Coming soon — the Agricultural Center is being planned.
The Agricultural Center

Better ideas for African agriculture.

Agriculture feeds families. It creates jobs. It supports businesses. And it can help countries grow. Farmers across Africa need better tools, better information, and better ways to grow, process, store, transport, and sell what they produce.

We want to help solve these problems.

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We start with the problem

We don't start by deciding what technology to build.

We start by asking: what problem are people actually facing? We listen to farmers. We talk to businesses. We work with researchers. We study the data. We learn how things work on the ground. Then we look for solutions.

Research

Studying real problems across the whole system.

The Agricultural Center can study problems across farming, livestock, poultry, equipment, processing, storage, markets, and finance.

  • 01How can farmers grow more while using resources wisely?
  • 02How can we improve animal production?
  • 03What tools can make farm work easier?
  • 04How can farmers reduce food loss?
  • 05How can they reach buyers and earn more?
  • 06What financing can help agricultural businesses grow?
From research to real solutions

Research should lead somewhere.

ProblemResearchIdeaPrototypeTestSolutionBusiness

When a solution works, we want to help people use it.

Training people

Agriculture needs people with many kinds of skills.

Farmers need technical knowledge. Agricultural businesses need managers. Equipment businesses need mechanics and fabricators. Food processors need skilled workers. Technology companies need developers and engineers. The Agricultural Center will work with the Skill Center to train people with the skills needed to make agriculture more productive.

Building with the Skill Center

One problem. Everyone's part.

Agricultural Center
Farmers need a better machine.
Research
We study what the machine needs to do.
Skill Center
Students and instructors help design and build it.
Innovation
We test and improve it.
Enterprise
A company can manufacture and sell it.
Farmers
Get a tool that solves a real problem.
Training. Innovation. Enterprise.
Training

Training

Build the skills people need.

Innovation

Innovation

Create and test better solutions.

Enterprise

Enterprise

Turn useful solutions into businesses and jobs.

Agriculture as an engine of growth

One agricultural problem can create many opportunities.

A strong agricultural economy creates opportunities for farmers, mechanics, engineers, manufacturers, food processors, transport companies, software developers, retailers, researchers, and entrepreneurs. That is why we look at the whole system.

How the center works

From research to scale.

01

Research

Study the real problem farmers and businesses face.

02

Innovate

Design better tools, methods, and ideas.

03

Train

Build the skills people need, with the Skill Center.

04

Test

Find out what works and make it better.

05

Enterprise

Turn working solutions into products and businesses.

06

Scale

Help useful solutions reach more farmers.

Our goal

Help build a more productive African agricultural economy.

We want to help people grow more, waste less, build better products, earn more, create businesses, and create jobs — and help agriculture become a stronger part of Africa's economic future.