About US

COMPANY BACKGROUND

Moringa Acres was born out of a passion and belief in the transformative qualities and global economic value of tree plant-based products such as Moringa, Neem and Baobab. The company’s founder and main shareholder, Mr. Manota Mphande, observed that while Malawi hosts many smallholders that grow Moringa, Neem and Baobab, the country lacks a reliable and registered Malawian company to transform their agro-products into commercial user-end products. Mphande also observed the growing global consumer demand for natural plant-based beauty and healthcare products, and saw the opportunity to mass export locally manufactured products while promoting sustainable enterprise for smallholder farmers in Malawi.
Moringa Acres which was initially registered as a sole proprietary in 2020, and is currently officially registered as a limited company in Malawi, as of January 2022. By 2021, the company was able to identify a private investor, who has helped facilitate next steps in company strategic growth and market penetration.

VISION

To become a leading supplier of high-quality tree plant-based products with exceptional nutritional, cosmetic and medicinal value on local, regional and international markets.

MISSION

By putting value on local resources: our mission is to manufacture high quality tree plant-based products with acceptable return value, using sustainable technology and leading expertise.

GOALS

By 2024, Moringa Acres aims to achieve the following:
• Work with over 500 smallholder tree plant farmers across Malawi
• Become the main supplier of locally manufactured Moringa, Neem and Baobab based products to wholesalers and retailers in Malawi and the SADC region
• Become the main supplier of Neem oil to pharmacies across Malawi
• Establish the first accredited Moringa Seed Oil producing factory in Malawi.

CORE VALUES

• QUALITY
• EXPERTISE
• SUSTAINABILITY
• INTEGRITY

CURRENT LOCATION

The Moringa Acres offices and production facility are currently at Nancholi Estate in Blantyre, Malawi. As part of the company’s growth strategy, plans are underway to build two new production facilities in Chikwawa and Salima by 2024.
We work with the Green Livelihoods,World Food Programme and World Vision by purchasing Moringa seeds from their farmers in Salima, Chikwawa and Nsanje who have grown Moringa in the last 3 years. We also directly purchase Moringa seeds from smallholder farmers located in Blantyre Rural, Liwonde and Balaka.

PRODUCT NAME TYPE SIZES

Moringa Oil Cosmetic, healthcare 50ml, 1litre, 5litre, 20litre, 100litre(per order)
Neem Oil Cosmetic, healthcare, pesticide 50ml, 1litre, 5litre, 20-100litre per order
Baobab Oil Cosmetic, food-grade 50ml-100l per order

PRODUCTS IN DEVELOPMENT STAGE

• Moringa based soap, lip balm and lotion
• baobab soap, lip balm and lotion
• Baobab Food Grade Oil
• neem soap, and lotion and face scrub
• Moringa based perfumes, deodoran

MORINGA SEED OIL

Generally, all Moringa species are rich in oil, though Moringa Oleifera has the highest kernel yield per seed. The wild unnamed variety found in Malawi has a higher seed oil content averaging 41.4% compared to other varieties found in India, Kenya and other tropical and sub-tropical area that have wild Moringa growing.
Moringa seeds contain approximately 35-42% oil. With cold pressing technology, at ambient temperature, yields of extraction average around 65%. This means that cold pressed of dehulled seeds yields approx. 25% oil from the weight of the seeds. Seeds of different maturity produce different quality oils. Oil producers need to sort and grade seed prior to pressing to manage the final quality of oil.
Moringa oil is cold-pressed from mature Moringa seeds, yielding an odorless, brilliant yellow oil with a slightly nutty, bitter flavor.