We are excited to announce that Cohort 7 (English) of the Africa Grains Online Training Program is now open for registration!
This online course is designed for millers, grain traders, and food processors who are looking to enhance their skills in milling technology, supply chain management, and local sourcing. With expert-led training sessions, participants will gain practical insights into improving product quality, reducing processing losses, and overcoming industry challenges.
Cohort 7 is available at a cost of $150 (excluding tax), which covers 16 training modules, course materials, assignments, coaching and access to a professional network across the grain and food processing industries. Successful candidates will receive a certificate.
To register for Cohort 7, click here,

Buhler Limited is an 100% affiliate of Bühler AG based in Uzwil, Switzerland. The group is a technology company for plant and equipment and related services for processing foods and manufacturing advanced materials and has a setup in Kenya since 1968 .... The organization holds leading market positions worldwide in the fields of technology as well as processes for grain storage, transforming grain into flour and animal feeds, producing pasta and chocolate, bakery, biscuits and wafers and manufacturing die cast components and others. The core technologies of the Group are in the field of mechanical and thermal process engineering, especially in the area of grain processing. Bühler Group operates in over 140 countries, has a global payroll of more than 13,000 and generated sales revenues of more than CHF 3 billion in 2019. Approx. 60% of wheat and 30% of rice worldwide is processed on Buhler plants. The Bühler Group has operated in Africa since the 1960’s and had a representative office there since those days. In 2015 Buhler Limited was founded, together with a mechanical workshop in Nairobi to serve the Eastern African Market. Buhler Ltd, the Bühler Group affiliate in Nairobi, Kenya, has up to 40 employees, is offering local services – field services, technology support and workshop - and consulting and also works as an agent for the Bühler Group for sales of equipment and plants (most business done is not reflected in the local figures but within other sister entities belonging to the group). Approx. 80% of all wheat and 50% of all maize in Kenya is processed on Buhler equipment and Buhler is the clear market leader here with equipment and technology for staple food production. The company also operates a training institute ("African Milling School") which offers vocational training for development of young technicians and millers all over the continent in a „dual system“, part-time vocational training and on the job part-time. It is the only vocational training in this sector offered on the continent. Read more

The “African Milling School”, or AMS, was opened in 2015. Buhler Limited invested close to 6 million USD in the AMS with the objective of helping the continent to further develop milling industry skills and to create food safety awareness and skills .... The school in Nairobi is equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The AMS offers an apprenticeship program for the next generation of millers. It is built up on a two years dual milling credential program with practical work in a flour mill and theoretical schooling at the AMS. It also offers a Head Miller course and specialized short courses on mechanical and electrical maintenance, baking technology – grain and flour analytics, food safety and quality assessment. The courses are attended annually by up to 200 students from all over Africa and Middle East. Five employees are assigned full time to the school for training purposes. Read more

eProd Solutions is a Kenyan private sector company registered in 2015 that offers an affordable ERP, or Enterprise Resources Planning tool, to manage agricultural supply chains.... The ERP is appropriate for Sub Sahara Africa. The company supports in 18 countries, +30 different sectors and 9 different languages agricultural commodity traders, food processors and farmer cooperatives that use industrial scale processing equipment. Read more