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Asian dried fruits give entrepreneur a taste for snacks business
Pauline Okubasu slices pineapples ahead of drying them at Azaavi Foods factory in Machakos County on November 8, 2022. The company adds shelf life to various fruits by drying them and packaging them for the market. PHOTO | PIUS MAUNDU | NMG
Pauline Okubasu once tasted dried fruits in Asia while she was working in the aviation industry. The taste piqued her interest in preserving fruits from Kenyan farmers and selling them locally and abroad.
In 2018, she founded Azaavi Foods in Kyumbi area near Machakos town, a factory that processes about 1.2 metric tonnes (1.2 million kilos) of dried mangoes, pineapples, and bananas per month.
