About Orivex
Two bases, one supply chain: Somaliland and Canada
Orivex Exports is a new company connecting buyers abroad with the harvesters and graders who produce Somaliland's frankincense and natural gums. The product side runs from Hargeisa; contracts and buyer relationships run from Canada.
Somaliland and the wider Somali region produce more frankincense than anywhere else in the world. Yet many buyers struggle to get consistent grades, reliable volumes and paperwork that shows where the resin came from.
Orivex was set up to close that gap. Our team in Somaliland works on the ground with harvesters and graders, grades to agreed specifications and keeps a lot record for every bag. Our office in Canada gives buyers in North America and Europe a local contact for contracts, payments and follow-up.
We are working towards FairWild registration, the main standard for wild-harvested plants such as frankincense. Orivex Exports holds a Somaliland business licence and an export licence.
Abdirahman Hussein
Co-Founder · Somaliland
Based in Hargeisa. Runs sourcing, grading, quality control and shipping, and works directly with harvesters and graders.
Hamza Abdi
Co-Founder · Canada
Based in Canada. Runs buyer relationships, contracts and accounts, and is the first contact for buyers in North America and Europe.
What we stand for
Fair to harvesters
Harvesting families own their trees by inheritance. We pay fairly and on time, and buy only from undisputed trees.
Healthy trees
Overtapping kills frankincense trees. We buy from harvesters who follow tapping limits and rest periods.
Paper trail
Written agreements, lot records and payment records, so you can show your own customers where the resin came from.
Straight answers
Clear grades, honest volumes and minimum orders, and a reply from a real person in Hargeisa or Canada.
Our offices
Talk to the right person
Somaliland
Abdirahman Hussein
Sourcing, grading, quality control and export through Berbera
Canada
Hamza Abdi
Buyer relationships, contracts and accounts in North America and Europe