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ORBISANTANANARIVOMadagascar · 25 shops in the atlas.
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Madagascar
25 public stores
Hidden Gem · 3
- Chocolaterie Robert (La Chocolaterie Robert) Soanierana, Antananarivo (472 Boulevard Ratsimandrava)
Founded in 1940 and part of the family-run Groupe Joseph Ramanandraibe, Chocolaterie Robert grows its own Madagascar cocoa and works it tree-to-bar. Its award-winning single-origin bars include a 100% Madagascar 'Golden Beans' winner, sold from the retail shop and factory in Antananarivo. store page → · open in the atlas → - Marais Restaurant Ankorondrano, Antananarivo (ATRIUM building, 5th floor)
Chef Lalaina Ravelomanana, the first African chef admitted to the Culinary Academy of France, opened Marais in 2019 on the fifth floor of Ankorondrano's ATRIUM building. The kitchen marries French technique with Madagascan ingredients. store page → · open in the atlas → - Menakao Madagascar Chocolate Antananarivo region
Menakao makes single-origin bars from cocoa grown in the Sambirano Valley, hand-harvested and processed within Madagascar, where 'mena' means red in Malagasy. The wrappers carry tribal-portrait artwork. store page → · open in the atlas →
The Register · 22
- Amandah Haute Couture Antananarivo
Amandah Haute Couture, based in Antananarivo/Ambohipo near CEG, Madagascar, makes custom-made clothing for men, women and children, as stated on its page: "Creation de vetements sur mesure pour homme, femme et enfant." The Facebook fashion-designer page has more than 54,000 followers. store page → · open in the atlas → - Aroma Forest Nosy Be
Aroma Forest, based in Antsakaviro, Antananarivo, has produced and exported essential oils for 15 years, including ylang-ylang from Nosy Be, ravintsara, geranium, clove and rare species such as Saro and Katrafay. Production avoids pesticides and chemical fertilizers, with each batch lab-tested by gas chromatography and traceable from cultivation to shipment. store page → · open in the atlas → - Artisans de Madagascar (Antaimoro paper) Antananarivo
Artisans de Madagascar operates a boutique at 8 rue des Sapins in Clairvaux-les-Lacs, France, selling minerals, lithotherapy stones and gemstone jewelry sourced from regular trips to Madagascar. The business also offers incense, spices and vanilla alongside its stone and jewelry range. store page → · open in the atlas → - Betsara Madagascar
Betsara produces organic ravintsara essential oil, hydrolat and leaves for infusion from a plantation established by Tahina in Madagascar's Fianarantsoa highlands, hand-picking and air-drying leaves before steam-distilling them. The company, certified organic by Alpes Controles, also makes balms, mouthwash and toothpaste. store page → · open in the atlas → - Chocolat Madagascar Antananarivo
Chocolat Madagascar produces single-origin dark chocolate bars from Madagascar cacao, including a 68% cacao bar with cacao nibs, marketed as organic. The brand also operates under the name Raisetrade and maintains a website at chocolatmadagascar.com. store page → · open in the atlas → - Chocolaterie Robert Antananarivo
Chocolaterie Robert has produced chocolate in Madagascar for over 70 years, growing cacao in the Sambirano valley and selling tablets, confectionery and baking chocolate from a shop at 16 avenue Felix Faure in Paris. The company won the Golden Bean award from the Academy of Chocolate in 2017 for its 100% dark chocolate. store page → · open in the atlas → - EKL Export Madagascar
EKL Export, based at Lot III L 49 Ter Fiadanana in Antananarivo, Madagascar, supplies essential oils including ravintsara, geranium, ylang-ylang, citronella and ginger, sourced from organically certified producers holding Ecocert and USDA NOP status. The company tracks batches from harvest to packaging and verifies purity with regular gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis. store page → · open in the atlas → - Fanilo Miampita (Atelier des Hautes Terres) Antsirabe
Fanilo Miampita, founded in 1995 in Antsirabe, Madagascar, is a family atelier working with wild silk, treated cottons, pearls and gold thread, using hand sewing, embroidery, knitting and screen printing to create traditional Malagasy and custom-commissioned pieces. Director Lanto Randrianalifera says the enterprise provides stable employment, social protection and equitable salaries. store page → · open in the atlas → - Grand Tailleur by Mr Sylvain Antananarivo
Grand Tailleur by Mr Sylvain is a business in the Ambodihady area of Antananarivo, Madagascar, selling ready-to-wear and made-to-measure suits for men, women and children. Its Facebook page describes it as: "Magasin pour costumes hommes, femmes et enfant; pret a porter et sur mesure." store page → · open in the atlas → - Groupe RVA (Revana Gemme & Export) Antananarivo
