SocialJustice:
Wow. I'm totally blown away by this. Your business saavy is cool and you're very intelligent. With people like you in the TEF programme, I see why it is so hard to get the grant. I'm trying for my third time this year, lol, I believe I'll get it, with my idea.

That aside, you should start a fund, that's how you'll scale massively. You already have a track record of managing money successfully, you should do that or partner with PiggyVest to sell units. You get to keep equity and raise large sums.

I wish you the very best.
Ouchbabe you should see this.

Lalasticlala

SocialJustice:
Wow. I'm totally blown away by this. Your business saavy is cool and you're very intelligent. With people like you in the TEF programme, I see why it is so hard to get the grant. I'm trying for my third time this year, lol, I believe I'll get it, with my idea.

That aside, you should start a fund, that's how you'll scale massively. You already have a track record of managing money successfully, you should do that or partner with PiggyVest to sell units. You get to keep equity and raise large sums.

I wish you the very best.

Ouchbabe you should see this.

Lalasticlala

FreelanceRebel:


Thanks for the Compliment.
We've had looked into fundraising, but based on the false reports that it is impossible for small startups to scale in Tomatoes Business, prevent people from investing, without them considering our success rate. If we are to go into PiggyVest, we will have to spend so much on royalties and commission. so what we are looking at is a direct investment without the middle platform.

About your Application for TEF, you can contact Nafarm founder, you might get some idea from him

FreelanceRebel:
I have been giving some guys a clue on this forum that we are into Tomato Processing Business, some felt like it was a scam, like am planning to part people with their money. Of course, we are for real.

I am sharing How we made it into Tomato Processing Business to let the youth know that SMEs are the powerhouse of a Nation economy, especially in the Food industry. We can help drive down the price through stiff competition and control of the local market. We are into Tomato Business, but if we have other young people in other food processing either packaging or processing across the country, competition will make it hard for the big brands to inflate price at will.

Presently, besides what our Founder is doing, I am personally planning research in the production of Malt drinks.

Without wasting your time, below is our story as covered by #howwemadeitinafrica. Also, you can search Google for AbdulLateef entrepreneur to know what else we have done.

CC: SeaTrade, lexy2014 , xxxxtentacion

Lalasticalala, let's motivate the our fellow young people this January

FreelanceRebel:


NaFarm Foods, operating in Kaduna State in Nigeria, processes tomatoes into paste, puree and stew sauces. Its most popular product is NaFarm Royal Stew, and it also offers its products on a white-label basis for sale under different brand names. The company was co-founded in 2015 by AbdulLateef Olaosebikan when he realised he would have to create his own employment post-university. Jeanette Clark spoke to him about the opportunity he saw and the growth plans for the future.

Solving a problem
At university in Abuja, AbdulLateef Olaosebikan studied geography. In his final year, he contemplated possible employment opportunities and realised they were scarce.

“Having learnt one or two things about entrepreneurship at university, I thought I’d start something on my own but it wasn’t easy,” he remembers.

A podcast by Guy Kawasaki, an American marketing specialist and author, provided the impetus and motivation Olaosebikan needed. It was Kawasaki’s well-known talk on the importance of making ‘meaning’, rather than making money. “It became clear that if you can make your product or service problem-centric, it will be a success,” he says.

In Kaduna State, where Olaosebikan grew up and lived, the severe fluctuation in tomato prices caught his eye. During harvesting season, fresh tomatoes sold for a bargain price. As soon as the season was over, the price of tomato products would skyrocket.

“I saw it from the consumer perspective. There was an opportunity to process the tomatoes into a product with a longer shelf-life, which would address the price volatility. This would also address post-harvest losses, meaning we would solve a two-pronged problem,” he explains.


Source:https://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/starting-a-tomato-products-business-in-nigeria-entrepreneurs-journey-so-far/136473/

FreelanceRebel:
Reality is very different from theory
In the entrepreneurship courses offered as part of his university tuition, the road to success always appeared straightforward. “After registering the business in 2015, it became clear this was not necessarily the case in real life,” he muses.

