Black Owned Champion Foods Milling Company: Revolutionizing Zimbabwe's Milling Industry.

In a significant development in Zimbabwe's food processing sector, Champion Food Milling Company has emerged as a new black-owned milling company, situated in Tyward, on the outskirts of Harare. The brainchild of entrepreneurs Douglous Kwande and Patrick Mnangagwa, this state-of-the-art facility produces non-GMO mealie meal, flour, and animal feed, and is poised to break the longstanding white and Indian food processing monopoly in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa.
With a monthly capacity of 15,000 tons of grain, Champion Foods has established itself as one of the largest milling plants in the country and one of the biggest black owned milling plants in Southern Africa. The company sources its maize and wheat grain from local farmers and the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), leveraging Zimbabwe's record-breaking wheat production that has developed due to irrigation-based winter farming.
However, when it comes to soy, most of it is still being imported as Champion Foods works on creating strategic partnership with farmers to expand irrigation-based farming for maize and soy, to ensure food self-sufficiency all season round, in this era of climate change.
The milling process at Champion Foods is a testament to innovation and efficiency. Equipped with over $20 million in Chinese equipment, the milling process begins with trucks entering into the factory premises through a weigh bridge, to determine the weight of the grain. From the weigh bridge, the trucks then make their way to the off-load bay. The maize is tipped over and it falls through grates under the off-load bay, where it is taken by conveyor belts into the preliminary screening and cleaning section, that removes maize leaves, stalks, plastics, stones, and other foreign objects.
The waste organic material removed from the maize is separated from stones, metal and plastics and is then milled to make nonGMO animal feed for pigs and free range chickens.
From there, the clean maize is then taken by conveyor belts and stored in the 15000 ton silos before it makes its way into the factory.
The moment the maize is needed for processing, it is taken by conveyors from the silos into the factory, where it goes through a secondary cleaning process where there are destoners and magnets to remove any remaining stones, nails, and other foreign objects that could have gone into the maize from outside or in the factory, before it can be put into the milling machines.
From this secondary cleaning phase, the maize is put into storage containers where is it then taken through the mill. It is sieved, wet by water, and then taken down to the roller millers for milling downstairs. From the roller mills, it is then sucked up by huge pipes into the packaging section where it is packed into 5, 10, 25 and 50kg bags for delivery to the market.
Currently, the product is available at a number of retail outlets. The brands produced by Champion milling include Champion Roller Meal and Super Maize Meal and are available at numerous retail outlets across the country.
This development is a significant milestone in Zimbabwe's journey towards food security, self-sufficiency and ending the long standing white and Indians food oligopoly in the market.
By promoting local farmers, irrigation-based farming, and state-of-the-art milling technology, Champion Food Milling Company is poised to revolutionize Zimbabwe's milling industry and contribute meaningfully to the nation's economic growth.

[@mfezekomakha7281]

As a South African Xhosa gent from the Eastern Cape. I admire Mr Rutendo. ungadinwa Tata

[@tshepisosoetsane4857]

Thanks my brother I am a South African and I like what you are doing hope as Africans we keep showing good examples of businesses in Africa this is the only way we all learn from each and grow as Africa by building our own companies in our continent

[@mphomanchidi6534]

In south Africa we have all those, but you know what's the difference, none is owned by black folks. Black zimbabwean are about to Rize to the top again. Great work Mr R.

[@ayobampilo5762]

What about you talking about, there are many black owned milling companies in South Africa

[@sebolai-dd4wo]

@@ayobampilo5762 name them

[@tristanmay4948]

​@@ayobampilo5762 also in zim every business is government owned, no one run private business except the Chinese who mine their land cheap

[@moketeratlabala1824]

This idiot, there are many, many, many milling companies owned by black folks, two in Turfloop, in my township, one owned by ZCC and the other by some black guys, we even have industrial areas in Turfloop.

[@user-vx2fz5br5j]

​@@tristanmay4948You are lying.

