Small holder farmers in Uganda work in disorganized food markets with limited transport, lack of finance for aggregation and no connection between producers and final buyers. Farmers are forced to sell to middlemen for low prices, off-takers struggle to get reliable supply of high quality and traceable produce. Our solution leverages locally based agents and mobile phones hardware to give farmers access to markets.Saben foods mobile enabled trading and payment platform enables collaborative supply chain management, allowing price setting, tracking of produce from collection to delivery point and cover transaction costs from farmers to buyers. Provide trade finance so that farmers can be given cash for their produce
Supply chains
Engule Bern
June 24, 2022
Format
Networking
Meta Themes
Power and Capital
Themes
Angel investors
Purpose and Desired Outcome
Increase small holder farmers income by integrating them into sustainable supply chains
Audiences
Allocators (Family Offices, HNW Individuals, Foundations)
Speakers
- NameEngule Bern
- TitleFounder
- OrganizationSaben foods
- StatusConfirmed
- NameAndama Richard
- TitleProduction Lead
- OrganizationSaben foods
- StatusInvited