Farmers were already sun-drying their tomatoes post-harvest on the fields to preserve them and NaFarm Foods wanted to use equipment to speed up this process. The company identified dryers in China but could not source the money to buy them.

“With my basic knowledge about technology, I decided to fabricate something using the little bit of money – about 80,000 Nigerian naira ($195) – we could scrape together from family and friends.”

Getting production to a commercial level required a lot more funding and the banks remained hesitant. Eventually, Olaosebikan walked into the offices of the director of agricultural services at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and asked for help.

“We were given a free booth at the international trade fair to pilot our product and talk to the customers. This is where we met the governor of Kaduna State and, with his endorsement, we received a loan from the Bank of Agriculture,” says Olaosebikan. “While we were hoping for around 5 million naira ($12,170), we received N500,000 ($1,220).”

NaFarm Foods used this to buy fresh tomatoes for processing. The company had to rely on sun-drying along with the limited capacity from its existing drying equipment. In 2016, a grant of $5,000 from the Tony Elumelu Foundation and a Kenyan award of $4,000 gave it the required capital to boost output to one tonne per day.

The future seemed bright.

Distribution of finished tomato products.

FreelanceRebel:
Almost losing it all
“In 2017, we almost lost all of it,” declares Olaosebikan.

He chalks it up to inexperience and pushing the wrong product. “We went into the market offering dried tomatoes and tomato powder. Unfortunately, the price those products could fetch was a lot lower than expected. We were consistently selling at a loss.”

In order to survive, the team at NaFarm realised it had to change course. After some research, in 2018, it began producing a paste and a puree – using the available equipment – adding various manual labour processes where required. A government grant of 3 million naira ($7,300) helped pull the company through this difficult transition. It used the money to refine its packaging and get the processing spot-on. Then it relaunched into the market.

FreelanceRebel:
Rethinking distribution
Initially, in 2016 and 2017, the company sold its dried and powdered tomatoes through existing vendors at markets. The team was also going door to door, marketing to caterers, restaurants and smaller retailers.

NaFarm tried to get its products onto the shelves of larger retailers; however, as an unknown brand, it was unable to get a foot in the door.

“We were told we would need to build a retail presence among smaller stores before the larger retailers would give us an opportunity. Over time, however, we decided we did not need the large retailers to reach our target market. We have found another way,” says Olaosebikan. Individuals were found from within its network of co-operatives and women groups, who offered to act as agents for NaFarm Foods’ products and sell to smaller retailers or directly to customers.

“The most direct route to our main customer base is through this distributor network. We provide the products on credit and allow up to 30% markup as an incentive. We produce the products and our agents sell them door to door.”

NaFarm has made significant progress with this strategy. In 2018. it achieved sales of 8.5 million naira ($20,680). By 2020, this jumped to 16.3 million naira ($40,000).

Olaosebikan acknowledges Covid-19 likely boosted business. As an operator in the agriculture sector, the company’s movement was not restricted during the lockdowns. When traditional logistics channels took a knock, its agent network picked up additional sales on the ground.

FreelanceRebel:

NaFarm employees washing and crushing tomatoes for processing.


Occupying, rather than building, a processing facility
NaFarm Foods has made do with limited processing capacity throughout the years, with scaling remaining a challenge.

In 2018 and 2019, it partnered with TechnoServe, an NGO that provides training and support to smallholder farmers through its Yieldwise programme. NaFarm offered capacity training to different tomato farming co-operatives across five states.

“TechnoServe pointed out there were many unused processing facilities across the country that could provide the infrastructure NaFarm needed for our operations and helped us find an ideal one in Kaduna State.” With a few technical tweaks, the company lifted the capacity of the factory to seven tonnes a day. “This has helped us to meet the market demand and deliver on our goals,” reveals Olaosebikan.

Currently, NaFarm buys its tomatoes from aggregators on the TechnoServe database or directly from smallholder farmers.

FreelanceRebel:
Growth strategy
Wanting to build on the current momentum, the company has identified eight additional processing facilities it would like to recommission for the processing of tomatoes over the coming years.

“We will then set up a central packaging facility to receive all the concentrate from the different regions and get it ready for market,” Olaosebikan says. “There is a lot of untapped growth potential.”

