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	List of organic certification bodies operating in Africa



	The list has been developed to enable African organic stakeholders and others interested in Organic Agriculture to have an overview on organizations providing organic certification services in Africa. The data used for this list are from the Organic Certification Directory 2009 and the respectively organizations’ websites. The organizations are listed by country in alphabetical order. A, B, C, D, E, G, K, L, M, N, R, S, T, U, Z Angola Ecocert Southern Africa P.O. Box 51187 Waterfront Cape Town 8002 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 46 11 558 Fax: +27 (0) 86 518 0107 Email: office.southafrica@ecocert.com Benin Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com Botswana Ecocert Southern Africa P.O. Box 51187 Waterfront Cape Town 8002 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 46 11 558 Fax: +27 (0) 86 518 0107 Email: office.southafrica@ecocert.com Burkina Faso Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com Associazione Suolo e Salute Via San Lorenzo, 1 40037 Sasso Marconi (BO), Italy Phone: + 39-051-675 12 65 Fax: + 39-051-675 12 66 Email: estero@suoloesalute.it up Certisys Av. De l'Escrime, 85 B-1150 Brussels, Belgium Phone: + 32 81 600 377 Fax: + 32 81 600 313 Email: info@certisys.eu Burundi Ecocert-Bureau Madagascar / East Africa Villa Arimanantsoa – Lot V A 4 J Ampasanimalo 101 Antananarivo Madagascar Phone: + 261 33 02 01 998 Fax: + 261 20 22 54864 Email: office.madagascar@ecocert.com Cameroon Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com IMO Institute for Marketecology Weststrasse 51 CH-8570 Weinfelden Switzerland Phone: + 41(0) 71 626 0 626 Fax: + 41 (0) 71 626 0 623 Email: imo@imo.ch Naturland-Verband Kleinhaderner Weg 1 82166 Gräfelﬁng, Germany Phone: + 49-89-898 082-0 Fax: + 49-89-898 082-90 Email: naturland@naturland.de Chad Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com up Congo Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com Website: www.ecocert.com Uganda Organic Certiﬁcation Ltd (UgoCert) P.O.Box 33743 Kampala, Uganda Contact: Charles Walaga Phone: + 256-41-269 416 Email: info@ugocert.org Djibouti Ecocert-Bureau Madagascar / East Africa Villa Arimanantsoa – Lot V A 4 J Ampasanimalo 101 Antananarivo Madagascar Phone: + 261 33 02 01 998 Fax: + 261 20 22 54864 Email: office.madagascar@ecocert.com Egypt BCS Öko-Garantie GmbH Cimbernstraße 21 90402 Nürnberg, Germany Phone: + 49-911-424 390 Fax: + 49-911-424 39 71 Email: info@bcs-oeko.com CERES Middle East 53 El-Merghani St., Heliopolis Cairo, Egypt Phone: +202 241 70 199 E-Mail: mohsen‎@‎ceres-cert.com COAE Center for Organic Agriculture in Egypt P.O. Box 1535, Alf Maskan 11777 Cario, Egypt Phone: + 20-2-624 88 19 Fax: + 20-2-624 8819 Email: coae@tedata.net.eg Egyptian Center of Organic Agriculture (ECOA) 29, Yathreb Street, Dokki 12311 Cairo, Egypt Phone: + 20-2-336 52 61 Fax: + 20-2-335 31 73 Email: info@ecoa.com.eg Instituto Mediterraneo di Certiﬁcazione (IMC) 19, El Nakhil Str. Mohandesseen Cairo, Egypt Phone: + 20 2 333 596 50 Fax: +20 2 33359650 Email: imcegypt@imcert.it Soil Association Certiﬁcation Ltd Bristol BS1 3NX United Kingdom Phone: +44-117 314 5000 Fax: +44-117 314 5001 Email: goorganic@soilassociation.org up Ethiopia AGRIOR Ltd 121 HaChashmonaim Street Tel Aviv 67011 Israel Phone: + 972-3-561 48 98 Fax: + 972-3-624 18 97 Email: agrior@netvision.net.il *BCS Ethiopia* P.O. Box 537, Code 1110 Addis Abeba, Ethiopia Phone: +251 11 55 46 8-72 Fax: +251 11 55 46 8-73 E-Mail: ethiopia@bcs-oeko.com *CERES Ethiopia* Weilerstr. 