(Business in Cameroon) - An improved coffee, enriched with local spices and labelled Nextcoffee. This is the latest finding of Gariland International, a Cameroonian SME specialised in agricultural products processing, and which just received an award in Gaborone, Botswana, for bringing innovation to cassava processing.

Indeed, after tapioca juice (Garilight), Gariland International developed Gari plus, a wholefoods kit, made of fortified organic Gari (local name for tapioca), pre-sweetened with Stevia, then enriched with no less than 15 dried fruits and vegetables, reports Quotidien de l’Economie.

Gariland International already made headlines during the agricultural and livestock show of Ebolowa in 2011, during which the Cameroonian Head of State himself was amazed by the pastas made by this local SME. Labelled “miondoninini”, these pastas are made from cassava, potato, macabo, etc.

On 11 December 2015, during a mini-fair organised on the cocoa theme, Gariland’s stand was again highly popular. One could taste there “date-coated cocoa beans” (sold under the Perles noires brand) in which date pits are replaced with cocoa beans; or “filled cocoa beans” (sold under the brand Pralines), in which the dried beans are inserted in a type of cake made from potato flour.

All these products are made in a small factory with semi-rudimentary processes, set up a few years ago in the city of Mbalmayo, located in the Central region.

BRM