About Saranabu
Corporate Profile | Business | Moving Forward | Operational Cycle
Saranabu Sa is a leading importer of oils and fats in West Africa. The group is owned by the Najem family of Lebanese origin and Beninois Nationality with five generations of experience in the sub Region of West Africa. We are headquartered in the Republic of Benin, a key strategic location serving the West African Markets including Nigeria.
The company was founded on June 8, 1983 and is recognized to be amongst the top 30 companies in Benin with sales topping $50 million per annum.
Our unmatched presence, expertise and experience in Nigeria and other West African countries has resulted in Saranabu becoming the leading Oil and Fat company in West Africa.
To better serve our clients in terms of costs, quality and efficiency we are strongly promoting West African Trade by sourcing the needed raw materials all along the West African Coast for our industrial Clients. We only import exceptional Oils and Fats for local industries with specific requirements.
Our house brands and finished products are all outsourced through efficient regional industries to take advantage of their installed capacities for production purposes. We support them with the latest technological equipment, finance and quality control resulting in a competitively superior level of efficiency across our entire line of imports.
Our core competencies include:
- Favorable and competitive pricing for every commodity.
- Unique Transport and Handling of Liquid and Semi Liquid Food grade Commodities by sea and by land.
- Efficient Processes dealing with all documentation involving Customs and Government Brokerage Activities.
- Inventory Management and Handling of Liquid Commodities.
- Financial assistance to increase volume imports as required.
- Customized solutions and strategies including foreign exchange and hedging to optimize product price and quality.
- Constant market foresight, analysis and strategy to better project future costs and delivery deadlines.
We carefully listen in order provide customized solutions for each and every one of our clients using the most appropriate solutions available. Our infrastructure with our partners covers more than 6 countries in the sub region. Our presence is felt in all our product areas of every country we operate in.
We support our customers further by seeking to optimize infrastructure on a continual basis i.e. storage and warehousing, handling and transportation. We have achieved a truly seamless process and service for our customers through a coordinated set of policies and principles:
- Continual Optimization of All Processes and Facilities
- Ground-breaking Innovation
- Bold and disciplined strategies in the face of adversity