What Novos Horizontes Moçambique does

Novos Horizontes Moçambique LDA (NHM), also operating as New Horizons Mozambique, Lda, is a privately held integrated poultry company founded in 2005 by Andrew David Cunningham near Nampula in northern Mozambique. The company operates the full poultry value chain across dedicated business units: Breeders (using Ross 308 and Cobb genetics, producing approximately 300,000 eggs per week across ~120,000 birds), Hatchery (21-day artificial incubation with temperature/humidity control), Feed Mill (20 tonnes/hour mixing capacity, 5 tonnes/hour pelletizing, 80 tonnes/day pelleted output), Broiler production (including an integrated family-farmer program with 151 Rapale families), Abattoir (6,272.7 tonnes/year frozen chicken capacity marketed under Frango d'Aliança), and Sales & Marketing. The company employs 750-800 workers across 25-45 functional sectors, supported by a Director Geral (Idriss Matos), Finance head (Lidia Manuel), and Sales head (Jose Miguel).

The company generates revenue through three primary streams: wholesale frozen chicken sales (nine size categories from 700g to 1.8kg), day-old chicks and poultry inputs sold under the START Package bundles (with a 3% discount), and proprietary feed manufacturing — including an African chicken feed formulation claimed unique in Mozambique. Its go-to-market combines direct-to-consumer sales through six owned retail stores (Muhala 1, Meia Via, Faina 1 in Nampula; Rapale; Lichinga; Mocuba), a regional sales agent network across five provinces, and wholesale supply to retail store operators. Customer segments span smallholder farmers, commercial poultry producers, retail/wholesale buyers, and export markets across Southern Africa. The company is founder-controlled, with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or subsidiaries, and has operated continuously for 19 years.

Name

Novos Horizontes Moçambique

Legal name

Novos Horizontes Moçambique LDA

Website

https://novoshorizontes.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Integrated poultry company in northern Mozambique operating the full value chain from breeders and feed milling through slaughterhouse, serving smallholder farmers, wholesale buyers, and Southern African export markets through six retail stores and an agent network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Integrated Poultry Production

NAICS

Poultry Processing (311615), Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production (11232), Poultry Hatcheries (112340)

SIC

Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Broiler Chicken Production (Meat Birds) (AFAEADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Breeder Flocks & Fertile Egg Production (Broiler/Layer Breeders) (AFAEADAC), Broiler (Meat Chicken) Feed (AFADACAA)

Keywords

• Integrated poultry production
• Day-old chicks
• Poultry feed manufacturing
• Frozen chicken wholesale
• Table eggs

Headquarters

HQ city

Nampula

HQ country

Mozambique

HQ region

Africa

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Frozen Chicken Sales: The company processes chicken in its abattoir and sells frozen chicken products at wholesale prices to retail store operators. Products include 9 size categories of whole birds (700g to 1.8kg) and chicken pieces. The slaughterhouse aims to serve all social strata in Southern Africa with a major focus on exporting to other African countries.
2. Chicks and Poultry Inputs: Novos Horizontes sells day-old broiler chicks and poultry feed to farmers. The company provides complete technical support including medicines, vaccines, and trained technicians. Start Packages (Start 2, Start 3, Start 4) bundle chicks with starter and grower feed at discounted prices.
3. Poultry Feed Manufacturing and Sales: The company's feed mill produces a complete range of poultry feed for both broiler and egg production industries. Feed is sold through the company's own retail stores and through a network of agents across Nampula and surrounding areas. Raw materials include corn, soy oil cake, and bran derivatives, sourced locally with the ability to import.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Novos Horizontes Moçambique is an integrated poultry company that owns and operates the full chicken production value chain — breeder farms, hatchery, feed mill, broiler growing, abattoir, and retail/wholesale sales — in northern Mozambique. It sells day-old broiler chicks, specialized poultry feed (including a proprietary African chicken feed), frozen chicken in 9 size grades, and table eggs to smallholder farmers, commercial poultry farmers, retail store operators, and export markets in Southern Africa. Supporting offerings include bundled START Packages for new poultry farmers and an agro-business training program (Wunnawa Academy).

