In
September 2017, Milling and Grain published a Case Study called
‘European-quality standards in the heart of Africa’ and narrated the incredible
story of a brand-new mill in Kenya by the name of Grain Industries Limited.
Three years on, we felt it was time to re-visit Grain Industries Limited to
bring their story up to date and asked Mark Wild of Fawema GmbH to re-visit on
our behalf
By Kenyan taxi, an overgrown plot, nocturnal animals, grass snakes to a portacabin
Fact is often stranger than fiction as they say in storytelling. And Mark Wild, who is Fawema’s Africa sales manager, experienced that first hand when recalling the original feature published by Milling and Grain in 2017.
“That original article began by colourfully describing my first meeting with Mr Munir Thabit the CEO at Grain Industries Limited,” Mark recalls. It was so intriguing we recall it here.
‘Night has fallen in the port city of Mombasa, Kenya. The crickets are chirping in the acacia trees, the heady perfume of exotic foods being cooked over open fires fills the hot, humid East African air.
‘The chaotic daytime traffic has finally subsided and peace gradually descends on the dusty city.
‘Suddenly, the silence is broken by the shrill sound of a car horn. A taxi has pulled up at an anonymous gate on an equally nondescript piece of land close to the harbour and a suspicious night watchman tentatively opens the gate to enquire who on earth is asking permission to enter at this late hour.
‘Access is granted and the taxi slowly drives in.
‘The plot is shrouded in almost total darkness, the long grass wildly overgrown and the sounds of nocturnal animals and grass snakes scattering in panic to avoid the approaching vehicle can be heard all around. A dim light powered by a small, spluttering generator shines out from a portacabin office which is nestled in the furthest corner of the overgrown field and inside, busily working at a laptop computer, sits a man who is about to enlighten me with a truly fantastic vision.’
Read more HERE.
By Kenyan taxi, an overgrown plot, nocturnal animals, grass snakes to a portacabin
Fact is often stranger than fiction as they say in storytelling. And Mark Wild, who is Fawema’s Africa sales manager, experienced that first hand when recalling the original feature published by Milling and Grain in 2017.
“That original article began by colourfully describing my first meeting with Mr Munir Thabit the CEO at Grain Industries Limited,” Mark recalls. It was so intriguing we recall it here.
‘Night has fallen in the port city of Mombasa, Kenya. The crickets are chirping in the acacia trees, the heady perfume of exotic foods being cooked over open fires fills the hot, humid East African air.
‘The chaotic daytime traffic has finally subsided and peace gradually descends on the dusty city.
‘Suddenly, the silence is broken by the shrill sound of a car horn. A taxi has pulled up at an anonymous gate on an equally nondescript piece of land close to the harbour and a suspicious night watchman tentatively opens the gate to enquire who on earth is asking permission to enter at this late hour.
‘Access is granted and the taxi slowly drives in.
‘The plot is shrouded in almost total darkness, the long grass wildly overgrown and the sounds of nocturnal animals and grass snakes scattering in panic to avoid the approaching vehicle can be heard all around. A dim light powered by a small, spluttering generator shines out from a portacabin office which is nestled in the furthest corner of the overgrown field and inside, busily working at a laptop computer, sits a man who is about to enlighten me with a truly fantastic vision.’
Read more HERE.
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