Entrepreneurs from African Food Changemakers

Claudia Castellanos

Black Mamba Foods

Eswatini

Processing

About Company

Black Mamba Foods is a social business that manufactures and distributes good-for-you, good-for-the-planet gourmet food products, including chili sauces, pestos, chutneys and jams, all made with organically grown ingredients and no added nonsense. Through a partnership with the local NGO Guba, Black Mamba trains smallholders in permaculture and organic farming and buy the fresh produce from them to make the products. To date, 60 farmers are part of the value chain, and the positive impact reaches over 1,000 individuals in Eswatini. Additionally, the use of regenerative farming practices has improved the soil quality, water use and biodiversity for the land used by the smallholders. Black Mamba currently exports products to several countries around the world including the US, UK, Germany, Taiwan, Norway, and South Africa.