FreelanceRebel:
Personal note:

To be honest, it was NOT an easy journey, every week, we have to keep track of the locations where Tomatoes is available and drive to other States to source raw-material, sometimes we get there late and will have to quickly link up with another village, getting back to the factory stressed and burn out. Also, some equipment breakdowns can increase our fatigue. These are machines not made in Nigeria and are not common, no technician to fix it, we have to fix it by ourselves to make sure production did not stop.

Before his undergraduate, AbdulLateef used to be a Computer Technician and a Network Administrator, with experience in Cisco router, NetGear, Microtik, D-Link, VSat installation, etc. In his early 20s, He once attempts to create green energy through Inverter and bio-gas powered rotor, but that did not work out. I believed these technical experiences really help us in troubleshooting and fixing broken equipment.

I also want to point out that the facility we are using for production did not provide what we need initially, we have to improvise with a lot of modifications to the existing machinery to get them working. This was a general challenge faced by others we have seen and since their inception was unable to start production. When we tell them we are already producing and packaging, it was a surprise to them. These are establishments bigger than use like 1,000 percent. I really don't want to mention any name

FreelanceRebel:


Thanks for the Compliment.
We've had looked into fundraising, but based on the false reports that it is impossible for small startups to scale in Tomatoes Business, prevent people from investing, without them considering our success rate. If we are to go into PiggyVest, we will have to spend so much on royalties and commission. so what we are looking at is a direct investment without the middle platform.

About your Application for TEF, you can contact Nafarm founder, you might get some idea from him

FreelanceRebel:
I have been giving some guys a clue on this forum that we are into Tomato Processing Business, some felt like it was a scam, like am planning to part people with their money. Of course, we are for real.

I am sharing How we made it into Tomato Processing Business to let the youth know that SMEs are the powerhouse of a Nation economy, especially in the Food industry. We can help drive down the price through stiff competition and control of the local market. We are into Tomato Business, but if we have other young people in other food processing either packaging or processing across the country, competition will make it hard for the big brands to inflate price at will.

Presently, besides what our Founder is doing, I am personally planning research in the production of Malt drinks.

Without wasting your time, below is our story as covered by #howwemadeitinafrica. Also, you can search Google for AbdulLateef entrepreneur to know what else we have done.

CC: SeaTrade, lexy2014 , xxxxtentacion

Lalasticalala, let's motivate the our fellow young people this January

Attit:


I am super busy these days, but I wanted to make comment yesterday. Unfortunately, I was so tired that I had to abandon it and just left the quotes the way it is up there. And since I want to make comment, I had to do it early this morning before moving out. I know I will be super busy again. So here is my comment below:

Failing Forward-
Founder - $195 m,
BOA - $1,220 ,
Tony Elumelu Foundation - $5,000
Kenyan Award - $4,000

And you wrote, you almost lost it all.

And then..
Govt grant $7,300.


Total - $17,715 (N10,097,550)
I am sure more have been spent.

Your initial production is 1 ton per day. I know how hard it is, there are many days you may not produce since you lack raw tomatoes. It is even hard to track your progress since you did not post cost of production and other expenses. You only gave sales. So, it will be hard to convince someone like me to invest. Maybe you reserve that for private discussion which I would do if I was your founder too, but at least, more figures should be here cos what you have cannot make any serious investor contact you.

Growth
At 1 ton, you have challenges with raw tomato supply, and the founder went ahead to tweak production in a single factory, and them increased production to 7 tons. But where are the tomatoes? Today, you get huge supplies, tomorrow less. Hmmm! Maybe, it still is profitable like this. I doubt you would do such if not. But how consistency can you perform optimally?

And then, you mentioned additional 8 factories which you might likely tweak again to increase productivity. And yet, where are the tomatoes to use?

This is the main area I am so scared. You are doing it cos you arent the one who set the factories up, so the huge initial burden is not on you. Also, maybe the factory released the equipment cos they want to understudy you. If I were you, setting up my own would be my target. Not saying you should not expand and lease more factories, but it seems you and your founder are getting too much comfortable with leasing and not setting up yours. People are not that good in this country. It is one of your boys they will use. it's normal, they offer him more pay, he will leave you. And they'll take over their machine after the lease expires. Anyway everything depends on the contract you have. Just be smart about it. It is a good concept and very thoughtful.

