₦airaland Forum

cloudyskyglind:
wow! I'm shocked by your response, twins were never killed? In your sentimental mind my friend. How did black magic originate? How did voodoo (juju, witchcraft )originate? Isn't it from your traditional religion practices? Or are you blind?

Firstly I would advice you to take all historical accounts from the colonial period with a pinch of salt, especially those made popular by missionaries and colonial administrators as these accounts were often embellished to exaggerate all African customs and practices as backward, it may definitely be true that twins were being killed sometime ago in places like calabar, but do you know that the Catholic church used to wage holy wars where pple that refused to convert to christianity were slaughtered, do you know the amount of barbarism exhibited by colonial europeans, Do you know that pple used to be burnt alive on a stake in europe because there were thought to be possessed, all these seem quite pale in comparison to twin killing if you ask me.

Secondly Traditional African Religions have nothing to do with "Black Magic", that comparison is as nonsensical as comparing a church service to an entertainment show.

Thirdly Voodoo is a legitimate system of worship , "Juju" is a derogatory term invented to mock African spiritual systems, No connection between the two.

Hello all. I really thank everyone that has taken out time to reply on nairaland & send me mails, I believe I have been replying all those who sent me mails, if I didn't reply you please let me know.

I have received a number of emails, in the mails a number of people are quite anxious to start exporting, some asking me whether I can link them to customers within one week, one month e.t.c., all this questions are quite understandable but I would like to point out that as I said earlier the aim of this project I am working on is to effectively link suppliers in Nigeria and Customers abroad, at present I am working on securing the partnership of potential buyers, but please be aware that I can not give a definite time when orders will be made for exports, it all depends on the response of the potential buyers. It can be a matter of one week,one month or one year but please be assured that if you have contacted me as a supplier and indicated your interest in this project then I will establish contact with you anytime buyers start placing orders.

In the meantime if you want to contact me to ask a question, share an idea or discuss please feel free to mail me or leave a comment.

gabialonso:
i am interested, without hiccups i can match any demand with supply of most food items needed. This is my number 08122565358

Thanks for indicating interest Gabialonso, is it possible for you to contact directly via my e-mail onyeakuko@gmail.com, It would make it easier for me to reply you more promptly and establish personal communication with you, meanwhile if you have any questions or enquiries please let me know.

Also do you have any prior experience as an exporter?

NixandaStores:
Am based in the north and have access to sourcing various food items at very low prices.

Anyone looking for cheap food items like onions, potatoes, water melon, carrots, garden egg, cucumber, etc can reach me on 08104032816.

I will be glad to be a business partner with you.

I also have contact of a reliable export agent in Lagos that helps in exporting foodstuffs to Europe. Any interested can also contact me.

Thanks for indicating interest Nixanda, is it possible for you to contact directly via my e-mail onyeakuko@gmail.com, It would make it easier for me to reply you more promptly and establish personal communication with you.

Also the target markets for this market are African Stores/Restuarants in America/Europe so the items which you listed above (onions, potatoes, water melon, carrots, garden egg, cucumber) might not necessarily be of high demand because they can also be gotten there without going through the extra expense of importing.

Nigerian/African foodstuff like cassava flour, yam flour , plantain & plantain flour , Kola nut , Nigerian vegetable and spices are the kinds of products that prospective buyers are likely to be more interested in, can you supply these kind of items?

Debesther:
I have an offer to supply 3,000 metric ton of yellow maize to china.
I don't have an exporting license
How do I go about it?
Pls inbox me. bribointernational@gmail.com

I haven't really looked into the Chinese market and what it takes to export there, like I said I'm hoping to start off this project with targeting the American market and then probably looking at other market like European markets, but I will mail you as soon as I can and see whether I can aid you in anyway concerning information on the Chinese market.

If anyone is a Food stuff supplier or exporter please drop your mail or number here or contact me on onyeakuko@gmail.com.

I am looking to start off by linking suppliers with ready buyers in the U.S.

Like I said the key to this business lies in following proper and adequate procedure during the shipping/export stage. If anyone one has specific questions or ideas please drop it here or contact me via e-mail. Lets discuss and work together for our mutual benefit.

If you are interested in widening the sale of agriproducts to these stores abroad and want to join the database so you may get in touch with willing buyers and African store owners ready to purchase African food stuff from Nigeria then please indicate interest here, it is preferable that you have knowledge of exporting these goods or you yourself is an exporter or freight forwarder but if you are not then we can still work together and acquire the necessary know-how along the way.

Mind you as I said earlier this is a business that requires a lot of care and handwork in order to go through all the paperwork and ensure that your goods are not confiscated by the border agencies, so I am only looking for serious minded and focused people who are ready go through the travails involved in becoming an overseas marketer of food.

Please show your interest by leaving a comment below,
I will drop more information and my contact details when people start showing interest.

If you are the agricultural/ marketing field and you are looking to expand your customer base that you might be interested in a quite lucrative area that not lot of people consider going into.

This is business of supplying produce to African stores, markets overseas. African food is always in hot demand by people living abroad, with people willing to purchase these food items at well above the normal price of the items in Nigeria(even simple everyday goods like gala, indomie sell at high prices because people always want to eat something that make them feel at home). However one problem the marketers abroad face is that they often find it difficult to get a constant source of good quality agricultural produce and also many marketers/exporters of food in Nigeria face difficulty in finding willing buyers or African store owners to sell/export to.

As a result I have began a project facilitating better trade of African food items by creating a database of African food store owners abroad and food suppliers/ exporters.

The business is indeed lucrative but you must be willing to put in the effort, this effort comes in especially in proper and sanitary packaging and labelling of your food and also following some regulations set up by agencies abroad such as the United States food and drug administration( this is extremely important) , it is advised that you use a customs broker , freight forwarder or shipping agency, also it is advised that you start off small by shipping about 50 kg of food produce and then progressing upward.