Al-Imam Group

Company profile

Rooted in quality.
Built for generations.

Al-Imam Tea Herbs Pure and Healthy Nig. Ltd. is a Nigerian FMCG company building trusted tea, herbs, and spices brands through disciplined manufacturing and dependable distribution.

Al-Imam Group corporate emblem

The Chairman

Al-Imam Group

Welcome note from the Chairman

A welcome built on trust, purpose, and shared progress.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I welcome you to Al-Imam Group. Our journey is guided by a clear purpose: to make quality tea, herbs, and spices available to families and businesses while creating lasting value for every stakeholder we serve.

We believe strong companies are built through consistent standards, responsible leadership, and respect for people. As we grow our manufacturing capability and distribution reach, we remain committed to product integrity, innovation, and the confidence customers place in the Z&Y brand.

Thank you for being part of our story. We look forward to building a healthier and more prosperous future together.

Company history

A focused idea, steadily transformed into a growing Nigerian brand

1

The beginning

Al-Imam Group began with a practical ambition: provide cleanly packaged, dependable tea, herb, and spice products for everyday Nigerian households.

2

Building the Z&Y family

The product range expanded around customers' daily needs, bringing together black tea, functional infusions, curry, and spice blends.

3

Scaling responsibly

Structured production, regulatory registrations, channel partnerships, and a growing team established the foundation for broader market reach.

4

The next chapter

The company continues to invest in manufacturing discipline, quality systems, people, and national distribution.

The founders' journey

From conviction to capability

The founders combined market insight with a belief that a home-grown Nigerian FMCG company could earn lasting consumer trust. Early lessons in sourcing, blending, packaging, and customer service shaped an organisation that values resilience, prudent growth, and continuous improvement.

That entrepreneurial spirit remains part of Al-Imam Group: stay close to customers, protect quality, empower people, and build for the long term.

Board of Directors

Strategic oversight with clear accountability

The Board provides stewardship, approves strategy, oversees risk, and protects the long-term interests of the company and its stakeholders.

Board Chair

Provides strategic leadership and ensures the Board operates with independence, discipline, and long-term focus.

Non-Executive Directors

Bring objective oversight, industry perspective, and constructive challenge to major business decisions.

Executive Directors

Connect Board-approved strategy with accountable execution across the company's operations.

Executive management

Leadership that turns direction into results.

The executive team manages day-to-day performance through coordinated commercial, operational, quality, people, and financial leadership.

Managing Director / CEO

Enterprise strategy, performance, culture, and stakeholder value

Head of Operations

Production planning, facilities, procurement, and supply continuity

Head of Quality Assurance

Laboratory controls, food safety, compliance, and product release

Head of Sales & Distribution

Channel growth, customer service, and nationwide route-to-market

Board advisory councils

Specialist insight for better decisions

Industry & Growth

Market, innovation, and expansion guidance

Quality & Science

Product, food safety, and technical guidance

Community & Sustainability

Social impact and responsible-growth guidance

Corporate governance

Responsible leadership at every level

Our governance framework is designed to support ethical conduct, sound judgement, regulatory compliance, and sustainable value creation.

01

Accountability

Clear decision rights, performance ownership, and responsible reporting.

02

Integrity

Ethical conduct, honest trade, and zero tolerance for improper business practices.

03

Risk oversight

Active review of food safety, operational, financial, and market risks.

04

Stakeholder responsibility

Decisions that respect customers, employees, partners, regulators, and communities.

Board and executive role clarity
Policies and internal controls
Compliance and independent assurance
Responsible risk management
Transparent stakeholder engagement
Performance and succession oversight
Manufacturing facilities

Purposeful systems behind every pack

Our production approach brings together controlled handling, dependable equipment, trained people, and traceable processes.

Illustration of Al-Imam Group manufacturing operations

Factory operations

Designed for safe, consistent production

Controlled production

Defined workflows support consistent blending, filling, sealing, and packing.

Raw-material care

Ingredients are received, stored, and handled to preserve product integrity.

Traceability

Batch records support process control, investigation, and continuous improvement.

Hygiene discipline

Cleaning, personnel hygiene, pest control, and storage practices protect quality.

Quality assurance laboratory

Quality is verified, not assumed.

Quality assurance is integrated from incoming materials through finished-product release. Documented checks help the team assess conformity, packaging integrity, sensory characteristics, and traceability.

Incoming material inspection
In-process quality checks
Packaging and seal verification
Sensory and specification review
Batch documentation
Finished-product release control

Distributors and dealers

Partnerships that move trusted products closer to customers.

Our route-to-market is supported by distributors, wholesalers, supermarkets, retailers, and food-service partners. We focus on reliable communication, responsible territory development, and product availability that helps every channel partner grow.

Our partner promise

Responsive trade support
Clear product and ordering information
Consistent brand presentation
Long-term relationship focus
Al-Imam Group community and product outreach

People • products • progress

Growing with the communities we serve.

Our story is ultimately about people: the team behind every pack, the partners who take it to market, and the customers who welcome our products into their homes.