Description
Save Our Agriculture (SaveOurAg) designs and patents domestic, commercial, and industrial aquaponics units allowing the growing of large volumes of organic food using fish excrement as a natural fertilizer. The systems uses 10% of the water used in traditional farming, and harvests 12 times more food.
Market Opportunity/ Problem
Quality of seed is the biggest challenge for the sesame seed market in Burkina Faso largely on account of pesticide residue detections. To address these difficulties, improving supervision and post-harvest operations, especially processing, is essential. Faso food is looking to build a modern agri-foods processing plant for grain cleaning in Burkina Faso.
Company Information
Years of operation
4
Type of organization
Private Company
Stage of the business
Early stage/ Startup
Agribusiness focus
Value addition/ processing
Agriculture value chain(s) focus?
Other
Primary country of operation
Cameroon
Other country(ies) of operation
Senegal, Rwanda
How many employees does your business have?
18
Does the business have more than 30% women ownership?
No
Does the business have more than 30% youth ownership (under 35 years)?
Yes
Financing and expansion overview
How much capital is the company currently fundraising (US$)?
500k-1m
What is the split between equity and debt?
60% Equity and 40% Debt