About Us
Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group is a global conglomerate with majority of its investments based in emerging markets across Africa, Middle East and Asia. TGI’s investments focus on driving inclusivity and value addition using locally sourced raw materials, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and a highly skilled workforce to produce world class products that are consumed both locally and exported to global markets.

Across markets including Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and the UAE, TGI Group owns over a hundred leading brands in Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Agricultural Inputs, Industrial Chemicals, Homecare Products and Pharmaceuticals.

In Nigeria, TGI Group’s brands such as Big Bull Parboiled Rice, Terra Seasoning cubes, Supramult Multivitamins, Golden Terra Soya Oil, Renew Homecare Products, Vinash and Dragon crop protection products, touch millions of consumers daily.

The Group has a strong and diversified export base in various countries, exporting raw cashew nut, cashew kernels, sesame, cotton lint, cocoa beans, soymeal, vegetable oils and fats, shea butter, shrimps and fish – all originated and value-added by its companies in Africa.
In 2019, the Group expanded its operations into banking by setting up Titan Trust Bank which has now gone ahead to acquire Union Bank Nigeria – the second oldest Bank in Nigeria.

Over the years, on many of its companies’ initiatives, TGI Group has partnered with various organizations around the world, including USAID, GIZ, among others. The Group also has many prestigious business certifications including the ECOCERT organic sesame certification which allows it to produce, handle and trade organic sesame anywhere in the world.

A Note from our Chairman
For decades, TGI Group has been paving the way for a healthier tomorrow, with products that bring the bounty of nature to millions of consumers on a daily basis across the globe. We endeavour to create value and wellbeing - with opportunities for growth and development, and we consciously and consistently share this value with all our stakeholders, especially the end consumers. With Africa as our launching pad, we have been able to expand across geographies – and we still are.

Our antecedent in the blessed continent is not unrelated to Africa being endowed with a plethora of natural resources and a people who are a kaleidoscope of races and ethnicities.

This has inspired us to keep creating and nurturing industries using the abundant natural resources, thereby creating jobs and ultimately, customer satisfaction and economic prosperity.

We have remained committed to our mission to grow our market share sustainably and responsibly while fulfilling our consumers' needs through innovative product offerings – a heritage which we have carried through all our business operations even outside Africa.
We invest not just in factories, but in people. From employment creation which gives us our strongest asset, to a partnership with our communities, farmers, and many others, we strongly believe that only through collaboration can we get results. After all, Together Everyone Achieves More.

With innovation in the mix, we will continue to meet and exceed consumers’ expectations through our numerous offerings and brands. “The consumer is at the center of all we do” is, therefore, a maxim that we follow with great determination.

C.G. Vink (MFR)
Chairman,
Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group

Our History
Starting from one company in 1980, it has been a journey of growth since. Our first company, Cormart Nigeria Limited, was set up as a trading company in Lagos Nigeria. Since then, we have evolved into an international conglomerate.

Our companies have grown to be market leaders in their respective industries and have also birthed brands that have grown to become household names in their various categories. The major driver is our staying true to our founder’s philosophy of sourcing raw materials locally, introducing value addition to suit local palates and ultimately seeking international consumption.

(A representation of the timeline of the companies should be inverted. From the 2020s, we have WAFL & WAVOFL. The WACOT Rice phase 2 is the expansion.)