Sokoplaza\products

-: About Company :-

-:TRADING :-
Being based in the Port city of Kisangani we started trading with the river route of DRC getting goods from Kinshasa when the country was not in war. Since 1999 we have been buying goods through/from East Africa since the war had stopped all trade activities between Kinshasa & East Congo. We have been trading with companies based in Kenya/Uganda/Dubai/China & Europe since 1999 importing various products into DRC. We have imported Food & non food products into DRC via Mombasa & Dar-es-Salam. Some of the products we have done in big volumes on regular basis are: Biscuits/Motorcycles/Soap/Lotions/Deodorantsprays/Beer/Soft drinks/Sardines/Batteries/Wheat/Perfumes/ to name a few. Our product portfolio has been vast & we are increasing the product lines on a monthly basis. We have been working closely with companies developing their brands in DRC as per the market requirement.

-: INDENTING :-
We have acted as indenting agents for few companies based in DRC who use our contacts in Europe & Asia for importing various
product lines. We get an indenting commission for confirmations made to our suppliers directly!

-: EXPORT :-
In the past we have exported Palm oil & Coffee from DRC to Uganda! We have expertise in the export of those product lines to various buyers in East Africa. The demand for palm oil in east Africa is very high due to the presence of factories producing finished Soap. We do export Timber to China and India.

-: STAFF :-
The company has employed staff with a present manpower force of 9 personnel. The company will soon be looking at employing at least another 20 persons to increase the capacity of the trading activities in the region

-:CLIENTS :-
Our current modus operandi, which is similar to a cash & carry operation, gets us a client base from all over east Congo. Buyers come from near by areas in their pick ups/any mode of transport & make purchases on cash basis on a weekly basis. We also import products on buyers request hence giving us a local knowledge of the current market trends for the season.

-: TURNOVER :-
We are currently doing a business worth US$ 8 million per annum.With the growth and expansion of business activities, the company is targeting a targeting a turnover
US$ 12 Million for year end 2008.

-: PROJECTION :-
We have currently tied up with few suppliers & have agreed to have a joint venture for opening our business in South Congo as well with Lubumbashi as the head quarters & supplying to other areas in Kasai region. In North CONGO we have tied up with few traders based in Aliwara hence giving us an opportunity of starting trade in South Sudan as currently all goods supplied into South Sudan is via Aliwara. We have our sales people also visiting traders in Rwanda & Burundi & we expect that the 1^st quarter of 2008 we would be starting trade in those markets as well.