Twiga Foods is glancing at Cote d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as its access points for its intended growth into the Central and West African markets in the next two years.

The Kenyan agriculture start-up has been growing its operations in East Africa after raising new funds in a series of cash calls to investors, having launched operations in Uganda earlier this year.

However, the firm announced last year that it had raised Sh5.56 billion from international investors to fund the East and West African expansion. Since its founding in 2014, the company has raised billions of shillings including equity and loan deals from international investors such as the International Finance Corporation.

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“We just started operations in Uganda, and we are also in the advanced stages of joining West Africa specifically in Cote d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo,” said Twiga Foods East Africa’s Yebeltal Getachew