[@robinsonelago4133]

Proud of Zimbabwe. I wish every African country could industrialize like this

[@isaacmuchatuta3352]

You have no idea how badly we have run our industry down in the last 40 years. Visit Belmont in Bulawayo, Workington and Graniteside in Harare and you will understand what I'm talking about

[@trsng-bd8fp]

​@@isaacmuchatuta3352we are appreciating what's happening today not yesterday or 10yrs back

[@blackdotfamily7535]

I always see the struggle zimbabweans go through and i smile coz i know they would come out from their struggle beautifully as a Ghanaian i know we have been there ,chasing whites out i undertsand the struggle,today south africa is chasing you out same as nigeria chsed us out and today their are trooping into Ghana for bread,dont worry,the best thing to have happen to zim is mugabi whoclaimed the lands.go zimbabwe,God bless Africa

[@raphnwokobia3301]

Great! From my Zimbabwe brother and sisters. We must continue to encourage black ownership of the manufacturing companies. Well done!

[@Bellarue2020]

Zimbabwe is rising. Watch this powerhouse in 10 years it will be a force to recon with on the continent

[@mandlenkosihlazo977]

Only thing missing is honest leadership..Once they get honest competent leadership that country will fly..It has everything.

[@trsng-bd8fp]

​@@mandlenkosihlazo977if you are positive, patriotic you will see good things not only bad things in your country.

[@o.c2231]

Please take your fellow Zimbos now from SA then. They can help Zim become a powerhouse in 5 years instead of 10

[@mutailenunshikokola2727]

From Zambia, Keep up the good Fight Zimbabwe ✊🏿✊🏿

[@isiahjean-baptiste434]

Is Zambia doing the same?

[@Tshepo10111]

From South Africa, I wish all the best for The Great Zimbabwe. Please tell Joshua Maponga to stop telling us what to do or what to worship.

[@samukeliwelisten9032]

Love from Kwa-Zulu. We love Zimbabwe. We re truly inspire. We, black S. Africans, are still far behind.

[@Ntombelar4sure-db2yl]

This is really inspiring to see what is happening but in our South Africa chances are slim to see something like this being achieved especially after the change in political environment every will move slowly for black people sadly sponsored by ANC and IFP one of the main political parties who represented black people during the codesa negotiations now they are spilling all that milk.😢

[@NkosyBhengu]

Hlangan Zulu

[@costaqwabe5683]

So why don't you move to Zimbabwe ke ?

[@NkosyBhengu]

@@costaqwabe5683 they will eat me🤭🤭

[@mzekezeke4015]

*I love Zimbabwe. *I'm truly inspired. *I'm still far behind. Learn to speak for yourself.

[@TangaiTandi-bv8rd]

Well done Matinyarare I love Zimbabwe watching from Lusaka Zambia our shall be great again.

[@ThabaniNgwenya-yf2vd]

Zimbabwe is turning to a great country

[@QSRWORKXCHANGE]

In my humble opion it's always been agreat country and i am not from Zim

[@ronaldmadziro5679]

It’s good to tell Zimbabwean story as long as these initiatives benefit the people,rather than the elites. I love Zimbabwe 🇿🇼,I want to see the people benefiting from all this.

[@shepherdmaseko8151]

Chero zvikanzi ma elites acho anoda sadza nechingwa havangambopedze hupfu hwese kana flour ichagayiwa apa. Dai ma elites ese akaita pfungwa iyi nyika yedu inganaka.

[@ronaldmadziro5679]

@@shepherdmaseko8151 Agreed,those Elites have become a cancer to our great nation. They have demoralised our minds , they must be told to sit down so the povo can raise their heads for a change.

[@tshepomotshepana7635]

Sho Rutendo I love that you not complaining like a lot of your fellow brothers in in SA you actually showing that you can rebuild your country and be truly be independent away from the mzungu. I wish a lot of blackies here in SA could learn from you and penuel

[@brightbiyase6017]

Amazing to see our brothers and sisters doing something for themselves❤Love from South Africa

[@IvorZJones]

Great story. The journey of a thousand miles starts with these small, small tentative beginnings. One thing, I want to point out, this is a food processing factory but none of all its employees are suitably attired. They should wear head covers, disposable gloves and face masks at least. Health and Safety standards should be observed in such companies. Some of the practices left me uneasy. Otherwise bravo Champion Foods. Now give Innscor a run for their money - a white run company that is feeding Africans GMOs. We hope Champion Foods will not sacrifice its ethical principle of not using GMOs for the sake of profit.

