Within the Micaia family, Eco-Micaia is the enterprise engine — helping people earn more from the activities and natural resources on which they depend. We develop sustainable value chains, build businesses and bring products to market, working closely with Micaia Foundation to combine commercial viability with lasting social and environmental impact.

Our main focus is BioTrade: businesses that use biodiversity sustainably, follow responsible sourcing principles and create fair benefits for local communities. Since 2010, Eco-Micaia has invested in, co-founded or supported enterprises including Ndzou Camp, Mozambique Honey Company and Baobab Products Mozambique. Together, these businesses have helped turn informal trade in natural products into more organised, higher-value and market-oriented enterprises.

At our Centre for Natural Product Enterprise in Chimoio, Eco-Micaia manages facilities used by the Mozambique Honey Company and Baobab Products Mozambique, while providing business, marketing and other services. The Centre, established in 2018, combines processing facilities with product research and development, helping us test new ideas and move promising natural products towards commercialisation.

Eco-Micaia also provides the market intelligence and business expertise behind Micaia Foundation’s livelihood programmes. We assess markets and feasibility, identify promising value chains and develop new products. Most recently, this has included the Ufumi range of natural products developed with communities around Chimanimani — including essential oils, soaps, balms, creams, herbal teas and wild-harvested Chanterelle mushrooms. The Ufumi model includes benefit-sharing arrangements with the Chimanimani National Park and the Chimanimani Natural Products Association, linking commercial success directly to conservation and community benefits.