“Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and He will establish your plans.” (Proverbs 16:3 NIV) ______________________________________________Welcome to our second edition of The African Agripreneur ! In this Business-in-a-Box edition we unpack the wonderful world of mobile business opportunities, mainly in used shipping containers. There are a myriad of applications across the agribusiness and rural development sectors and beyond. We invite you to explore opportunities ranging from local value addition to fruit which often go to waste in Africa in huge quantities to containerized urban farming ideas, and many more..Please feel free to ask where you need more information, contact details of suppliers and/or other assistance.
Maryna Muller – Co-Editor
A NEW WORLD OF MOBILE OPPORTUNITIES!
Shipping Container Farms:
AN URBAN SOLUTION?
With increasing urbanisation and rising food prices, many people are looking for innovative ways to grow food in cities, instead of only outside them. One clever solution is shipping container farms. READ MORE
Owethu Container Clinics: Professional Health Care for Rural Communities
South Africa’s first fully-serviced modular medical clinic has been operating successfully at the Villiera wine farm in Stellenbosch for some years and is a model that can be replicated elsewhere on the continent. READ MORE
Containerised Chicken Rotisserie and more from CONTAINER WORLD
The Containerised Chicken Rotisserie was built by Container World for “Birdz”, a company specialising in providing healthy and sustainable diet choices. READ MORE
ALVAN BLANCH Mobile Crop Processing Systems for Africa
The leading UK manufacturer of agro-processing solutions has designed and perfected quality mobile processing solutions for fruit juice, grain and seed cleaning and drying, flour milling, oilseed pressing, and more.. READ MORE
“Farm In A Box”
Agricultural Mechanization solution for rural Africa
“Capacity-building and agricultural mechanization is a priority to facilitate food security and unlock the potential of small-scale farming in Africa” READ MORE
Macadams Baking: Bakery-in-a-Box
The container is custom-fitted with Macadams bakery equipment of various configurations depending on the client’s production requirements. READ MORE
CONTAINER CROP FARMING INTO THE FUTURE
Growing Mushrooms in Shipping Containers
Okay, so you might think an article about growing mushrooms in shipping containers is a little far-fetched? Various success stories from around the globe would indicate that the growing of mushrooms in refrigerated shipping containers wasn’t that far-fetched after all! READ MORE
What is the Future of Container Farming?
Farming in retrofit shipping containers has received significant buzz over the past five to 10 years as produce is grown hyper-locally on a small footprint, allowing year-round production with less water and no need for pesticides. READ MORE
How analytics-based hydroponic farming can change lives in Africa
For refugees and communities in crisis, the use of sensors and analytics in farms built in shipping containers can help to break the cycle of poor nutrition and hopelessness. READ MORE
The Growtainer Portable Production Facility of the Future
A Growtainer™ container is a highly engineered modular and mobile vertical production environment custom built for a wide variety of crops, botanical products and business models. READ MORE
ANIMAL PRODUCTION & PROCESSING OPPORTUNITIES
CONTAINER FISH FARMS: Prosperity through Community Based Aquaculture
The Fish Farm is a South African world first! – a micro fish farm which delivers a fish farming empowering urban entrepreneurs to participate in the economy right where they live. READ MORE
Mobile Abattoir Technology for On-farm Slaughtering
Mobile abattoir technology is a unique concept that has been developed over the years in many countries due to various needs. Mobile Slaughter Technologies provides customised mobile slaughter facilities for cattle, sheep and goats.. READ MORE
Insect farming: Innovation by AMUSCA and MAVITEC
Amusca and Mavitec are proud to present the first scalable, mobile Insect Breeding Unit, a revolutionary idea to produce living insect larvae for the production of protein for the poultry and aqua-feed industries. READ MORE
MAVITEC: Containerized Batch Rendering Plant
Mavitec containerized batch solution is a fully functional rendering plant made to process small quantities of Poultry or Red meat by-products from the slaughtering process. READ MORE
AGRO-PROCESSING BOXED FOR SUCCESS!
Mobile Fruit Processing: Bringing the Factory to the Field with BEVERATECH
With the Voran 500 mobile press from Beveratech it is now possible for the fruit processing factory to come to the fruit, and not the other way round. READ MORE
A turn-key container solution by Elead:
FREEZE DRYING
Freeze drying is a multipurpose process capable of drying fruits & vegetables (whole, sliced, diced or puree), herbs & plant extracts for medical purposes, ready to serve meals, drinks and smoothies, meat, nutraceuticals and more.. READ MORE
The Amazing MAIZE MASTER MM3500 Container Mill
The revolutionary MM3500 container mill by Maize Master is specifically developed to serve communities in Africa and offer them a high-quality super maize meal at more affordable prices. READ MORE
Mobile Cassava Processing Technology
By DADTCO Philafrica
Our patented innovative mobile processing technology has changed the way cassava is perceived, grown and processed in Africa. Instead of transporting the perishable roots over long distances, we process fresh cassava on-farm or nearby. READ MORE
Containerized Plants as Concept in Feedmill Design
The Ottevanger Containerized Feed mill is a modular feed mill setup with a broad and flexible range of solutions. This unique concept of modular feed mills comes with multiple solutions, for feed mill plants, aqua feed plants, but also for premix plants. READ MORE
SCHERJON Mobile Milk Processing Container
The newly developed SCHERJON milk processing installation can pasteurize, homogenize and pack 10.000 litres of raw milk daily in 20-liter containers. It’s a fully hygienic process plant that homogenises and pasteurises 1000L of raw milk per hour. READ MORE
CONTAINER CONVERSIONS TO ORDER
One-stop Container Conversion Shop
ContainaTech is on a mission to be a one-stop-shop streamlining the container conversion process and has a vision to turn their thriving young company into an eco-friendly powerhouse. These entrepreneurs are on a journey to solidify their slogan – Healing The World, One Container At A Time – and they encourage you to join them on their adventure. READ MORE
BOXED UTILITY SERVICES:
WATER, ELECTRICITY & more
AQUAMAT SOLUTIONS: Containerised water treatment plants for Africa
Decentralised water treatment plants can change the lives of many as they allow easy, clean and safe access to life-saving water. Implementing a containerised treatment plant is the perfect solution to mitigate water supply and quality concerns without the huge capital investment.. READ MORE
Sustainable solar-powered refrigeration from
VINK EQUIPMENT
Vink Equipment offers portable, walk-in cold rooms that work exclusively on solar energy. This reliable system is especially fit for remote locations, disaster stricken areas or regions without a steady power grid. READ MORE
The SOLAR TURTLE bringing Containerised Power Solutions to Africa
SolarTurtle has the perfect solution for reliable, economic energy In Africa by providing entrepreneurs with safe, secure, robust, mobile containerised energy hubs suitable just for your (Agri) business. READ MORE
Clean Energy Anywhere Anytime with the
CUBOX Solar-Kiosk
CUBOX is a perfect symbiosis of mobile kiosk and environmentally friendly solar power station. Whether in the garden, as a beach kiosk, at an event or as a city pavilion – with its top design and functionality, CUBOX makes you independent, gets people’s attention and stimulates customers. READ MORE
