Ishyo Foods Ltd’s Sharon Akanyana is the Founder and Managing Director. Sharon started the business from humble origins in her home kitchen, with a love of cooking and high-quality local ingredients.
Sharon has a degree in agriculture and a Masters in developmental studies. She was looking for work but hadn’t found any. This, however, gave her ample time to explore her passion for cooking.
When she shared her fresh, homemade yoghurt and fruit jams with friends and family, they loved her products. So, the idea of turning passion into business was born.
Sustainable buying choices
Sharon wanted to make it easy for Rwandans to find high-quality, healthy food made from locally sourced, natural produce.
Currently, many Rwandan families are dependent on overpriced, imported foods. These foods also have a heavy environmental footprint.
Ishyo Foods helps tackle this problem by producing fruit jams and yoghurts that are high-quality and affordable.
Rwanda is a country blessed with nutrient-rich soils and a perfect climate for growing high quality fruit and producing rich milk from dairy herds.
It made sense to harness this sustainable source of premium local produce.At the same time, we directly support small-scale Rwandan farmers.
Ishyo Foods aims to provide healthy, affordable, and sustainable buying choices for all Rwandans.
Contact Ishyo Foods for locally made
Rwandan jam, marmalade and yoghurt
A brighter future for Rwanda
Genocide against the tutsi in Rwanda was a dark time. However, today Rwandans want to focus on growth and rebuilding, while supporting our communities and those less fortunate. Creating new, high quality, high value industries is a critical element of re-building a stronger, prosperous Rwanda.
Ishyo Foods is proud to be part of the new Rwanda. Growing and upscaling our business means we can support even more Rwandan families in our factory, and farms.
Every jar of Ishyo jam and pot of Ishyo yoghurt helps improve livelihoods, security and the wellbeing of Rwandans, especially women and children. Slowly, we are building stronger, more resilient communities with greater economic security.
We want to share our delicious jams and yoghurts with as many people as possible. We are open to international partners to share our high quality, affordable jams made in Rwanda.
Contact Sharon Akanyana and Ishyo Foods today
The Ishyo Foods story have been getting their EAN-13 barcodes from barcodes Rwanda since 2019.