News and press
Milestones and resources for the media
The milestones below are verifiable. The press kit contains the logos, a selection of plant photographs and a fact sheet in French and English.
Milestones
- Commissioning of the Ngagara plant in Bujumbura: six pressing lines, laboratory, export bay.
- Photographic report on the plant in production: reception, sorting, laboratory, dispatch. On 14 February, Burundi takes the chair of the African Union.
- Bujumbura hosts the African Agribusiness Incubation Conference (AAICE 2026).
- Launch of the L’Avocat d’Afrika and L’Avocat des Barundi brands and of this site.
Press kit
Logos, plant photographs and fact sheet (FR/EN). Free for press use with the credit “© Green Processing Company”.
Download the press kit
Fact sheet
- Company
- Green Processing Company (GPC), Bujumbura, Burundi
- Brands
- L’Avocat d’Afrika (continental brand) · L’Avocat des Barundi (Burundi)
- Signature
- Pressed — in the heart of Africa. / Pressé — au cœur de l’Afrique.
- Activity
- Pressing avocados into oil; compost, briquettes and livestock feed in development; energy from residues in preparation
- Commissioning
- May 2025
- Site
- Quartier Industriel, Ngagara, Chaussée de l’Agriculture N°5, Bujumbura
- Investment
- More than USD 15 million to date (about BIF 45 billion)
- Capacity
- 1,000 tonnes of fruit a day at the peak of the season, six lines
- Varieties
- Hass, Fuerte, local varieties
- Board of directors
- Juvénal Sakubu (chairman; chairman of the Association of Industrialists of Burundi), Déo Rukerandanga (vice-chairman), Hon. Claver Coyitungiye (secretary and managing director)
- Press contact
- infos@gpcavo.com · +257 79 939 101