African Mill Mentors

African Mill Mentors offers a variety of options to ensure your business success and profitability. A panel of leading experts in the staple food production and grain milling sectors will walk you through each step of the process in setting up and running your grain milling business.

250 years of combined knowledge

Amongst them, these seasoned advisors have experience in the areas of grain milling; baking; raw material procurement; food science; starch and product variant options; accountancy; marketing; sales and business management.

Ongoing support

Each client is given continual needs assessment, and the offering tailored to your needs. It is structured both theoretically and practically to give you the flexibility to reach your goals quickly and profitably.

Feasibility studies

Whether you need advice on the type of milling operation suited to your requirements or on expanding your current business, African Mill Mentors can lend their expertise on design; marketing plans; process costings; test work and final project feasibility.

HR Solutions

With so many years of experience in the food industry, African Mill Mentors are uniquely qualified to help you find the right people for your company and advise on optimised structuring of shift workers, specialised millers or high level management.

Mentorship programmes

Ensure your peace of mind during your business start-up period by enrolling in African Mill Mentors' programme. Mentorship periods can range from six months up to two years, and offer a variety of support services, depending on your needs. The African Mill Mentors mentorship programme will equip your operation with the core competencies needed to pilot profitability and foster sustainable business practices.

Equity partnerships

The two-year mentorship programme can be optionally combined with an equity partnership complete with exit agreement in place for the end of the structured mentorship period.

Telephonic Advisory Service

This unique service puts the African Mill Mentors panel of experts at the end of your phone line when you need them, reaffirming our commitment to building your business together.