refining & packaging plant?
  • REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah One year after its inauguration in December 2018, overlooking the multimodal port of Doraleh, Golden Africa’s palm oil refining and packaging plant has already picked up speed. And trucks, destined for Ethiopia, will soon be on their way, fully loaded. More than $30m was invested in the refinery, the largest in Djibouti.
  • How much palm oil will Ethiopia produce a month?
  • With 35,000 employees and several billion dollars in turnover, the group is one of the world’s leading producers and refiners of palm oil. The monthly target of 21,000tn of oil in the medium term, however, is still insufficient to meet Ethiopian demand of 50,000tn per month and between 6,000 and 8,000tn in Somalia and Eritrea.
  • Why is Ethiopia importing palm oil from Djibouti?
  • While 90% of the palm oil sold in Ethiopia is imported, the region’s only refinery offers an important advantage. Addis Ababa is spending $500m a year on imports, against a backdrop of foreign-exchange shortages. “By importing from Djibouti, there is no foreign-exchange problem.
  • What is palm oil winning process?
  • The oil winning process, in summary, involves the reception of fresh fruit bunches from the plantations, sterilizing and threshing of the bunches to free the palm fruit, mashing the fruit and pressing out the crude palm oil. The crude oil is further treated to purify and dry it for storage and export.
  • Does Golden Africa have a plant in Ethiopia?
  • Already active in Kenya, Golden Africa, which already operates in Kenya, is also considering a facility in Ethiopia. This is attracting other investors: last December, Saudi-Ethiopian billionaire Mohamed Al Amoudi laid the foundation stone of a refinery to process other edible oils, including soya, sunflower and peanut. A son-in-law named Dangote…
  • What is mechanised palm oil production?
  • The mechanised units are likewise referred to as ‘intermediate technology’ production. The village traditional method of extracting palm oil involves washing pounded fruit mash in warm water and hand squeezing to separate fibre and nuts from the oil/water mixture.