Consultants wreck owners
From the lesson here, you had toncoreect many things. Even, replaceable parts arent available, and no technician. Lol. When the owner knkw morning about it, what donyou expect? In that north, there was a case like this where luckily the owner almost committed suicide. It is not just buying anything, but knowing what works, what one can easily handle, and preparation on how to get replaceable parts ahead must be made. There are many issues in this thing. People just think it is easy. Lol. And the owners themselves are their own killers.

But wait...I give this business just 10 years, you will see the number of plants that will come up in Nigeria. This is how Nigeria is. As soon as one person does it right, others follow. Rank Xerox. Lol. And it's why as the leader, think of ways to always be ahead. And the fight for raw tomatoes will be serious.

See eh....many of these people here are already thinking of starting such and buy tomatoes from farmers. But it is a wrong approach. This is where I see you and your founder not getting it right.

Focus more on farming and investors will take you more serious
Personally, I do not know how your founder can be comfortable opening more factories without planning to start producing tomatoes on his farm. Nothing about such was mentioned in your article. But this is the main challenge. The plant challenge is 10 - 20% of the overall business model. Good that you have also solved distribution and sales. And this success is what likely blinded your founder into thinking he can source for more tomatoes and rent more plants, when he is supposed to quickly start tackling farming challenges on his farm.

Since you are not the founder, I shouldn't take all you put here has his mind.

What you all did is commendable, and your founder should be applauded. But is it sustainable in the long term? Can he assure himself he will continue getting farmers to produce for him? Personally, before I invest in such, I want to see the company showing me the minimum raw tomatoes needed to make the business profitable. And then show me the plan to produce that quantity. If there is no plan, forget it...I can not invest. Never. If he can convince me that 10% of the total tomato needed is what he needs to make it profitable and gives me my little share annually, I am ok. I will not ask him by force to give me large share and go into sourcing of tomatoes. But if he can produce that 10%, he is free to get the 90% outside. And anytime he cannot get that 90%, I dont have any trouble. On the other hand, if figures shows me its 90% he needs to produce himself, I will make sure the plan to produce that 90% is already perfected.

This is about mathematics. I want to see the ratio. Then, we will sit down if he is able to do it or not. When people start crying their investment vehicles crash and start lamenting and calling out the companies, I ask myself if they dont ask questions before releasing their money. The red flags are there already. Didn't they see them? Or they just took the words of the companies to be true without checking?

The $40,000 sales you put above is sweet to read, but what is the profit? And what is left over after paying dividend in the year. Only govt loans and grants can have mercy. Tell your founder to think twice before collecting money from individual investors. They will not forgive him like how he was pardoned by those who gave him grants.

Farming should be your immediate goal
If you produce your own tomatoes, you and your founder will never think of borrowing at this early stage. To me, you want to operate in the value chain close to processing. This is not advisable in Nigeria. The Nigeria of the olden days is where you can operate like this, and not in the modern days. You are already thinking of malt production also. Hmmmm! Do you think you will have the opportunity if Malta Guiness can produce its raw materials? Yet, the same mistake they made, you want to again. You will only make a small success before you realise the truth.

Yes, you may be getting it now and things may start getting better, but the reality will come upon you at the right time. And that time will be when your competitors followed your steps. And since you have refused to produce yours, that's when you crash. And then huge debt is there.

You may come around to say you have plans to produce and bla bla bla. Nope. Put on paper the minimum you need for your production and work towards it. Not just saying you are a farmer yourself and you teach farms. Nope, it wont work. You can teach all the farmers, and they can decide to sell to another person. Price dictates who they sell to.

While I applaud you for the progress so far, it is still dangerous to endorse you and your founder. This is the honest truth here. And he should think well before scaling up leasing more factories. Fine, it seems he knows his way around getting grants...let him focus on that if there is any one coming up again. But investment? Be careful. It may break you.

