⦿ Agricultural Technology
Powering Africa's green revolution with fit mechanization
Growing population and food insecurity in low-income settings mean Africa needs a radical, non-conventional and affordable technology-based solution to boosting food crop production.
⦿ About
Who are we?AgTech hardwareMeSADA is an AgTech hardware
developer start-up that works to
fill the technology need gap for
African context-fit technologies
that make industrial farming for
small and medium-scale farmers
easier and cheaper
Affordable SolutionsThe company is a developer of just-fit
agriculture technologies tailored to the
requirements and budget of smallholder
and medium-scale farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Automating AgricultureMeSADA exists to satisfy the
intensification needs of smallholder
and medium-scale farmers with technologies
for automating control-intensive farming
activities and boosting farm power
⦿ Mission
Our Vision is to be the leading company in the development and supply of cheaper and easy-to-use African context-fit technologies for smallholder and medium-scale farmers in the next 10 years.
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Built by local engineers, run by local engineers.
We aim to make industrial farming easy and more affordable for our target users. We strongly believe in creating African solutions for African problems.
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⦿ Tests
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⦿ PROBLEM SPACE
What's wrong
Growing population and food insecurity in SSA means the region needs a radical non-conventional approach to sustainably boost food crop production
30%The average maize yield in SSA is
about a third (1.85 Mt/ha) of the
global yield rate (5.8 Mt/ha).
300 millionthe number of people in
Sub-Saharan Africa living in hunger
as at 2019.
+$2B/yearSSA’s annual expenditure on food
imports to make up for the food
demand deficit.
x3the demand for food crops in
SSA is predicted to triple by 2050
due to population growth.
30%The average maize yield in SSA is
about a third (1.85 Mt/ha) of the
global yield rate (5.8 Mt/ha).
300 millionthe number of people in
Sub-Saharan Africa living in hunger
as at 2019.
+$2B/yearSSA’s annual expenditure on food
imports to make up for the food
demand deficit.
x3the demand for food crops in
SSA is predicted to triple by 2050
due to population growth.
⦿ PROBLEM SPACE
What could be the cause?
“late-emerging maize plants lose 626 Kg per acre for every single day of delayed emergence”~ FarmProgress (2019)
“Research on maize yield improvement by Mississippi State University proved that seeding with a precision seeder boosts maize yield by 152.4 Kg per acre”.
90%+of food crop production processes are done with manual labor. Thinning farming population is greatly affecting agriculture intensity in SSA
60%+grain crop yield loss to seed spacing and uniform planting depth inefficiencies associated with manual planting.
⦿ Team
Meet the teamYoung, Well-guided and Experienced Team
Akwasi Badu-DebrahCo-founder, CEO
Bsc. Statistics
GIZ fair forward AI fellow
Data Scientist
Eleazar ArcherCo-founder, CTO
MAS/MSc. Mechatronics Engineering
E4C Fellow | CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM
Mechanical design
Product development
Sustainable design
Timothy AsareElectrical & Controls Designer
MAS/MSc. Mechatronics Engineering
IEEExtreme GH Co-Chair | PCB and electrical controls design
UAV specialist
Business development.
Santa Mary ImedeMechanical Designer
MAS/MSc. Mechatronics Engineering | Sustainability
Mechanical design
Financial analysis
Samuel Kamunyu KaruruHead of Manufacturing
MAS/MSc. Mechatronics Engineering | Engineering design
Welding specialist
Advanced manufacturing.