Groupe RVA exports precious and semi-precious stones from Madagascar, including rubies, emeralds, sapphires and quartz, from its headquarters in Ambohitahara, Antananarivo. Stones are sourced directly from miners in Andilamena, Ilakaka and Sakaraha and certified by laboratories including GIA, SSEF and Gubelin. store page → · open in the atlas → - Hautex / La Lapidairerie Madagascar
Hautex, based in Excideuil, France, distributes Madagascar-crafted stone pieces including pebbles, animal figurines, jasper, amazonite, ruby, sapphire and emerald, cut using cabochon and faceting techniques. The company describes stone-cutting as an ancestral skill passed down through generations. store page → · open in the atlas → - Izaho Maroquinerie Antananarivo
Izaho's atelier in Antananarivo, next to Hotel Niaouly, makes bags, belts, wallets and other leather goods from zebu leather tanned at Anjeva, using the hand-stitched saddle-stitch technique known as le point sellier. It also uses ostrich leather from Klein Karoo International and brass fittings from Maison Poursin in Paris. store page → · open in the atlas → - Lekely Gasy Artisanat Antananarivo region
Lekely Gasy Artisanat manufactures baskets, bags, hats and storage baskets from raffia, fabric and leather or canvas handles at its workshop in the COUM market in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The French wholesale side operates from Annesse-et-Beaulieu and exports by air, sea and container. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mada Costard Antananarivo
Mada Costard is a haute couture master tailor in Nanisana, Antananarivo, Madagascar, creating and custom-tailoring men's suits, per its page: "Haute couture, maitre tailleur, creation et sur mesure de tout les types de costume pour homme." store page → · open in the atlas → - Madagascar Stones Antananarivo
Madagascar Stones, based in Antananarivo, procures, cuts and wholesales raw and finished industrial stones from Madagascar, including amazonite, agate, labradorite and tourmaline, and fashions them into jewelry such as pendants, bracelets and earrings. The company states its goals include showcasing Madagascar's industrial stones and providing employment for young Malagasy people. store page → · open in the atlas → - Madagemstones Antananarivo
Madagemstones cuts precious and semi-precious stones, including amethyst, citrine, sapphires, tanzanite and emeralds, in its own workshop and ships them from France. The company sources gemstones worldwide, particularly from Madagascar, and offers a satisfied-or-refunded guarantee. store page → · open in the atlas → - Maison de Couture Tantely R. Antananarivo
Maison de couture Tantely R. is a fashion-designer atelier at VA 42 Tsiadana, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar, specializing in made-to-measure creation including wedding, engagement and gala dresses, described on its page as an "atelier de creation sur mesure" with "tailleur d'exception." The page has around 76,000 followers. store page → · open in the atlas → - Malagasy Craft Madagascar
Malagasy Craft, based in Antananarivo, hand-weaves raffia baskets, hats and bags from local fibers including raphia, satrana palm and mahampy reed, working with more than 100 artisans across Madagascar. The company handles manufacturing, packaging and international delivery directly for importers and retailers. store page → · open in the atlas → - Savanna Spices Akoor Digue, Antananarivo
Savanna Spices, founded in Madagascar in 2015, produces vanilla, organic spices, essential oils and honey, with retail locations in Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Antsirabe, Fort-Dauphin and Majunga. Products are largely handmade, using controlled drying, fine grinding, maceration and extraction on the company's farm. store page → · open in the atlas → - Stoneland Madagascar Antananarivo
Stoneland Madagascar fabricates and sells minerals from Madagascar as raw stones, polished stones, sculpted forms and jewelry, employing around 25 families across extraction, polishing and jewelry-making with traceability to local mines. It sells online, through virtual showroom video calls, and at more than 15 French mineral and wellness fairs a year, with heart-shaped stone sales supporting the Enfants Precieux children's education association. store page → · open in the atlas → - Tongasoa Artisanal Madagascar
Tongasoa Artisanal, headquartered in Montblanc, France since 2005, wholesales crocheted bags and hats made from 100% raffia along with traditional baskets, sourced from artisans in Madagascar, Morocco and Ghana. The site operates as a professional-only trade platform requiring business registration. store page → · open in the atlas → - Vitatsara Antananarivo
Vitatsara sells 100% pure essential and vegetable oils, including Saro, Katrafay, clove, ginger and eucalyptus globulus oils, from its base at 18 rue Augustin Fresnel in Nantes, France. Its founder trained with Homeopharma in Madagascar, and the company sources from Malagasy producers. store page → · open in the atlas →