Nshima with Ifisashi
Smooth white nshima paired with pumpkin leaves slow-cooked in groundnut paste — the most iconic Zambian meal.
Ingredients on the marketplace:
🇿🇲 Zambia · East African Marketplace
Marikiti brings authentic Zambian and Southern/East African goods to the diaspora in Canada and the USA. Shop nshima (mealie meal), kapenta, Munkoyo, Zambian honey and the brands you grew up with — consolidated at our Kenya hub and sea-freighted to your door.
Zambian cooking is anchored by nshima — the smooth, white maize-meal porridge that accompanies almost every meal — and an extraordinarily wide range of vegetable relishes called ndiwo. From the leafy chibwabwa (pumpkin leaves) to delele (okra), the Zambian plate is built around fresh greens cooked with groundnut paste in a style called ifisashi. The dried freshwater sardines known as kapenta, harvested from Lake Tanganyika and Lake Kariba, are a national obsession. Zambian honey from the Miombo woodlands of North-Western Province is some of the most respected forest honey in the world, sold by cooperatives like Forest Fruits. Munkoyo, the lightly fermented root-based drink, remains a Lusaka favourite. Brands like National Milling, Trade Kings and Java Foods stock Zambian pantries from Lusaka to Calgary. Marikiti consolidates Zambian goods at our Kenya hub and sea-freights them to North America on the same 53-day cycle that serves the rest of the region.
Authentic staples from Lusaka and across Zambia, sourced through trusted East African vendors.
Zambian brands shoppers ask for: National Milling · Trade Kings · Java Foods · Parmalat Zambia · Zambeef · Forest Fruits · Munali
Smooth white nshima paired with pumpkin leaves slow-cooked in groundnut paste — the most iconic Zambian meal.
Ingredients on the marketplace:
Sun-dried kapenta sautéed with onions, tomato and a touch of Zambian honey for balance — served with nshima.
Ingredients on the marketplace:
Toronto's Zambian community is concentrated in Mississauga and the western GTA, with regular Independence Day gatherings. Marikiti delivers door-to-door across all GTA postal codes.
Calgary has a growing Zambian diaspora with strong fellowships in the NE quadrant. Sea-freight to Calgary includes onward trucking from our Guelph hub, with kapenta, nshima and Zambian honey among the most requested items.
Dallas and the broader DFW area host a steady Zambian community. Marikiti delivers to TX via our US partner facility, typically within 4–7 days of US clearance.
Other North America cities we deliver to: Toronto · Calgary · Edmonton · Vancouver · Ottawa · Montreal · Boston · Dallas · Houston · Atlanta · Minneapolis · New York
Zambian millers, Trade Kings distributors, Forest Fruits honey cooperatives and Lake Kariba kapenta processors can list on Marikiti and reach the diaspora in Canada and the USA. Drop your goods at our Nairobi consolidation hub — we handle export paperwork, HS codes, sea-freight and onward delivery.
Marikiti is an online marketplace for Zambian and East African goods delivered across North America. Vendors list authentic products from Zambia and the wider East African region, we consolidate orders at our Kenya hub, and ship by sea-freight (about 53 days) to Guelph, Ontario — then onward to Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal and beyond.
Popular Zambian categories include nshima (mealie meal), kapenta, munkoyo, Zambian honey, groundnuts, ifisashi mix, rape (chibwabwa), delele (okra), Zambian tea, chikanda spice, plus coffee, tea, spices, snacks, beauty products and home goods. Look for trusted brands such as National Milling, Trade Kings, Java Foods, Parmalat Zambia, Zambeef, Forest Fruits, Munali.
You shop the marketplace, vendors drop your goods at our Kenya consolidation hub, we sea-freight everything together (the cheapest per-kg route from East Africa), then we deliver to your address in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver or any other North America city. Group buys unlock even lower rates.
Marikiti welcomes vendors from across East Africa — Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda and beyond. If you're a Zambian producer or wholesaler interested in selling to the diaspora, visit our For Vendors page to register.
Yes. Fully-dried, commercially packaged kapenta clears CFIA and FDA when properly declared. Marikiti handles the import paperwork.
Yes — both standard and organic-certified Zambian Miombo forest honey is stocked in jars and bulk pails.
Yes. Shelf-stable bottled Munkoyo and dry root mixes for home preparation are both available.
Roughly 53 days door-to-door on the sea-freight route, plus 4–7 days onward trucking from our Guelph hub or US partner facility.
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