The Orgaman Group (French: ''Groupe Orgaman'') is a food production and distribution company based in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

Ownership

The Orgaman Group is owned by the Damseaux family of Belgium. Its chief executive officer is Jean-Claude Damseaux.

History

The Orgaman Group was founded in 1931 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, then known as the

Belgian Congo The Belgian Congo (french: Congo belge, ; nl, Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964. Colo ...

. It grew during

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, as the DRC was cut off from Europe. By 1961, the company was passed on to the founder's son, William Damseaux. It was the main meat-processing and distribution company in the DRC in the 1970s and 1980s. In recent years, Congolese businessman Albert Yuma Mulimbi tried to purchase it, but he was put off by the Damseaux's asking price. By 2013, the company had an annual revenue of 100 million Euro. In 2014, the company shut down two

frozen food Freezing food preserves it from the time it is prepared to the time it is eaten. Since early times, farmers, fishermen, and trappers have preserved grains and produce in unheated buildings during the winter season. Freezing food slows decompositi ...

distribution subsidiaries, Transmac and Mampeza, due to increased tariffs.

References

1931 establishments in the Belgian Congo Companies based in Kinshasa Distributors Food and drink companies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Manufacturing companies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRC-stub