Product overview

Novos Horizontes Moçambique LDA (NHM) is an integrated poultry company established in 2005, operating a comprehensive value chain that includes Breeders (producing 300,000 eggs/week), Hatchery (artificial incubation), Feed Mill (20 tons/hour capacity), Broiler production with family integration programs, Abattoir (6,272.7T annual capacity), and Sales & Marketing. The company offers three main consumer brands: New Horizons Mozambique (chicks and feed), Frango d'Aliança (frozen chicken), and Eggs For Africa (table eggs). Supporting products include African Chicken Feed (the only specialized feed of its kind in Mozambique), Broiler Starter Feed (2.2mm pellets), day-old chicks, frozen chicken in 9 size grades, and the START Package for new poultry farmers. The company also operates Wunnawa Academy for agro-business training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Frango d'Aliança: Frozen chicken products brand
• Eggs For Africa
• Wunnawa Academy
• Bee Project

Products and services

• Day-Old Chicks (Pintos) Broiler day-old chicks (Ross 308 and Cobb genetics) sold to smallholder farmers, commercial poultry farmers, and family-farming program participants. Known for fast growth, consistency, and excellent feed conversion. African chicken chicks also available.
• African Chicken Feed Specialized feed formulation developed for African chickens; described as the only company in Mozambique offering this type of feed. Marketed as more economical and designed to help farmers grow strong African chickens.
• Broiler Starter Feed Nutritious 2.2mm pellet starter feed for broilers with natural characteristics to stimulate strong early development, known as 'magic feed' in some markets. Part of the complete poultry feed range produced at the company's feed mill.
• Frozen Chicken Products (Frango d'Aliança) Wholesale frozen chicken sold under the Frango d'Aliança brand in 9 weight categories from 700g to 1.8kg, plus chicken pieces. Processed at the NHM abattoir (20.3 tonnes/day capacity) and supplied to retail store operators and export markets in Southern Africa.
• Eggs For Africa (Table Eggs) Table eggs brand supplying the Mozambique market as part of the integrated poultry business, using production from the Breeders department in Nampula.
• START Package (Start 2 / Start 3 / Start 4) Business starter package for new poultry farmers bundling 1 box of day-old chicks, 2 bags of starter feed, and 1 bag of grower feed (gold/top) at a 3% discount. Designed to lower the entry barrier for smallholder and family farmers starting commercial broiler production.
• Wunnawa Academy Agro-business school dedicated to developing knowledge, business skills, and success through training connected with the Novos Horizontes business model, with opportunities for university and college students to gain practical experience.

Quantifiable outcome

• 151 families in the integrated broiler program, 115 with their own infrastructure, all in Rapale district
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ross 308 Breed (Zambia)coreTechnology or IntegrationRoss 308 breed chicken genetics sourced from Zambia for use on one of the breeder farms. This is a high-performance broiler breed used for egg production in the breeding program.
• Cobb Breed (Zimbabwe)coreTechnology or IntegrationCobb breed chicken genetics sourced from Zimbabwe for use on the second breeder farm. This is another leading commercial broiler breed used for egg production.
• Gosha Comercial LimitadaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocated opposite Gosha Comercial Limitada's store in Nampula. This proximity-based retail relationship exists at the Faina 1 store location.

Scale indicators10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Country Bird Holdings: South Africa-anchored integrated poultry group with breeding, feed, broiler and processing assets; smaller-scale analog to Astral/Rainbow and a useful size-comparable peer for NHM's vertically integrated approach in Africa.
• Suguna Foods: Indian integrated poultry major built around contract farming and smallholder integrator partnerships that mirror NHM's 151-family Rapale program — same business model of bundling chicks, feed and technical support for rural farmers, adapted to an emerging-market context.
• RCL Foods (Rainbow Chicken): South African integrated poultry business (Rainbow Chicken) with its own breeder flocks, feed milling, broiler growing and processing — a direct comparability match for NHM's fully-integrated value chain in the African market.
• Astral Foods Limited: Largest integrated poultry producer in South Africa, operating breeder, hatchery, feed mill, broiler and processing operations similar to NHM's vertically integrated model but at vastly larger scale and serving formal retail and quick-service restaurant customers.

Regional players

• Zambeef Products: Zambian integrated protein producer with feed milling, poultry and processing operations in neighboring Southern Africa — a relevant comparable for NHM's cross-border Southern African expansion ambition.
• Irvines Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean poultry and animal feed producer where NHM's founder built his prior industry experience; a regional market analog with comparable breed sourcing (Cobb genetics) and smallholder exposure.

Broad incumbents

• Tyson Foods: World's largest integrated poultry (and protein) producer; useful as a long-term benchmark for scale, automation and value-chain economics but not a direct competitor in Mozambique or the broader African smallholder segment.
• Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF): Thai-based global integrated poultry and feed conglomerate with significant Africa operations — comparable in the integrated-feed-plus-broiler-plus-processing logic that NHM operates, though at global scale.
• Cargill Protein & Animal Nutrition: Global agribusiness with major animal feed and poultry processing footprints across Africa — overlapping with NHM's feed mill and abattoir segments as a broad incumbent benchmark rather than a head-to-head competitor.
• JBS S.A. Brazilian-led global protein company with poultry operations; relevant for benchmarking vertically integrated cost economics and frozen-chicken export models that compete with NHM's regional export ambition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/novoshorizontes.mz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/new-horizons-mozambique-lda

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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