Senegal’s Sedima Plans 20.47 Billion CFA Franc Integrated Poultry Complex in Congo
Senegalese poultry group Sedima plans to invest 20.47 billion CFA francs in an integrated complex near Brazzaville. The project would combine corn and soybean production with feed manufacturing, hatcheries, farms, slaughter and packaging.
An integrated operation near Brazzaville
Senegalese poultry group Sedima is preparing to invest 20.47 billion CFA francs in an integrated poultry complex in the Republic of the Congo, extending from feed-crop production to chicken slaughter and packaging. EcoMatin reports that the project, led by Sedima Congo SA, is planned for Nkouo in the Pool Department, about 80 kilometers from Brazzaville.
The group, founded by Babacar Ngom and described by EcoMatin as Senegal’s poultry industry leader, intends to reproduce the vertically integrated model developed in its home market. Sedima Sénégal, the original subsidiary of Sedima Holding, is the majority shareholder in the Congolese company. The investment would give Sedima control over most of the production chain rather than limiting its presence to poultry farming or chick distribution.
Banks fund three-quarters of the project
Several Central African financial institutions are participating in the financing. The Development Bank of the Central African States, or BDEAC, has approved 5 billion CFA francs, equivalent to 24.4% of the announced project cost. BSCA Bank is providing 5.04 billion CFA francs, BGFIBank 4 billion CFA francs and LCB Bank 1 billion CFA francs. Sedima Congo is expected to contribute 5.245 billion CFA francs in equity.
Those amounts place the combined bank financing at 15.04 billion CFA francs, while the developer’s contribution represents the remaining substantial share of the investment. The participation of four lenders spreads the financial exposure across several institutions and links the Senegalese investor’s expansion to regional banking capacity.
Feed crops, hatchery and meat production
At the upstream end, the complex would include farmland producing corn and soybeans, the two crops identified as raw materials for animal feed. A dedicated plant would process them into poultry feed. Plans also cover breeder farms, a hatchery producing day-old chicks, broiler units, a farm for ready-to-lay pullets, a slaughterhouse and packaging facilities.
The planned annual or operating targets reported by EcoMatin include 10,800 tonnes of corn and 6,600 tonnes of soybeans, supporting capacity for 25,382 tonnes of poultry feed. The complex is also expected to supply 5.25 million hatching eggs, nearly 3.29 million day-old chicks and 80,000 ready-to-lay pullets. At the end of the chain, Sedima targets 2,200 tonnes of broiler chicken for sale as whole birds or cuts.
A long-planned entry into Congo
The Nkouo project follows more than a decade of efforts by Sedima to establish operations in Congo. Company representatives met poultry farmers in Pointe-Noire in February 2015 to discuss a project that included chick production and marketing. A year later, Ngom presented the company’s investment plans to Congolese authorities and said Sedima had found local partners willing to invest alongside it.
If implemented at the stated scale, the project would connect local crop cultivation, feed conversion, breeding stock, chicks and processed chicken within one company-controlled system. Its effect on Congo’s poultry supply would depend on execution, production costs and the ability to distribute the planned output. The model could reduce dependence on externally sourced feed inputs, chicks or finished poultry for the volumes it supplies, while creating a new domestic buyer for corn and soybeans.