[@Trueman-H]

From South Africa, I wish all the best.

[@tinotendachibvuri9267]

This is great. Pivotal steps in increasing production and reviving the economy!

[@ntokozozondi3528]

Thank you for telling a good Zim story. The good thing is that black people are owning these big businesses.

[@rudodorahchipendo8087]

Wow, Indeed its a good Zimbabwean story there!! I can only imagine the wisdom, passion, time, financial & the human resource efforts that went into building such an investment. I am truly inspired @Champions Milling Company & @Rutendo thanks for bringing the inspiration on to the show

[@JOE-lp6zm]

shaping slowly to a better Zimbabwe

[@gordenmg4966]

And it's Africans we in South Africa should do the same.

[@AlvinSavage-ns5lt]

Very encouraging. Go Zimbabwe!!!

[@coz2j69]

Great. That said, please remember to keep the plant as clean as possible especially because it is a food processing plant .

[@donaldchikudo1521]

Beautiful work

[@funananimunzhelele8650]

This is beautiful to see from South Africa. Let's build our countries to feed ourselves and economy. There are some few things that needs to be addressed most especially on safety of employees and equipment. OSHAct can be helpful to deal with issues as such. Keep doing good my few brothers and sisters from Zimbabwe a river crossing away from my country

[@user-cf8hh5yh3r]

Its a very long painful story to get that far..the west is against evry move by blacks to be self sufficient..they will demonise u..they will punish u..only the strong can withstand the pressure..in watevr happens dnt point a gun at each other..zim is the example..i wish u visit my bro..or google zim wheat farmers,tobaccco,mining etc..

[@lilacer6841]

Now Zimbabweans will know the value of land

[@Walk_Africa]

Go Zimbabwe go✊. Good content mate. Well-done Zim.🍻

[@Pringle_Gaming]

❤❤you can tell how proud Retendo is about this initiative 🎉🎉😂 congratulations neighbors

[@mkramawelaking2007]

A very good job comrades I'm inspired ❤

[@nkululekozulu6998]

Rutendo. Kudos to you for telling a good story about our sister country Zimbabwe!! It's another thing to complain whilst folding arms, and it's another thing raising a hand to be counted.

[@bttrading4]

Keep telling good stories. Thank you

[@modishisekatane8941]

Product produced in Africa by Africans should be advertised for free within Africa to promote trade between African countries

[@Ntombelar4sure-db2yl]

Well done Zimbabwe in this side of the Limpopo river we will still be controlled fed by few people ANC and IFP have sold us again while we were still crawling to our true freedom 😢

[@daughterofzion7634]

Well done 🎉🎉🎉❤

[@shepherdmaseko8151]

Rise Zimbabwe

[@user-xz5re1no8o]

❤❤❤ Rutendo my hero

[@tinashenyangari282]

You know ur stuff Rutendo, good presentation

[@andilemthembu7497]

Great work, this is inspiring. Keep up the good work! From 🇿🇦

[@mrmanq9517]

May Zimbabwe rise again, love from SA...you are a sleeping giant 😎

[@adriankapembeza7669]

Ruwanza keep it up keep pushing

[@zackysigar5784]

Great work indeed

[@dibuzzz3920]

I love this for Zim. God bless

[@linzierogers5024]

Congratulations to your company.

[@andrewkai277]

Perfect there,

[@geraldgm1217]

Awesome 👌

[@admiregumbo7886]

Well done

[@MyZimCalledMe]

Big things happening I love big things

[@charlestruecolours-mt7gu]

Well done nyika inovakwa nevene vayo am in Durban

[@lawrenceluphahla1916]

Keep up the good work champions.