24 78658 Zimmern Phone: +49-7403-929973 Fax: +49-7403-929974 E-Mail: ceres-ethiopia‎@‎ceres-cert.com Ecocert-Bureau Madagascar / East Africa Villa Arimanantsoa – Lot V A 4 J Ampasanimalo 101 Antananarivo Madagascar Phone: + 261 33 02 01 998 Fax: + 261 20 22 54864 Email: office.madagascar@ecocert.com Institute for Marketecology (IMO) contact Ethiopia P.O. Box 807 1110 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Phone: + 251 913 379 684 Email: ashwei205@yahoo.com Gabon Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com Gambia Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com Ghana Certisys Av. De l'Escrime, 85 B-1150 Brussels, Belgium Phone: + 32 81 600 377 Fax: + 32 81 600 313 Email: info@certisys.eu Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com Institute for Marketecology (IMO) contact Ghana P.O. Box 1959 Tamale - Northern Region Ghana Phone: + 233 (244) 561 416 or +233 (272) 619 795 Email: aaronipapa2@yahoo.com Soil Association Certiﬁcation Ltd 40-56 Victoria Street Bristol, BS1 6BY United Kingdom Phone: + 44-117-987 45 65 Fax: + 44-117-314 50 46 Email: eyeats@soilassociation.org Guinea Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com Guinea-Bissau Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com up Kenya Africert Ltd P.O. Box 74696 Nairobi, Kenya Phone: + 254-020-828 857 Fax: + 254-020-828 859 Email: rnyagah@africert.co.ke Ecocert-Bureau Madagascar / East Africa Villa Arimanantsoa – Lot V A 4 J Ampasanimalo 101 Antananarivo Madagascar Phone: + 261 33 02 01 998 Fax: + 261 20 22 54864 Email: office.madagascar@ecocert.com EnCert Ltd P.O. Box 74510 00200 Nairobi, Kenya Contact: Musa Njoka Phone: + 254-724-910 240 Email: musanjoka@yahoo.com Soil Association Certiﬁcation Ltd Bristol BS1 3NX United Kingdom Phone: +44-117 314 5000 Fax: +44-117 314 5001 Email: goorganic@soilassociation.org Lesotho Ecocert Southern Africa P.O. Box 51187 Waterfront Cape Town 8002 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 46 11 558 Fax: +27 (0) 86 518 0107 Email: office.southafrica@ecocert.com Liberia Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com up Madagascar Ecocert-Bureau Madagascar / East Africa Villa Arimanantsoa – Lot V A 4 J Ampasanimalo 101 Antananarivo Madagascar Phone: + 261 33 02 01 998 Fax: + 261 20 22 54864 Email: office.madagascar@ecocert.com ICEA via Nazario Sauro 2 – 40121 Bologna, Italy Phone: +39 051 272986 Fax: +39 051 232011 Email: icea@icea.info IMO Institute for Marketecology Weststrasse 51 CH-8570 Weinfelden Switzerland Phone: + 41(0) 71 626 0 626 Fax: + 41 (0) 71 626 0 623 Email: imo@imo.ch Malawi Ecocert Southern Africa P.O. Box 51187 Waterfront Cape Town 8002 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 46 11 558 Fax: +27 (0) 86 518 0107 Email: office.southafrica@ecocert.com Mali Certisys Av. De l'Escrime, 85 B-1150 Brussels, Belgium Phone: + 32 81 600 377 Fax: + 32 81 600 313 Email: info@certisys.eu Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com Mozambique Ecocert Southern Africa P.O. Box 51187 Waterfront Cape Town 8002 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 46 11 558 Fax: +27 (0) 86 518 0107 Email: office.southafrica@ecocert.com Marocco Certisys Av. De l'Escrime, 85 B-1150 Brussels, Belgium Phone: + 32 81 600 377 Fax: + 32 81 600 313 Email: info@certisys.eu Demeter-International e.V. Brandschneise 1 64295 Darmstadt, Germany Phone: + 49-61-558 469 99 Fax: + 49-61-558 469 11 Email: info@demeter.net Ecocert Maroc 43, Rue Sebou,Quartier Gautier 20 000 Casablanca Marocco Phone: + 212 5 22 22 21 30 Fax: + 212 5 22 22 21 50 Email: office.morocco@ecocert.com Qualité-France SA 92046 Paris la Defense Cedex, France Phone: + 33-1-419 700 74 Fax: + 33-1-419 708 32 Email: bio@fr.bureauveritas.com up Namibia Ecocert Southern Africa P.O. Box 51187 Waterfront Cape Town 8002 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 46 11 558 Fax: +27 (0) 86 518 0107 Email: office.southafrica@ecocert.com Soil Association Certiﬁcation Ltd Bristol BS1 3NX United Kingdom Phone: +44-117 314 5000 Fax: +44-117 314 5001 Email: goorganic@soilassociation.org Niger Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com Nigeria Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com Soil Association Certiﬁcation Ltd Bristol BS1 3NX United Kingdom Phone: +44-117 314 5000 Fax: +44-117 314 5001 Email: goorganic@soilassociation.org up Rwanda CERES Africa Weilerstr. 24 78658 Zimmern, Germany Phone: +49 7403 929973 Fax: +49 7403 929974 E-Mail: benzing@ceres-cert.com Ecocert-Bureau Madagascar / East Africa Villa Arimanantsoa – Lot V A 4 J Ampasanimalo 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar Phone: + 261 20 22 54864 Fax: + 261 20 22 54864 Email: office.madagascar@ecocert.com Senegal Certisys Av. De l'Escrime, 85 B-1150 Brussels, Belgium Phone: + 32 81 600 377 Fax: + 32 81 600 313 Email: info@certisys.eu Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com ICEA via Nazario Sauro 2 – 40121 Bologna, Italy Phone: +39 051 272986 Fax: +39 051 232011 Email: icea@icea.info Sierra Leone Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com Somalia Ecocert-Bureau Madagascar / East Africa Villa Arimanantsoa – Lot V A 4 J Ampasanimalo 101 Antananarivo Madagascar Phone: + 261 33 02 01 998 Fax: + 261 20 22 54864 Email: office.madagascar@ecocert.com South Africa AFRISCO P. O. Box 74192 Lynnwood Ridge, 0040 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 12 361 5127 Fax: +27 (0) 86 511 4114 E-mail: dianacallear@gmail.com BDOCA P. O. Box 71906, Bryanston 2021 Johannesburg, South Africa Phone: + 27-12-650 02 84 Fax: + 27-12-650 02 07 Email: info@bdoca.co.za CERES South Africa 9 Jagersfontein Lane Oranjezicht 8001 Cape Town, South Africa Phone: +27 21 461 1317 Fax: +27-866 139 111 Email: hobbensiefken@mweb.co.za Control Union Certifications 17 Wellington Road Westville Durban 3629, South Africa Phone: +27 31 262 5965 Fax: +27 31 262 2752 Email: certificationsa@controlunion.com Ecocert Southern Africa P.O. Box 51187 Waterfront Cape Town 8002 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 46 11 558 Fax: +27 (0) 86 518 0107 Email: office.southafrica@ecocert.com IMO Institute for Marketecology Weststrasse 51 CH-8570 Weinfelden Switzerland Phone: + 41(0) 71 626 0 626 Fax: + 41 (0) 71 626 0 623 Email: imo@imo.ch *SGS South Africa (PTY) Ltd* 58 Melvill Street 2091 Booysens Johannesburg, South Africa Phone: +27 11 680 3466 Fax: + 27 11 433 3654 Soil Association Certiﬁcation Ltd Bristol BS1 3NX United Kingdom Phone: +44-117 314 5000 Fax: +44-117 314 5001 Email: goorganic@soilassociation.org up Sudan COAE Center for Organic Agriculture in Egypt P.O. Box 1535 Cario, Egypt Contact: Mohamed Youssri Hashem Phone: +20-2-624 88 19 Fax: +20-2-624 8819 Email: coae@tedata.net.eg Ecocert-Bureau Madagascar / East Africa Villa Arimanantsoa – Lot V A 4 J Ampasanimalo 101 Antananarivo Madagascar Phone: + 261 33 02 01 998 Fax: + 261 20 22 54864 Email: office.madagascar@ecocert.com Tanzania CERES Africa Weilerstr. 