Verdant Orchards, a leading agribusiness in Southern Africa, is building high-value, perennial orchards that positively impact the local communities and the environment. Our investment supports the expansion across the plantations in Mozambique, Zambia and South Africa.
Increasing production and creating new local jobs
Verdant Orchards is growing citrus, avocado and macadamia, and the proceeds from the investment is used to expand all three farms currently operated. In total, it is expected that an additional 1,600 hectares of orchards will be added by mid-2026, creating around 400 new full-times jobs on top of the 870 full-time equivalent jobs already created, thereby supporting the local economies as well as export earnings in the three countries. The investment also supports the building of packhouses in Zambia and Mozambique.
Moreover, close to 4,000 hectares will be set aside to increase biodiversity and sequestering of greenhouse gasses.