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Specialist African fruit distribution

Fresh fruit,
rooted in Africa.

We connect South Africa's finest fruit producers with the growing markets of sub-Saharan Africa. Premium Apples, Pears and more — picked at peak, packed to spec, delivered cold and on time.

17+
African nations served
9
SA provinces
30+
Varieties year-round
Actively distributing toCape Town
CPT · ORIGIN
Origin Focus markets Wider network
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© I AM AFRIKA · 2026
Who we are

A specialist African fruit distribution company. From Cape Orchards to the whole continent.

17+
Export markets
12
Months / year
30+
Apple & pear varieties
100%
Africa focus

A network across seventeen+ African nations.

We trade beyond a postcode — from anchor southern markets we know intimately, to a wider continental network and every province at home in South Africa.

NA · Anchor
01
Namibia

Our closest neighbour and a key anchor market. Windhoek and coastal retailers receive consistent supply via refrigerated road freight from the Western Cape.

RoadRetailWholesale
AO · Anchor
02
Angola

A fast-growing economy with strong demand for quality imports — particularly in Luanda's expanding modern retail sector.

RoadRetail
CD · Anchor
03
DR Congo

One of Africa's most populous nations. Kinshasa's premium fruit demand is served through our specialised cold-chain logistics partnerships.

AirCold ChainUrban
ZW · Heritage
04
Zimbabwe

A historic agricultural nation with deep appreciation for quality produce. We supply Harare and Bulawayo through trusted road corridors.

RoadWholesaleInstitutional
MZ · Coastal
05
Mozambique

Maputo's proximity makes this a natural extension of our network. A growing middle class drives consistent premium fruit demand throughout the year.

RoadPortRetail
BW · Stable
06
Botswana

One of Africa's most stable economies. Gaborone's retail landscape welcomes consistent high-quality supply through our Limpopo road corridor.

RoadSupermarketsHotels
ZM · 07
Southern Africa
Zambia
GA · 08
Central Africa
Gabon
CG · 09
Central Africa
Republic of Congo
CM · 10
Central Africa
Cameroon
CI · 11
West Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
GN · 12
West Africa
Guinea
SN · 13
West Africa
Senegal
TG · 14
West Africa
Togo
GH · 15
West Africa
Ghana
MR · 16
West Africa
Mauritania
South Africa · 09

Every province. Cape-led.

We supply retailers and wholesalers across all nine provinces — anchored by deep relationships and dedicated capacity in the Western Cape, where the fruit is grown.

Eastern CapeEC
Northern CapeNC
GautengGP
KwaZulu-NatalKZN
Free StateFS
MpumalangaMP
LimpopoLP
North WestNW

A full basket, all the way through.

From our Cape orchards: every major commercial apple and pear cultivar, premium South African stone fruit, citrus and more — across the full season window.

Crate of freshly picked nectarines FIG. 03 Elgin · Ceres · Vyeboom

From orchard to pallet,
without compromise.

Apples

15 cultivars
Royal Gala Granny Smith Cripps Pink (Pink Lady®) Golden Delicious Gala Red Gala Braeburn Cripps Red Fuji Joya® Kanzi Pink Lady Red Delicious Sempre Top Red

Pears

9 cultivars
Packham's Triumph Forelle Williams Bon Chrétien Abate Fetel Beurre Bosc Bon Rouge / Red Williams Doyenne du Comice Rosemarie Vermont Beauty

Stone fruit

4 categories
Plums Nectarines Peaches Pomegranates

Citrus & more

3 categories
Oranges Soft Citrus Kiwis

Always in season.

Southern Hemisphere harvests run January through August — perfectly complementing Northern Hemisphere supply windows and keeping African shelves stocked twelve months a year.

Variety JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Full availability
Partial / shoulder
Out of season

Cape fruit. African heart.

Trusted growers and accredited packhouses in the Western Cape — Elgin, Grabouw, Ceres, Vyeboom — and exclusively fruit that meets our compliance and quality bar.

Pears on the branch in a Western Cape orchard FIG. 05A 33°S 19°E

Western Cape orchards.
The source of freshness.

01

Apples, pears & stone fruit — every major variety.

Sourced exclusively from certified producers in South Africa's premier fruit-growing regions, with traceability from block to box.

02

Unbroken cold chain

From packhouse coolrooms to final destination, the temperature chain is never broken — every pallet tracked, every degree monitored.

03

Food safety, no compromise

Supply partners are fully certified and accredited — full compliance with destination-market import requirements.

04

Long-term grower relationships

Multi-season partnerships with Western Cape farmers ensure consistent quality, fair pricing, and reliable volumes — year after year.

05

Always recruiting growers

If you grow premium apples, pears or stone fruit and want a consistent African home for your fruit, we'd like to meet.

From African farm to African table.

Every shipment tracked, every temperature monitored, every delivery on time. Four steps, three modalities, one accountable team end to end.

Step 01

Source & pack

Fruit sourced from accredited Western Cape producers — graded, sorted and packed to destination spec.

Elgin · Ceres · Vyeboom
Step 02

Pre-cool & load

Pallets pre-cooled and loaded into refrigerated containers or reefer trucks within protocol time.

−0.5°C to +4°C
Step 03

Cross-border

Customs, phytosanitary certificates, and all documentation handled end-to-end by our compliance team.

Phyto · MRL · CoO
Step 04

Deliver & report

Delivered to specification with full traceability.

DDP · DAP · Ex Works
Road

Reefer trucks · SADC corridor

Sea

Containers · Cape Town

Air

Cold-chain charter · Premium markets

Built on trust, run on detail.

Behind every pallet is a promise — to the grower, to the buyer, and to the African shelves we keep stocked.

— Manifesto We don't sell fruit. We move trust across borders, in temperature-controlled containers, on a continent that deserves better than what's been built for it.
i.

Quality, no compromise

Premium fruit from accredited Cape farms, with traceability and food-safety standards that meet every destination market.

ii.

Africa-first

Our growth is the continent's growth. We invest in long-term African market relationships — not opportunistic shipments.

iii.

Reliability is the product

Right fruit, right market, right time. Every season, every shipment — your shelf is full when it should be.

iv.

Long partnerships

With growers, with retailers, with logistics partners. Trade relationships in Africa take years to build — we're built for that.

The people behind every delivery.

Operators, exporters, finance, warehouse — the people who carry the fruit, the paperwork, and the relationships that make this work.

Hannes Vorster
Operations
i
Hannes Vorster
Operations Director
Hans Koetsier
Finance
ii
Hans Koetsier
Financial Director
Jaco Schade
Export Operations
iii
Jaco Schade
Exports Operations Manager
Papama Ngxata
Local Operations
iv
Papama Ngxata
Local Operations Manager
Pieter Vorster
Local Operations
v
Pieter Vorster
Local Operations Manager
Sixolile Gobeni
Warehouse
vi
Sixolile Gobeni
Warehouse Manager
Get in touch

Let's grow Afrika
together.

Retailer in Windhoek. Wholesaler in Maputo. Grower in Elgin. Importer in Abidjan. We'd love to talk — every great African trade relationship starts with a conversation.

WhereEpping, Western Cape, ZA
Emailjaco@iamafrika.co.za
Tel+27 79 692 0892
WhatsApp+27 60 529 8649
Webiamafrika.co.za
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