Way Out
Your founder is a farmer according to the the name of his company, tell him to work out producing the minimum tomatoes needed to survive and make reasonable profit himself, and then he can buy the rest from those farmers.

He should start a pilot. He knows he is going to fail forward. So, he needs to take it easy and learn it slowly. Going to rent 8 more factories should be a decision to reconsider. It might be a trap, and it might be eventually succesful. But how long will it be sustainable to pay off all the huge acquired debt.

This is not America or the UK you can apply for bankruptcy ooo. Your investors will chase you to the last end especially if they are individuals. They will come here to spoil your names.

There is no short cut
Ask succesful ones, there is no short cut. If you want to make it in Nigeria in Agro business, you must get involved in the lowest part of the value chain which is farming and get out the minimum production for your minimum profit. You do not have a business yet if you cannot do this. This is the secret Dangote Sugar is still in existence and it is the reason he is returning to the tomato paste gradually. Soon, he is going to be a champion and he will expand again. You cannot import raw tomatoes, and if possible, govt can ban importation anytime. So why take such huge risk?

I appreciate you
I want to start reading more models and solutions like this. This is quite impressive. Perhaps, you were first criticized initially because you didnt explain very well. In fact, there are still areas there you could have explained better.. but it's ok.. At least, it is commendable you succeeded where giants failed. This is great. But the giants are not sleeping sir. They are ready to chase you out if you slack.

Yes, enough of cutlasses and hoes templates. I am sick of people coming here to post their backyard gardens and then afterward ask for investments. And then, some other ones would start supporting them. For what? Cant they think like this founder? Yes, if this founder keeps it up, and takes to the area I have addressed above he will make it. And it will be nice to show case him to the world also like the TomatoJos lady. If he goes into real farming, ElRufai will support him even more than how he supported TomatoJos. Just imagine the grants he got here and there. To even get Tony Emelume grant is tough. It means the guy is not bad. I know many who have asked me to assit get that grant, but when I listened to their ideas, I just smiled inwardly.

Recommendation
If it seems OK to lease those 8 plants and quickly make a turn over without loss, it may be OK. But I am going to suggest you start at least 3 to 5 ha. You want to do something tractor and farm machines can do, and not what cutlasses and hoe can do. You will need to make choices now like to use mulch or not. If you use mulch, can you cover more, more and more hectares later even up to 100 and going to 1,000? So, you need to continue fine tuning it. It is not just about producing for dry or raning season....it is all round. To stake or not to stake. And many more. If you do not start now, you wont start after installing more factories. And you will hit the rock later. So, make this a priority NOW. Start today if possible. It is a long journey ahead. You arent producing now to take to your paste factory, but to learn. And if you get it right just one time, then congrats. But you still need both rainy and dry season techniques. If you and your founder ignore this advice, hmmmm...be ready to put the whole blame on yourselves when you are kicked out of the business in the nearest future.

Scale up farming raw tomatoes in the right proportion as you scale up your paste production which is directly proportional to the number and output of leased factories you operate.

FreelanceRebel:


Thanks for the Compliment.
We've had looked into fundraising, but based on the false reports that it is impossible for small startups to scale in Tomatoes Business, prevent people from investing, without them considering our success rate. If we are to go into PiggyVest, we will have to spend so much on royalties and commission. so what we are looking at is a direct investment without the middle platform.

About your Application for TEF, you can contact Nafarm founder, you might get some idea from him

Earthstorms:

Thanks for taking time to comment on the guys story and plans. I agree with some points that you have raised. What they have gone through captures the challenges many SMEs pass through. The founder had some technical knowledge and he decided to create a product using his technical knowledge, but then there are legal and commercial knowledge also required in setting up and running a successful business, these are areas you are highlighting as possible future pitfalls.

But a small entrepreneur has to start with the knowledge tht he has, he can not pay for expert lawyers to draft solid lease agreements neither can he pay economists to help him plan a reliable supply chain for his raw materials.

Where I disagree with you is in asking him to go into tomato farming. He does not need to farm tomatoes. He has identified a niche in the tomato value chain that he can operate in and make a profit, and it is possible to be successful buying raw tomatoes and processing it for profit.

