Company Profile
AFRIQOM is a leading independent consulting firm and provider of market information on the African fertilizer market. Clear and stringent methodologies are our tools to bring transparency and clarity to an opaque market while enabling companies, governments, NGOs and individuals to act with confidence. The knowledge and expertise of our team, makes the difference. Unbiased, passionate and committed to providing first class information to help our customers plan with greater confidence, be alerted to opportunities, see the potential and monitor market movements while mitigating risks.
Management
MOUNir Halim Ph.D.
Managing Director
Mounir Halim has over 19 years experience in commercial and business development roles, both in start-ups and blue chip companies earning him a broad and valuable knowledge across different commodity sectors. He started his career at Oxford University-Engineering Department as a researcher before moving to Opsys, a start-up in Oxford and then to Silicon Valley in California to further develop his research into real products. Moving further into commercial and leadership roles, Mounir joined Sony in the UK, and then Samsung to lead their product Sales and Marketing for EMEA. He brings valuable fertilizer experience from both a producer and a PRA perspective where he served as OCP Group's Sales Director for Europe and FSU and then Vice President of Business Development at Argus Media in London. Mounir holds a Ph.D in Physics from the University of Durham.
Advisory Board
Alain Honliasso
Alain Honliasso has three decades of
experience in the fertilizer and financial sectors. His vast commercial and trading experience comes from OCP Group where he served as Head of Africa Sales before moving to Helm AG as their Africa Sales Director. Alain also brings a wealth of
experience in the financial industry where he worked his way up into senior positions with Ecobank, Western Union, and AXA. Alain holds an MIT certificate of training and an MBA from Southern Illinois University.
Mr A B
Alain Honliasso has three decades of
experience in the fertilizer and financial industries. His vast commercial and trading experience comes from OCP Group where he served as Africa Sales Director before moving to Helm AG as their Africa Sales Director. Alain also brings a wealth of
experience in the financial sector where he work his way up into senior positions with Ecobank, Wester Union, and AXA. Alain hold an MIT certificate of training and MBA from Southern Illinois University.
Mr A B
Alain Honliasso has three decades of
experience in the fertilizer and financial industries. His vast commercial and trading experience comes from OCP Group where he served as Africa Sales Director before moving to Helm AG as their Africa Sales Director. Alain also brings a wealth of
experience in the financial sector where he work his way up into senior positions with Ecobank, Wester Union, and AXA. Alain hold an MIT certificate of training and MBA from Southern Illinois University.
Advisory Board
YouSSEF ZAHIDI
Consulting-Training
PHOSPHATES
Nazir Gulamhusein
Logistics
FERTILIZERS
Nazir Gulamhusein is the reference in logistics, particularly in Africa. Nazir founded and is the president of Portserv International Ltd, a Canadian corporation and a leading logistics company. His expertise spans decades and over various aspects of the cargo handling business, covering bulk discharge, shipside and inland bagging, lightening operations and providing inland transportation services. Nazir brings decades of valuable and immense logistical experience to Afriqom.
Helping you see clearer
OUR COVERAGE
We assess the African continent segmented into five regions, as specified by IFA. Northern, western, central, eastern and southern Africa to mirror and group the different and specific market dynamics in each segment. We also cover global fertilizer markets.
Products assessed include:
Nitrogen: Urea, CAN and AN
Phosphates: NPKs, NPs, DAP, MAP and TSP
Potash: SOP and MOP
Sulphur
Phosphate Rock
OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
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Market Reports
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Analytics
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Consulting
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Training
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Marketing and Advertising
OUR CUSTOMERS
Our clients span the globe and are active all over the product and supply chain. We supply consulting services to Producers, Traders, Financial Institutions, Distributers, Importers, NGOs, Governments, and Universities.
OUR PART IN AFRICA
We like to believe that we are playing our part in the African GREEN Revolution Momentum