Africa Imports

Africa Imports supplies retailers and small businesses looking for African and Afrocentric products to sell in the United States. The company began in 1998, after founder Wayne Kiltz and his family spent a month at a mission hospital in Mali and looked for a way to create lasting income for communities and craftspeople they had met. According to the company’s published history, its first online sales helped open a channel for those products to reach U.S. stores.

The wholesale catalog brings together several product groups. Oils include perfume oils, home fragrances, and essential oils, along with burners, candles, incense, and bottling supplies. The health and beauty section includes soaps—including African black soap—shea butter, hair and skin care, beard care, and wellness products. The range lets gift shops, fragrance retailers, and personal-care businesses source goods across several categories from one supplier.

Fashion and accessories include items such as dashikis and children’s and women’s clothing, as well as scarves, belts, bags, hats, and textile accessories. The fabric section features African prints, kente, mud cloth, and other textiles for apparel, décor, and creative projects. Jewelry includes necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and sets; the catalog also carries musical instruments, drums, art, masks, flags, and gift items.

The buying model is geared toward trade customers: the site distinguishes wholesale and retail pricing on selected products and organizes the range for category-based ordering. Africa Imports also provides catalogs, new-product information, and materials that can help retailers plan assortments or present goods to customers. The company says it adds new product ideas regularly; inventory, quantities, and purchasing terms are listed on product pages and during checkout.

The company has expanded its offering with resources for people who want to start or grow a business around African products. Its website provides business tools and information that, it says, are available even to people who do not buy directly from the company. This retailer-support role is tied to its origins: the company’s history says its founder visited African stores in the United States and turned conversations with their owners into training and resources for the trade.

Africa Imports says a portion of its profits supports projects in Africa, including programs for children and communities, as well as long-term work with local producers and partners. The company presents this activity as part of its mission and publishes donation and impact figures on its own site; those should be understood as company-reported information. Its profile combines wholesale supply with a trade-and-community narrative that the company connects to its history.

The company lists its warehouse and operations at 240 S Main Street, Unit A, in South Hackensack, New Jersey. Phone support is available Monday through Saturday during the posted hours, while the online store accepts orders around the clock. For independent shops, salons, beauty-product sellers, and entrepreneurs, Africa Imports brings merchandise, volume purchasing, and business resources together in one catalog; it does not advertise walk-in access to its warehouse.