About Us

The promoters of the idea of setting up the iodized salt refinery plant in Burundi are two
Burundians who have been involved for quite some time in the sale of iodized salt imported from
the United Republic of Tanzania, Kenya and India who have long had trade relations and training
in these countries in a factory for the manufacture of cooking and table salt. These are Mrs.
NIYONGERE Eulfride and Mr. HABARUGIRA Jean who have come together to form a SPRL JESSY BLESSING COMPANY, JEBC in acronym dealing with the sale of salt, imports and
exports.
Their motivation to make the JEBC factory in Burundi comes from the fact that they realized
how Burundi was facing the lack of good quality salt. Also by realizing how much Burundians
were struggling in importing expensive refined salt products from abroad whereas these
foodstuffs could be refined on the spot and give of employment for Burundians.
Within the framework of the implementation of the will of the Burundian Government, through
the invitation launched by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Burundi EVARISTE
NDAYISHIMIYE that highlights the youth entrepreneurship in the industrial sector in order to
locally produce basic necessities and correspondence ban by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and
Tourism to import salt that does not meet the standards recognized by The EAC and the BBN in
its letter ref: PSB/1535/CM/CI2019 of 20/8/2019. In addition to this, the importation of salt was
until then done in an anarchic way, sometimes with insufficient national and international
standards.
These Founders wanted to develop a factory equipped with a laboratory to deal with these
problems which jeopardized the health of the Burundian population. Based on their professional
experience acquired there, the Founders then decided to respond to this invitation launched by
His Excellency the President of the Republic by opening a similar factory and ensuring that
Burundi will no longer need to import refined salt. Thus, the JEBC COMPANY was born and
began to produce JEBC SALT and JEBC PREMIUM brand salt from January 2023 and officially
inaugurated by His Excellency the President of the Republic on 3/31/2023. Burundi has become
the largest refiner and supplier of cooking and table salt, thanks to JESSY BLESING
COMPANY. We provide naturally reliable, high quality salt to our customers nationwide.
We pride ourselves on our ability to produce high quality salt and are committed to our vision of
“providing our customers with a great experience, every time”. Our concern for safety is
paramount, and we strive to protect and respect the environment in which we operate. We refine ,
process and package the salt ourselves. Second, JEBC’s extensive supply chain network ensures
that we are well positioned to meet the demands of our domestic market.