[@Xintu_Organics]

Impressive, this is really what we all want to see! 👏👏👏

[@simonosayande7863]

This is what we the black people need to do all over the black country in the world we need to focus on agriculture good construction technology so that we can get out of slavery because if we depend on America Europe China Russia India those people are not going to help us we need to help ourselves

[@cutimpofu7348]

Great development

[@listenup2882]

We need more such investments.🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨

[@collinsmolapo9992]

❤ great work Mr Luthendo, cn i pls provide this company with PPE greatest work on what you doing 🎉

[@isaacmuchatuta3352]

Great to see locals getting into the milling industry. Previously dominated by Spillers milling Rhodesian milling company, Palte Harris and Wightmans later to become Blue Ribbon Foods. But nyaya ye GMOs the less said about that the better. There's been so much cross pollination of crops its extremely difficult to say what is and what is not contaminated.

[@Money1_sa]

As an African. I am proud of this initiative\project. But where is hygiene here. A person comes from outside and just enters the processing area with no gloves and no overalls. Touch things with barehand. This can't be. Need to improve.

[@perkinsnyakudya4410]

l am sure they is an active food safety and HACCP culture at the milling plant

[@Pringle_Gaming]

Siyeza siyi South Africa sizofuna imisebenzi ngeke sizwe ngani

[@user-xz5re1no8o]

Roller meal ❤ wel explained.

[@lebohang8405]

This is the greatest story I've seen coming from you. I don't want to hear negative analysis of other nations when your is worst placed. Charity begins at home and most importantly Zimbabwe needs direct support from all it's citizens. All foreign located citizens should stop criticising host countries and instead focus their energy directly on their own struggling country.

[@ThamaniMhlanga]

Well done brothers god god bless Zimbabwe ❤❤❤❤

[@couchambassadors]

I know marketing stunt when I was see one Mr. Rutendo

[@simonmutombo9490]

Brilliant

[@karaboMa]

I am a South African involved in Grain transportation from RSA to ZIM and ZAM ...i wish to farm maize this is a very interesting sector

[@mandlenkosihlazo977]

I would love for some SAns,ordinary South Africans, to partner Zimbabweans and invest in Zimbabwe..Would love to watch on KZbin content from SAns talking about how they are mining, farming rabbits,ducks,cattle feedlots in Zimbabwe.

[@karaboMa]

@mandlenkosihlazo977 unfortunately the vast wide white farms have made it impossible for us to learn much about farming because the markets trust ..but since most of white farmed product are being exported we tend to find space fpr local market...we will grow and funding is still limited

[@tombotatenda1851]

@@karaboMa i would like to buy grain from south africa kindly assist

[@karaboMa]

@@tombotatenda1851 I can assist

[@TinasheChikoko]

This is good.

[@chrismusora5739]

Great work. But they should provide appropriate PPE.

[@rutendomatinyarare7718]

Yes. They should and we did recommend.

[@isaacmuchatuta3352]

Good observation Chris. Standard protective clothing is white overalls and safety shoes

[@monalisasimbisomudimu9081]

Wow❤❤❤

[@phineasmasori3540]

Thank Benson

[@itcenter9479]

thanks rutendo

[@waronamfete9468]

We love you Zimbabwe

[@poetalegalis3635]

🩸 BLESSINGS, ONE LOVE, ONE HEART, ONE BLOOD, ONE LAND , ONE AFRICA, FOR ONE DIVINE PURPOSE 🩸 🇯🇲🇬🇭🇰🇪TO BE FREE, INSURE YOUR OWN SOVEREIGNTY , AND HAVE COMMAND AND CONTROL OF ONES OWN DESTINY 🇰🇪🇬🇭🇯🇲 FOOD SECURITY: Plant what we eat, reap what we have sown, and eat that which we have grown. We can’t drink oil, or eat gold, and diamonds, but we can perform miracles to create wonders of this earth if our bellies are full with Pan African food.

[@mdunationproperties1882]

This is HUGE 😢😢❤

[@MarshalMakhaya]

Rutendo you have lost weight ndeipi iyo? Keep up the good work bro!!!

[@Bashanganyi]

i love this.

[@gordenmg4966]

This is great news.

[@gptactical6658]

That just zanu pf projects to benefit their few individual shona stooges.

