Press Releases

Ubuntu Natural™: Fair Trade African magic mixed with cutting edge green technology: Elizabeth Dlamini, herbalist and skincare adviser to a whole generation of local women has skin that glows. She beams as she explains why. “Here in the Royal Kingdom of Swaziland we are proud of our plants... (pdf 86k)

Afriplex / PhytoTrade Partnership: A new partnership for Fair Trade and environmentally sustainable natural plant extracts from Africa.
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Ubuntu Natural™: Lipids of Africa: Developed through the partnership between Aldivia® and PhytoTrade Africa, Ubuntu Natural lipids are a range of cold-pressed, Fair Trade and environmentally sustainable natural oils from Africa. Ubuntu Natural lipids retain all the goodness of virgin oil...(pdf 82k)

Natural Products = Natural Profits: IUCN-SA and PhytoTrade Africa launch new partnership initiative, NATURAL FUTURES.(pdf 41k)

Maruline®, the first African active botanical ingredient from fair trade and sustainable sources: Maruline®, a new active botanical ingredient from Africa, is 100% natural marula oil with enhanced antioxidant properties obtained through a patented process. (pdf 97k)

PhytoTrade links with the PROTA programme: PhytoTrade establishes links with PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa), a programme co-ordinated by the University of Wageningen. The PROTA-UK office is hosted by the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in the UK. With the first volume in a 16-part PROTA handbook series about to be released, the connection is well timed. (pdf 113k)

IUCN-SA PhytoTrade Africa partnership launched: IUCN-SA, country office of the World Conservation Union and PhytoTrade Africa have launched their new Natural Products partnership at the third World Conservation Congress in Bangkok (17th - 25th November 2004) the general assembly of IUCN members. (pdf 41k)

People and Plants International and PhytoTrade Africa sign partnership agreement: Tony Cunningham of People and Plants International and Gus Le Breton of PhytoTrade Africa signed a partnership agreement to share knowledge and skills to further enhance the operations of PhytoTrade Africa. (pdf 35k)

Frank Taylor receives lifetime membership of PhytoTrade Africa: Frank Taylor, the renowned non-timber forest product expert has been awarded an honourary lifetime membership of PhytoTrade Africa, the Southern African Natural Products Trade Association. (pdf 31k)

Big bucks from Baobabs: PhytoTrade Africa has commissioned targeted research and development on baobab pulp as a nutritional ingredient and flavouring in food products. (pdf 20k)

PhytoTrade Africa in new partnership with Aldivia: At Natural Products Europe, held in Amsterdam on 4-6th June 2003, PhytoTrade Africa signed a ground-breaking partnership with the French specialist lipids company, Aldivia S.A.. (pdf 20k)

SANProTA Breaks New Ground: A new trade association for rural producers in the natural products sector was launched 6 September 2001 at the Botswana International Trade Fair in Gaborone.

SANProTAs Aims and Activities: Visitors to Southern Africa almost always remark on the same three striking characteristics of the region....