The story of the group began in 1996, with the creation of Semagri, a farming company in Cameroon. Since then, Novalliance has been working alongside producers to support them and to provide access to quality vegetable seeds.
Ronan Gorin, the actual CEO of the Group, has, since he was young, been sensitized to the love of agriculture and land by following the example of his grandparents, peasants in Brittany. Born in a small village in Central African republic, and raised in France, he has always been attached to Africa.
In 1996, just after his diploma of agricultural engineer, he decided to create his first company, Semagri in Cameroon. From there he decided to open, himself, several other companies in Africa to live intensively his life of entrepreneur.
1996
1998
The Novalliance group was really born in 2001 when Ronan Gorin, who was an employee of Technisem decided to quit in order to create a new company named Caraïbe Semences in Guadeloupe where he moved with his family.
From 2005, the Novalliance group starts to be in touch with Technisem for a potential takeover which was achieved in 2009. Thereafter, Ronan Gorin re-purchased the first companies created by his father, Mr Émile Gorin, in West Africa. In the same time, the Group grows fast and open new companies in West Africa, Central Africa, Latin America, Maghreb countries, Middle East and Caribbean area.
Finally, it would be necessary to wait until 2015 in order to formally introduce the name “Novalliance”.
2001
2004
2006
2007
2009
2007 / 2009
Purchase of Technisem, company created in 1985.
Relocation of the Technisem company, Maine-et-Loire (Longué-Jumelles)
2010 – 2011: Ronan Gorin purchased several companies created by members of his family in the 1990s.
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Tropicasem, Sénégal, created in 1985
Nankosem, Burkina Faso, created in 1992
Mali Semences, Mali, created in 1997
Bénin Semences, Bénin, created in 1999
Semivoire, Côte d’Ivoire, created in 1999
Agriseed, Ghana, created in 2004
In 2010, the Group continued to grow and build up its workforce, to keep pace with increased investments in the area of Research and with the expansion of its distribution network.
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2010
Cabo Sementes, Cape Verde
Togosem, Togo
2011
Congosem, Congo
Semidom, Dominican Republic
2012
Seedtech, Soudan
Mozasem, Mozambique
MaoMbé, Mayotte
Armor Genetic, France
2014
SeedLab, France
Nova Genetic, France
2015 | Agrivision Sénégal, Senegal Agrivision Cameroun, Cameroon |
Agrivision Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso |
2016
Agrigab, Gabon
Panasem, Panama
2017
Carib Sem, Dominica
Canyon Seeds, USA
2019
Technisem Thailand, Thailand
2021
Angosementes, Angola
Masomboly Mada, Madagascar
2022
Imboga Seeds, Rwanda
RimSem, Mauritania