Who are we

Afruibana

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Our members

ASSOBACAM

Joseph Owona Kono, President

"With Afruibana, African fruit producers now have a representative force to defend their interests before the European institutions"

ObamCI

Jean-Marie Kakou Gervais, Vice President

"Brussels is a gateway to European and international decision-makers and Afruibana ensures that African agricultural concerns are taken into account."

BPA

Anthony Kofi Blay, Vice PrEsident

"Post-Cotonou and post-brexit, Afruibana is a key player in the international application of many African issues.We are pleased to join Afruibana and contribute to the work of the association for the defense of our producers in Brussels."

Afruibana

Jean-François Billot, General Secretary

"In recent years, the banana market has been profoundly disrupted. Our presence in Brussels allows us to anticipate these developments and better defend the interests of African producers"

Afruibana is made up of the different national federations of the main African banana producing countries.

· The Organization of Producers-Exporters of Bananas, Pineapples, Mangoes and Other Export Fruits of Côte d'Ivoire (OBAM-CI)
· The Banana Association of Cameroon (Assobacam)
· Banana producer association (BPA) in Ghana

These different national associations have the role of establishing the professional rules governing the relations of the members between themselves and with the association, to inform the companies on the general evolutions of the fruit sector, to ensure as a professional union the representation of its members before national and foreign public authorities as well as to promote among its members standards of social and environmental responsibility in line with international standards.

These three federations bring together public and private fruit sector companies, a major part of whose banana production is for export to the European Union.

Afruibana therefore allows these associations to have a permanent representation in Brussels with the European institutions and to develop a common strategy to defend their interests.