Women Wednesday Profile of the Week – Joujou Bomanga – Congo / Europe

Evelea Foods

Congolese businesswoman Joujou Bomanga is on a mission to spread African produce, but has her sights set on breaking into the European market. Bomanga, who now lives in Belgium, set up company Evelea Foods in 2011.

“I noticed that there was a lack of certain African greens in the Belgian market,” she explains. “The idea was to introduce fresh high quality groceries from Congo into a European context.”

Evelea sells three traditional Congolese dishes made from cassava leaves, amaranth and a plant known as “ngai ngai”, all imported from Congo. Her products, which are sold in jars to stay fresh, are garnering interest among chefs and consumers in Europe and America.“We’ve seen a lot of Europeans and Africans are receptive to what we’re doing at the moment,” Bomanga says. “Now we have offers from different chefs to try our products and adapt them into their restaurant menus, for things like bread loafs and snacks.”

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(Source: http://blackownedbusiness.tumblr.com/post/145475982711/evelea-foods-congolese-businesswoman-joujou )