HIPPO Valley Estates (Hippo Valley)’s sugar sales to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) are booming, growing by 634 percent year-on-year to 22 016 tonnes during the nine months to December 31, 2025. The growth from 3 001 tonnes registered a year earlier reflects the group’s strategic focus on expanding its regional…
Hippo Valley makes inroads in Comesa
The sugarcane producer said escalating labour, cane procurement and production costs remain its biggest challenge, threatening long-term profitability even as the company posted stronger earnings for the year ended March 31, 2026.