kendake honey LTD
Organization Details
Kendake is no ordinary brand - its skincare and edible honey products are natural, organic and backed by potent science. An award-winning socially conscious business, connected to African roots and women-owned that combine together to create a powerhouse brand that is targeted at businesses and individuals who have a recognition for the highest quality natural food and cosmetics or are invested in ‘clean’ products.
Our 380g jar of 100% Organic African Wildflower Honey, sourced from the first and only EU and USDA organic certified honey company in West Africa. It was recently awarded GOLD in the 2021 London International Honey Quality Awards & 2022 International Organic Awards. It features as the ‘star ingredient’ in all our product ranges as its uniqueness and quality has seen great interest in its distribution across the globe.
Impact Story
Our founder, Chibugo Okafor, started this social enterprise with the social objective of utilising the production from 400 hives, processing of an average of 5.7 tonnes (5700 kg) annually and packaging of high-quality organic African honey to empower and provide job opportunities to (to date over 1200) female & youth beekeepers to become sustainable income generators.
70% of farmers are female but women operate on a smaller scale to their male counterparts, with resultant lower yields than those operated by men. This is largely contributed to the fact that women have access to few inputs and resources such as fertilisers or credit. Given equal access to resources as men, national productivity in developing countries by 2.5-4%; lifting as many as 100-150 million people out of chronic hunger.
Thus, alongside associated initiatives, the business provides technical training sessions, agricultural inputs and subsequently job opportunities for over 2000 youth and women and then access to market is created by Kendake Honey off-taking their harvested products at economically fair prices. The harvested honey is then sold on to businesses and now customers for their consumption. The importance here is that there is a sustainable income flow into their respective homes.
Diverse Social Enterprise
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