Senegal: Setting up a quality and traceability system for dried mangoes – the example of O’FRUTTI

Dakar, May 2025 – As part of the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme, COLEAD has provided post-training support to O’FRUTTI, a young Senegalese company specialising in mango processing. This intervention aims to structure the company’s quality and traceability management system, building on the knowledge acquired during a recent collective training on food safety principles.

A young and ambitious company with market reach

Founded in 2022, O’FRUTTI has quickly positioned itself on the European and local markets by focusing on a flagship product: dried mango. Already distributed in Belgium, France and in major supermarkets and hotels throughout Senegal, the company has committed itself to a process of progressive improvement by initiating the implementation of a Quality Management System (QMS).

Targeted support to structure growth

Despite its young age, O’FRUTTI has demonstrated a strong motivation to structure its internal processes and meet market requirements in terms of quality and traceability. The diagnosis carried out by COLEAD highlighted several strengths:

• A clear commitment from top management to the quality approach
• Solid control of production and quality assurance processes
• Traceability already in place, both upstream and internally

COLEAD’s intervention enabled the company to

• Assess the maturity of its quality system through a structured diagnosis
• Formalise its quality policy and define coherent quality objectives
• Improve its traceability tools with customised recording templates
• Lay the foundations for a solid documentation system (procedures, work instructions, traceability forms).

Towards certification and international markets

This tailor-made technical support represents a key milestone in O’FRUTTI’s development. The company is now better equipped to complete the implementation of its QMS, to ensure the hygiene and safety of its products and to meet the growing expectations of consumers and commercial partners in terms of transparency, traceability and compliance.

With COLEAD’s support, O’FRUTTI is paving a promising path towards international recognition and positioning quality as a strategic lever for its growth.

This activity is supported by the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme, implemented by COLEAD within the Framework of Development Cooperation between the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and the European Union. This publication receives financial support from the European Union and the OACPS. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of COLEAD and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union or the OACPS.