We partner with Rural farming Organizations and communities to ensure that these communities and their families can receive better prices, scientific input on their agricultural farming methods and a fairer deal on their harvests.

By doing so we believe that we invest in their future and their children’s future and help farming organizations increase their profit margins.

We believe that these Organizations and Agricultural communities have a high standard of produce to enhance and upgrade global produce market.

We are currently involved with Uganda, Malawi, Kenya, Congo, Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa farming communities providing the following organic farming produce.

• Fruit: Pineapples, Citrus, Figs, Apples, Watermelon and Bananas
  
• Vegetables: Chilies, Potatoes and Rice
• Others: Honey, Bee Wax, Bee Venom, Cashew Nuts and Pulses
  

Summit of Africa in-conjunction with our various partnerships ensures the best quality organic fruit, vegetables and honey is produced for global consumption.

Partner Criteria?

We partner with several farming Organizations that use the following Organic farming methods

• No agrichemicals, No Chemical Fertilizers, No Radioactive material
• No animal-based feed or inorganic pesticide.
• biodiversity to be important. By avoiding the use of pesticide chemicals, we are trying to preserve the environment. 
• True Breeding Seeds which produce foods nurtured by the area’s unique natural features and climate.
• In terms of Honey, no unnatural sugars.
• No additive farming policy which is free from chemicals or residual agents in all its products, it must be Organic and natural.
• Adherence to FAO and European Directive food safety standards and CODEX ALIMENTARIUS international food standards to ensure that our Honey and Fruit are safe for human consumption as well as other uses such for use in as pharmaceutical and beauty products.
• Our Farming criteria ensures protection of human - life, animal – life and plant- life and the health of the ecosystem through sustainable production practices over time.
• Farming Organisations needing help

Core values determines the priorities of our company. Core values are what fuels our vision and shapes our company culture. The following values are the essence of Summit of Africa identity – principles, beliefs and philosophies and helps us with our decision-making processes.

Our Honey

Global consumption of Honey is projected in 2024 to exceed 2.8 million tons. In 2019 global production of honey was 1.9 million tonnes. 38% of this supply is currently known as fake honey that contains syrup. Our Honey is a very rare Honey called Kiaat Honey that comes from the forest regions in Zambia. We have the capacity to supply 600 - 900 tons of Honey that is raw, pure and Organic.

We believe in the proverb “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Our Mandate is to Partner with Apiculture (Honey Farmers) Villages to ensure that these communities and their families can receive better prices, scientific input on their beekeeping methods and a fairer deal on their harvests. We also want to ensure that the children can receive a proper education by attending schools and have fresh running water in each village. Currently in Zambia we have over 9000 rural farmers.

Charlotte Lietaer noted in her research article, “when people are aware about the valuable contribution of bees to the life of humans… they will respect bees and try to protect them, their habitat and forage area as much as possible.”

The keeping of bees – called apiculture – is economically lucrative for a small- to medium-scale farming village involved in integrated farming. Eighty-five percent of Africa lives in a rural setting and 82.3 percent of this population is involved in agriculture. Apiculture is beneficial to the subsistence or smallholder farmers and suitable for the rural poor in Africa, who have high population density and financial incapability to purchase land.

We have signed exclusivity with Honey farming communities in Zambia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda due to the world shortage of honey. This Honey is tested and analyzed by Intertek Food science Laboratory in Germany. The price of honey is high, as is international demand: Europeans consume an average of 0.7kg (1.5lb) of honey per year, and the EU is the world’s biggest importer, buying in around 200,000 tonnes, it is also the second biggest producer of honey after China.

What can we provide to the Global Market in terms of Honey?

• Pure raw filtered honey
• Raw pressed bees wax
• Propolis Extract
• Bee venom Extract

We recognise three basic influences in the honey quality production process, namely;

• Beehive type and state: Kenya top bar hives are used and with constant maintenance being key to ensuring bees are long term colony residence and have high productivity.

• Food and water source: Vegetation foraging type and proximity to clean uncontaminated water significantly affects quality and quantity of honey.

• Honey harvesting: This is strictly done during dry seasons or times of very low humidity or atmospheric moisture and takes place twice a year.

Summit of Africa is able to supply between 600 - 900 tons of honey each year.

Summit of Africa Bee Wax

Beeswax is used in lip balm, lip gloss, hand creams, salves, and moisturizers; and in cosmetics such as eye shadow, blush, and eye liner. Beeswax is also an important ingredient in moustache wax and hair pomades, which make hair look sleek and shiny.

Is Beeswax a bee poop?

Beneath their “bellies,” the young honey bees have four special glands that excrete liquid wax, the way that we humans sweat.

Beeswax holds up the hives; the honeycombs are actually made from the wax secreted by the young honeybees.

The vitamin A in beeswax, along with the antiseptic and healing properties, are good treatments for acne. By softening the skin and helping keep it moisturized without clogging pores, you can reduce acne outbreaks.

Summit of Africa can provide 100 tons of Bee Wax every year.

Summit of Africa Bee Venom

Bee venom is a colourless, acidic liquid. Bees excrete it through their stingers into a target when they feel threatened. It contains both anti-inflammatory and inflammatory compounds, including enzymes, sugars, minerals, and amino acids.

Bee venom is anaphylactic, so it can temporarily relax your facial muscles (natural botox), break down cell membranes, and improve circulation, which can create a tighter and smoother complexion.

Bee venom is a natural product that has risen in popularity due to its variety of potential health benefits. It has been shown to have anti-inflammatory properties, may benefit skin health, and can possibly help treat symptoms related to various health conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis and chronic pain.

If you're a vegan or interested in cruelty-free products, you can rest easy: Bee venom is harvested in humane ways that never hurts the bee. The warm and tingling sensation that this anti-aging mask gives the skin is the bee venom in its formula working to stimulate and increase the body's wrinkle-smoothing collagen and elastin to plump and tighten the skin.

A new anti-wrinkle cream is creating a big buzz in the world of cosmetics - because it's made from bee venom. Cosmetic makers has just launched a new skincare line called Bee Venom, which is clinically proved to halt the damaging effects of the menopause on the face.

Summit of Africa is able to provide 50 kg of Bee Venom each year.

Info about our Honey:

• is socially responsible, organic and produced in forests through small - scale farmer social development projects.
• involves approximatly 9,000 rural families.
• is produced without any cost to the families.
• comes from 87,000 producing hives
• is harvested by trained beekeeping teams on behalf of the participating rural families.
• renumerates each family for every kilogram of honey produced.

• is extracted in HACCP – certified farm factories and is Gravity – filtered
• is packed in 300kg drums with double grade food liners.
• is sampled and analysed by Intertek in Germany (we provide copies of our sample analysis certificate on request).
• is exported globally to any destination.

Our Honey in Squeezie Bottles:

We have packaged our honey into three Squeezie Bottles, the 340gram squeezie, the 540 squeezie bottle and the 1.5kg tub. We are also busy with a 30ml glass jar for Hotels, coffee shops and Crew ships.

We can also brand any logo / brand / label onto our squeezie bottles and at an extra price we can provide honey in glass bottles.

Shipping costs (FOB/CIF/CFR) to be established depending on global destination.

Bulk Honey Prices:

Packed in 300kg drums with double grade food liners. We also provide Bulk Honey in 20Kg, 25Kg and 30Kg Plastic Containers.

Free On Board: $4.90 per KG From Walvis Bay Namibia, Dar-Es-Saleem Tanzania and Pendu Mozambique.

CIF / CFR: $6.00 per KG