Bidco Africa: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Bidco Africa is a privately held company headquartered in Thika, Kenya that owns 12 consumer brands across 4 categories.[1]
Bidco Africa is a Kenyan consumer goods manufacturer based on General Kago Road in Thika, making edible oils and fats, soaps and detergents, hygiene products and drinks. It runs thirteen factories across Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and an 84-acre industrial park, says its products reach more than 100,000 retail outlets a day and are distributed in over 25 countries, and buys from around 15,000 contracted farmers. It is privately held and publishes no accounts, so the brands below are taken from its own brands directory. That directory also lists Lucozade, Ribena and Sunquick, which belong to other companies and are not recorded here.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Bidco Africa Limited
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇰🇪 Thika, Kenya
- Website
- www.bidcoafrica.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Bidco Africa in numbers
- Bidco Africa owns 12 consumer brands tracked here across 4 top-level categories; the largest is food with 7 brands.[1]
Everything Bidco Africa owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Bidco Africa own?
Bidco Africa owns 12 consumer brands tracked here, including Msafi, Noodies, Kimbo, Gental Care, Planet and Golden Fry.
Is Bidco Africa a Kenyan company?
Yes. Bidco Africa is headquartered in Thika, Kenya.
Who owns Bidco Africa?
Bidco Africa is privately held. Bidco Africa is a Kenyan consumer goods manufacturer based on General Kago Road in Thika, making edible oils and fats, soaps and detergents, hygiene products and drinks.
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] Bidco Africa — our brands — Bidco Africa Limited, Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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