Who owns Jani?
Jani is owned by Ketepa (Kenya).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: KETEPA — About and product-category pages, Kenya Tea Packers Limited. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kenya Tea Packers Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- Origin
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- Category
- Beverages › Coffee, tea & hot drinks › Tea
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Jani
Jani is Ketepa's green tea line, sold as enveloped tea bags in jasmine, lemon and mint variants, an economy-format bag of 50, and loose green tea in 250g packs. It won first runner-up in the green tea category at a Kenyan tea industry award, and it is the company's answer to demand for green rather than black tea in a market Ketepa otherwise built on the fully oxidised leaf.
Ownership timeline of Jani
Where Jani sits in Ketepa
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Ketepa
Ketepa controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in tea, and who owns them
The 35 brands in tea on Brandtree belong to 21 owners. The largest is Orimi Trade, with 6; Ketepa has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Gita | Orimi Trade | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Ran Kahata | Sunshine Holdings | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| Five Roses | AVI | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| ITO EN Matcha Green Tea | ITO EN | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Piala Gold | RG Brands | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan |
| Tata Tea | Tata Consumer | 🇮🇳 India |
| Good Nature | Alkaloid | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia |
| Final | Azersun | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan |
About the owner: Ketepa
Ketepa is a privately held company headquartered in Kenya, founded in 1978. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
Ketepa packages and sells tea in Kenya as, in its own words, "a proud arm of KTDA" — the Kenya Tea Development Agency, a farmer-owned management body for more than 650,000 smallholders producing over 60% of Kenya's tea. The company dates to 1978 and has since expanded beyond tea into bottled water under its Maisha brand. It produces more than 50 individual products across black, green, purple and white tea, flavoured teas and herbal infusions, and through KTDA's community structure it channels support into health, education, livelihoods and sustainable farming programmes in tea-growing areas.
🇰🇪 Jani and other Kenyan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 59 brands that began in Kenya. 3 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Jani is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Jani?
The parent company of Jani is Ketepa, a privately held company headquartered in Kenya.
Is Jani Kenyan?
Yes. Jani originated in Kenya and its owner, Ketepa, is also headquartered in Kenya.
Is Jani still owned by Ketepa?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Jani is still owned by Ketepa. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] KETEPA — About and product-category pages — Kenya Tea Packers Limited, Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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