Macadamia orchard in the Kenyan highlands
Macsken EPZ Ltd · Nairobi, Kenya

Rooted in African soil. Trusted on every continent.

We buy from smallholder growers across Kenya and Uganda, process to international food-safety standards, and ship macadamia, cashew, cocoa and coffee to buyers on four continents — with a paper trail that runs all the way back to the farm.

Founded in Kenya
2019
Certified facility
FSSC 22000
Export markets
13

Our story

A company built farm-first

Macsken EPZ Ltd was founded in 2019 on a straightforward premise: the people who grow East Africa's finest crops should capture more of what those crops are worth.

That premise shapes how we buy. Rather than trade through layers of middlemen, we work directly with smallholder growers — more than 24,500 of them across Kenya's macadamia highlands, the cashew belt along the coast, Uganda's cocoa districts, and the arabica and robusta growing regions of East Africa. Buying at the farm gate means growers know what they are paid and why, and it means we know exactly which farms a container came from.

From there, everything happens under one roof. Our Export Processing Zone facility handles drying, cracking, grading, sorting and packing in-house, so quality is something we control rather than something we hope for. Twenty-five-plus cashew grades, a full macadamia style range, single-origin cocoa and both specialty and commercial coffee leave that facility for buyers in Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East.

We are a young company in an old trade, and we have taken the parts of it worth keeping — patience, relationships, an obsession with the crop — and left behind the opacity.

Macsken team members sorting harvested nuts

What we hold to

A good harvest starts three seasons before it reaches us. Our job is to not be the weak link.

By the numbers

Scale, measured honestly

Cumulative figures since we started buying in 2019 — farmers in our supply network, raw nut-in-shell received, and finished kernel sold.

24,500+
Farmers
12,141
Nut in Shell · Tonnes
2,307
Sold Premium Kernels · Tonnes

How it works

From the gate to the container

Four steps, all of them ours. Keeping the chain short is what lets us answer the two questions buyers actually ask: where did this come from, and who checked it.

  1. 01

    Farm-gate sourcing

    We buy directly from smallholder growers in Kenya and Uganda, paying at the gate and recording the origin of every lot we take in.

  2. 02

    In-house processing

    Drying, cracking, grading, sorting and packing all happen inside our EPZ facility — no subcontracted steps we cannot stand behind.

  3. 03

    Laboratory control

    Moisture, aflatoxin, foreign matter and grade consistency are checked against an FSSC 22000 quality system built on HACCP principles.

  4. 04

    Export & documentation

    Sealed containers leave with full certification, phytosanitary paperwork and traceability records for the buyer on the other end.

Quality control testing at the Macsken laboratory

Quality assurance

Certified, and checked again

  • Products prepared to the highest standards from quality raw materials, in full compliance with relevant legislation and approved codes of practice.

  • A quality management system certified to FSSC 22000 and built on HACCP principles, governing every stage inside the facility.

  • Products that meet statutory, regulatory and food-safety requirements in both local and international markets.

Certifications

  • BRCGS
  • fssc 22000
  • halal
  • Kosher

Inside the operation

Orchard, floor, and port

The same lot, followed from the tree it grew on to the container it leaves in.

Smallholder farm in the Kenyan highlands
Smallholder farm in the Kenyan highlands
Sacks of nut-in-shell received at the warehouse
Sacks of nut-in-shell received at the warehouse
Laboratory testing of incoming lots
Laboratory testing of incoming lots
Quality technician grading kernel samples
Quality technician grading kernel samples
Sorted premium kernel
Sorted premium kernel
Graded macadamia kernel ready for packing
Graded macadamia kernel ready for packing
Vacuum-sealed cartons on the packing line
Vacuum-sealed cartons on the packing line
Finished cartons palletised for export
Finished cartons palletised for export
Container loading for shipment

Global reach

One origin, 13 destinations

Every shipment leaves from Nairobi. From there it goes to roasters, processors and distributors across Europe, the Americas, Asia and North Africa — handled by the same team that received the raw crop.

Europe08

  • Netherlands
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Latvia

Americas02

  • United States
  • Canada

Africa & Middle East02

  • Egypt
  • Tunisia

Asia01

  • China

Shipping to a market that isn't listed here? We probably can.

Talk to our export team

Work with us

Tell us what you need, and from which harvest

Samples, specifications, current availability and pricing — our export desk answers all four. Tell us the grade and the volume and we'll come back with what we can ship and when.