24 78658 Zimmern, Germany Phone: +49 7403 929973 Fax: +49 7403 929974 E-Mail: benzing@ceres-cert.com Ecocert-Bureau Madagascar / East Africa Villa Arimanantsoa – Lot V A 4 J Ampasanimalo 101 Antananarivo Madagascar Phone: + 261 33 02 01 998 Fax: + 261 20 22 54864 Email: office.madagascar@ecocert.com Institute for Marketecology (IMO) contact Tanzania P.O. Box 6487 Moshi, Tanzania Phone: + 255 784 618 490 Email: imo-tanzania@tanzania-organics.com Naturland-Verband Kleinhaderner Weg 1 82166 Gräfelﬁng, Germany Phone: + 49-89-898 082-0 Fax: + 49-89-898 082-90 Email: naturland@naturland.de TanCert P.O. Box 70089 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Phone: + 255-22-212 44 41 Fax: + 255-22-212 44 41 Email: lm@TanCert.org Uganda Organic Certiﬁcation Ltd (UgoCert) P.O.Box 33743 Kampala, Uganda Phone: + 256-41-269 416 Email: info@ugocert.org Togo Ecocert West Africa 11 BP 203 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Phone: + 226 50 30 05 44 Fax: + 226 50 36 09 93 Email: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com Institute for Marketecology (IMO) contact Togo B.P. 20816 Residence du Benin Lomé, Togo Phone: +228 934 03 05 Email: fablamk@yahoo.fr up Tunisia BCS Tunisie BP N°: 5 Le Kef 7100 Tunisia Phone: + 216 98 23 74 12 E-Mail: tunisia@bcs-oeko.com Ecocert Tunisie N°63, Imm. Océan Bleu Rue Habib Thameur 3000 – Sfax Tunisia Phone: + 216 74 225 458 Fax: + 216 74 200 868 Email: office.tunisia@ecocert.com Demeter-International e.V. Brandschneise 1 64295 Darmstadt, Germany Phone: + 49-61-558 469 99 Fax: + 49-61-558 469 11 Email: info@demeter.net IMC Tunisie 16, Rue Mouaouia 1002 Le Belvédère, Tunisia Phone: +216 71 283126 Fax: +216 71 283419 Email: imctunisie@imcert.it Uganda CERES Africa Weilerstr. 24 78658 Zimmern, Germany Phone: +49 7403 929973 Fax: +49 7403 929974 E-Mail: benzing@ceres-cert.com Ecocert-Bureau Madagascar / East Africa Villa Arimanantsoa – Lot V A 4 J Ampasanimalo 101 Antananarivo Madagascar Phone: + 261 33 02 01 998 Fax: + 261 20 22 54864 Email: office.madagascar@ecocert.com Institute for Marketecology (IMO) contact Uganda P.O. Box 34335 Kampala, Uganda Phone: + 25 671 213 46 78 Email: nirali@imo.ch Naturland-Verband Kleinhaderner Weg 1 82166 Gräfelﬁng, Germany Phone: + 49-89-898 082-0 Fax: + 49-89-898 082-90 Email: naturland@naturland.de Soil Association Certiﬁcation Ltd Bristol BS1 3NX United Kingdom Phone: +44-117 314 5000 Fax: +44-117 314 5001 Email: goorganic@soilassociation.org Uganda Organic Certiﬁcation Ltd (UgoCert) P.O.Box 33743 Kampala, Uganda Phone: + 256-41-269 416 Email: info@ugocert.org up Zambia Ecocert Southern Africa P.O. Box 51187 Waterfront Cape Town 8002 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 46 11 558 Fax: +27 (0) 86 518 0107 Email: office.southafrica@ecocert.com Soil Association Certiﬁcation Ltd Bristol BS1 3NX United Kingdom Phone: +44-117 314 5000 Fax: +44-117 314 5001 Email: goorganic@soilassociation.org Zimbabwe Ecocert Southern Africa P.O. Box 51187 Waterfront Cape Town 8002 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 46 11 558 Fax: +27 (0) 86 518 0107 Email: office.southafrica@ecocert.com




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