Yolélé

CTL-I-0235 · Institution

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Combined Graph record U-03502 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-I-0235. Master record source: User-supplied article 2026-10-16 (UrbanGeekz) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Pierre Thiam's brand bringing fonio and West African ingredients to global kitchens

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• Pierre Thiam — founded → this record

Sources

• http://pierrethiam.com/ (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

Pierre Thiam's official site (tier 2): he is 'co-founder of Yolélé Foods, a CPG company whose signature product, Yolélé Fonio, is found in Whole Foods, Target, Amazon, and other retailers across America,' and Yolélé 'advocates for smallholder farmers in the Sahel by opening new markets for crops grown in Africa.' The brand's own site (yolele.com, also fetched) confirms the fonio/West African ingredients mission ('bringing... West African foods and flavors to your table'; fonio 'celebrated across West Africa for more than 5,000 years') — stored claim confirmed

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