[@Brian-Mthokozisi]

Beautiful to see this ✊🏿

[@bamudiwa7159]

Makes sense that u are marketing a Zanu pf project

[@watsonjocho6682]

President of Zimbabwe's project

[@trustingnobody628]

That's what is important for every country, instead of going around vandalizing South Africa and scamming its citizens.

[@Weplayfreefire]

Zimbabwe yakanaka forget nepolitic yacho it will destroy your plans 😂😂

[@jackholman5008]

What a stupid comment

[@MalickBojang-pw3xm]

Afrophobic black south African!!!

[@junebrowse1010]

You turn a blind eye to SA real problems go check out the non African illegal immigrants that are taking your resources. They have their own area where Africans are not allowed😮😮.Go direct your anger there . During the struggles for freedom where did your help come from. African History should be taught in all Schools on the Continent 😢😢😢.

[@trustingnobody628]

@Weplayfreefire Stay grounded in your own country, then. Recently, President Putin of Russia asked Mr Mnangagwa, the president of Zimbabwe, the reason for his hyenas to be all over other people's countries. Mr Mnangagwa replied and said, "There in Zimbabwe, we keep hyenas in the public parks." It looks like Mr Mnangagwa did not understand who President Putin was referring to. Keep your Zimbabwe, and let's keep our South Africa.

[@ariefsheik1716]

Mmmmm only time will tell

[@crisisactorr]

Champion Foods is owned Patrick Mnangagwa, The president’s younger brother. Rutendo is always showing people businesses owned by politically connected people

[@adams6798]

At least he built industry and not buying another Royce & Rolls car.

[@crisisactorr]

@@adams6798 whataboutism. every citizen should have a chance to participate in the economy

[@lilacer6841]

Hreat video

[@dwightthompson8984]

Go Zimbabwe go the land belong to her native peoples ,be masters of your own destiny and not be like other African countries with their white savour complexes.

[@simonmutombo9490]

Do you export as well? Do you take orders from Congo DRC?

[@garet81]

Working with dangerous moving machines needs appropriate PPE. Otherwise good investment

[@xnxo7237]

Zim is changing big time.Even mupfana akugaya akarova LV.

[@isaacmuchatuta3352]

A factory floor is a working area not a catwalk. In a mill like this the workers put on protective clothing which are white overalls. LV is on catwalks in Milan Paris etc. I hope I didn't spoil your day kkk

[@omulangilalumaamakalemeera1208]

❤❤❤❤

[@EdwardjosephNgwenya]

A replica of united refineries in Bulawayo wonderful

[@zee-pougebndouyebani9828]

tha

[@nomorekureva7523]

Chigayo here chamunga ite mbiri

[@claud329]

Hongu manga matii?

[@zee-pougebndouyebani9828]

🤣🤣please don't make me laugh

[@Xipalaje]

😂😂😂😊

[@KilfordGomba]

❤❤❤🎉🎉🇿🇼👏👏

[@gift7233]

Good Zimbabweans

[@vongscharks6]

please be professional on your journey, my advise to you please put on PPE when u enter any factory, advice them

[@tengewemudanga5825]

Ndokumbirao procurement attachment kuChampions food

[@Powerhouse1886platform]

But on the weighing brigde i don't see them taking sample of the maize, to measure moisture level, defectives and impurities. That might result to minor losses.

[@donnie4506]

I tried googling the company and no website?

[@mandlenkosihlazo977]

Huh?? For real??

[@edwilljohannes4599]

Where is the metal detector before the product leave the production line?

[@dwightpink6684]

🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤❤❤❤

[@ThabaniNgwenya-yf2vd]

People are now working, jobs job booom

[@user-yo2gd2fz1u]

Zimbabweans must say thanks to Leanne Manas. She opened your eyes, now you are in Zim showing the difference, thanks to Leanne.

[@tadiwanashechikanya9712]

Really😂

[@michaelmaps2004]

He's been doing this way before Leanne manas

[@ThabaniNgwenya-yf2vd]

I see people from Matebele Land migration to Harare, please have other plants throughout Zimbabwe

[@blakshatta4093]

Why not it's their capital city

[@perkinsnyakudya4410]

Bulawayo is the industrial hub of Zimbabwe and Hararians actually migrate to Bulawayo ..