An eight-year-old food producer established by Ethiopian and Indian shareholders, Dachi Manufacturing PLC, has launched the country’s first domestic production of canned fava beans and kidney beans.
Established in 2018, the company operates a 15,000-square-meter manufacturing facility and has traditionally focused on condiments like ketchup. On Tuesday morning at Skylight Hotel, company executives announced the start of full-scale canned food production, using locally sourced fava beans, peas, and kidney beans supplied by Ethiopian farmers.
The new product line includes red kidney beans, white kidney beans, black beans, fava beans (foul), peas, and sweet corn. The products are currently packaged in 400-gram cans, with three-kilogram packages expected to reach the market within the next few months.
Company officials say the canned goods are competitively priced and targeted at both domestic consumers and export markets, with initial shipments planned for the U.A.E. and other Gulf countries.
“This marks a shift in Ethiopia’s role within the global food supply chain,” Biniyam Yohannes, Chief Commercial Officer of Dachi, told Shega. “For many years, we exported raw beans while importing processed canned products.
He said they plan to produce up to thousands of tons of output daily, eyeing both urban and rural markets. The CCO indicated plans to finalize the canning and packaging factory in the coming six months, with hundreds of millions of dollars slated for investments.
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