2.7 Guinea Milling Assessment | Digital Logistics Capacity Assessments

Currently there are only two commercial mills in the country; les Moulins d’Afrique, which is a new company established in 2012, and the second, smaller mill is Taibah Mills which has a capacity of 15 mt/day. Les Grand Moulins de Guinée, which had the monopoly of the market for many years closed its operations around 2013. There are no restrictions in importing wheat flour to Guinea.

For information on milling company contacts, please see the following link: 4.6 Guinea Storage and Milling Company Contact List

Milling Company Les Moulins d’Afrique

This is a new company with new equipment that started milling only in November 2014 and is enjoying 95% share of the domestic market. The company is looking for new markets for its products outside Guinea and has plans to increase the milling capacity by 30% and to increase the storage facilities within the coming two years.

Company Name & Address	Contact Names & Email	Telephone & Fax
Les Moulins d’Afrique Sonfonia, Conakry	Name: Barry Boubacar Title: Manager Email: barkybarry@yahoo.fr	Tel: +224628235300
Summary of Role and Services: Les Moulins d’Afrique is a joint venture between Lahlal Milling (Moroccan) and the Guinean company SONOCO, member of SONOCO SA, with an investment of US $28.5 million. The mill was inaugurated in 2012 and provides 95% of the domestic demand in wheat flour. The transport of the wheat is done by its own fleet from the port to the mill facilities with trucks adapted to this task. All the production of flour is bought by SONOCO SA which distributes the flour in the country.

Company Name & Address

Contact Names & Email

Telephone & Fax

Les Moulins d’Afrique

Sonfonia, Conakry

Name: Barry Boubacar

Title: Manager

Email: barkybarry@yahoo.fr

Tel: +224628235300

Summary of Role and Services:

Les Moulins d’Afrique is a joint venture between Lahlal Milling (Moroccan) and the Guinean company SONOCO, member of SONOCO SA, with an investment of US $28.5 million.
The mill was inaugurated in 2012 and provides 95% of the domestic demand in wheat flour. The transport of the wheat is done by its own fleet from the port to the mill facilities with trucks adapted to this task.
All the production of flour is bought by SONOCO SA which distributes the flour in the country.

Facilities
Parking area inside compound m²	N/A but the area is quite sufficient.
Drainage (Good / Fair / Poor / Non Existent)	Good
Fire Fighting Equipment (Yes / No)	Yes
Number of Ventilators	N/A	Screened
Electricity Load (KVA)	4 MW (Central of 4 generators running in rotation)
Backup Generator (Yes / No / KVA)	Yes	KVA

Milling Equipment
Origin of Machinery	Year of Mfg	Year of Installation	Condition
Suisse (Buhler)	2012	2012	Good
Suisse (Buhler)	2012	2012	Good
Suisse (Buhler)	2012	2012	Good
Suisse (Buhler)	2012	2012	Good

Maintenance
Duration (hours / week)	24	Type of maintenance	Regular

Other Equipment or Machinery Installed
Type of Equipment	Yes/No	Number	Owned	Comments
Fortification Feeder	Yes	4	Yes	Computerized
Bag Cleaning Plant	Yes	3	Yes
Moisture Tester	Yes	1	Yes	A lab is available within the plant to fully test the product during all the milling process
De-stoning Plant	Yes	4	Yes	Computerized
Metal Extractor	Yes	4	Yes	Computerized

Staffing
Number of full time skilled workers	67
Number of full time labourers	200

Weighbridge
Number	3	Capacity (mt)	Length (m)	Type
Within Compound		75	15	Electronic pit
Within Compound		75	15	Electronic pit
Within Compound		75	15	Electronic pit

Building
	Length (m)	Width (m)	Height (m)
Building – Wheat Mill	4 x 50	4 x 20	4 x 20
Building – Maize Mill	N/A	N/A	N/A

Conditions & Cleanliness
	Outside	Inside
Cracks in walls or roof (Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of rodent activity (Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of birds entry (Yes / No)	No	No
Damaged gutters/drains(Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of moisture (Yes / No)	No	No
Adjacent Vegetation(Yes / No)	Yes	No
Cleanliness (Good / Poort)	Good	Good

Pest Control
Fumigation	Yes	Frequency	Monthly	Contracted (Yes / No)	Yes
Spraying	N/A	Frequency	N/A	Contracted (Yes / No)	N/A
Rodenticides	Yes	Frequency	N/A	Contracted (Yes / No)	N/A
Rodent Trapping	Yes	Frequency	Daily	Contracted (Yes / No)	No

Security
Security (Good / Poor)	Good
Compound (Fenced / Not Fenced)	Fenced
Other Comments	Visitors are registered and are handed a visitor card.

Access
Distance from main town (km)	18 km
Travel time if not located in town (hours)	1 Hour
Road condition to Mill	Good
Road limitation (if any)	None
Rail connections (Yes / No)	No
Other Comments:
Located in Sanfonia, in Conakry area, there are two roads that pass by the plant, one is paved and in good condition leading to the front gate. However, the road leading to the rear gate is in bad condition and therefore is not used despite the fact that the milling company has 2 weighing bridges oriented to this gate.

Milling Capacity (mt)
Commodities	Daily Capacity (mt)	Monthly Activity (mt)
Wheat	600	18,000
Maize	None	None

Storage Capacity
Storage in Metric Tonnes	Wheat – Covered (mt)	Flour – Covered (mt)
Within the Compound	10 x 6,000	3 silos for each mill
Outside the Compound	None	None

Capacity to Blend
4 microdosers

Loading & Discharge Rates
30 mt in 5 minutes

Transport Capacity at Mill
27 truck containers of 30 mt adapted to be loaded from the top and open from the rear with inclination capabilities to offload the wheat directly. Also, the trucks can be opened from the side to transport the bagged flour.

Additional Notes
The wheat is imported from outside Guinea. The plant is installed over 3.5 hectares, composed of four mills each fully equipped and working separately. The plant also includes two warehouses, parking place for trucks and for vehicles, building for the offices, a lab with a bakery to test the flour, housing for the expatriates, a park for containers. The fuel tanks have a capacity of 150,000 Liters. In addition the plant will be connected to the national electric network. The bags with their logo are imported. There are 3 bagging machines computerized with a capacity of 20 mt / hour each. It is possible to use the facilities to recycle damaged wheat or flour if requested to pellets. The mill also produce pellets which is mainly exported (95%) to outside Guinea, the remaining 5% for local demand.

Additional Notes

The wheat is imported from outside Guinea.
The plant is installed over 3.5 hectares, composed of four mills each fully equipped and working separately. The plant also includes two warehouses, parking place for trucks and for vehicles, building for the offices, a lab with a bakery to test the flour, housing for the expatriates, a park for containers.
The fuel tanks have a capacity of 150,000 Liters. In addition the plant will be connected to the national electric network.
The bags with their logo are imported.
There are 3 bagging machines computerized with a capacity of 20 mt / hour each.
It is possible to use the facilities to recycle damaged wheat or flour if requested to pellets.
The mill also produce pellets which is mainly exported (95%) to outside Guinea, the remaining 5% for local demand.