Going into tomato farming introduces additional failure risks. He can concentrate on processing tomatoes, we already have millions of small holder tomato farmers whose cost of production are very low, why compete with them when he can buy from them?

Attit:

The response to your comment:

https://guardian.ng/features/agro-care/kaita-debunks-closure-of-dangote-tomato-factory/
In 2019

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-09/tycoon-dangote-can-t-get-enough-tomatoes-to-run-plant-profitably
In 2021.

There had been many downtimes before these ones, the longest was well over a year. The ones in 2019 and 2021 are even after he has started farming tomatoes on hectares of land. That's Dangote ooo. If he is not super rich, hmmm.

No one who understands the value chain of tomato paste will ever erect a plant without a farm. So, do you think it is electricity or whatever challenge that made the new 8 factories he is talking about to close down. Mallams can replace the whole factory if replaceable parts are scarce as long as the business is succesful. And what makes it not to be successful? Also, read the story of TomatoJos.

People who know nothing just talk anyhow that tomatoes waste in Nigeria cos we have no paste factory or preservative facility. Which kind of waste? I don't know about it.

I am busy now, I could have put here facts, figures, and data as proofs. Anyway, make a thorough investigation, and if you have more question, I will reply you later.

Earthstorms:


Successful businesses solve problems.
Before starting the tomato paste business, he identified the problem he wanted to solve. He observed that there is a glut of fresh tomatoes during the harvest period. He should concentrate on processing tomatoes seasonally during the glut in the harvest period.

If you say he should process tomatoes all year round then he will have to offer competitive price during the period of tomato scarcity to be able to secure raw material supply, that will not be economical because his paste is competing with cheap imported tomato paste.

Moreover, if he is unable to get supply of raw tomatoes, that means there is no glut of tomatoes, which means that the problem he is trying to solve does not exist.

I will not advice him to go into tomato cultivation because from his writeup, he did not come out as someone who is knowledgeable on tomato farming. Tomato is a difficult crop to cultivate with lots of disease pressures, if he is to take on the risk of growing his own tomato, then he need to develop the competence to grow tomato profitably. Moreover if the local farmers are getting better price offers for their tomato than he is willing to pay for, then even if he grows his own tomato, it will still be better for him to sell it raw just like the local farmers are doing and getting better prices

Earthstorms:


If you are already making a profit, why do you need more investors?

Why not put back some of the profits to grow the business?

Since you have a functional factory, you should be able to get loans from the bank of industry. Check with them for loans for expansion.

I will not advice you to take money from individuals unless you are selling shares in the company. That way the investors take part of the risks of the business and you don't get bugged down with debts that you need to service.

FreelanceRebel:
Attit
Wow, thank you for the time and the honest feedback. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into making this writing.

It is true we had previously hit the rock, that was due to inexperience, when we first start, the first product was the Powdered Tomato, a good product that turned out to have a premium price that people want to pay regular price for.

Even though we are not infallible in this field, we have done our homework, learning from our past. When we first start, we are only focusing on our vision, the problem we want to solve. Eliminating post-harvest lost, but by the end of 2017, we discovered a lot of issues in what we're doing. That was when we moved from the powdered product into paste/puree products, which was one of the best decisions we undertook.

Regarding sourcing for Tomatoes or getting our own farm, getting a company-owned farm is a good idea but too early at this stage. Tomatoes yields are unpredictable, the year 2016 was a surprising one for tomato farmers. I want to point out a fact that there was a reason why Dangote did not own a tomato farm when they were about to start, rather they gave money to farmers to plant and sell to their company.

Also, buying to process is a good deal for us but I won't state why for some reason, because it took us a great deal to figure that out.

Focus more on farming and investors will take you more serious
As a processing company, I believed focusing on that while growing should be our focus. When we get to the point where we own a farm and run it efficiently with the ability to cope with farm loss in the event of any, we should
We have the numbers, what we have done, I believed no investor should worry about losing their money. The new

The 8 facilities projection is to solve logistics problems and costs associated with running on a single facility working

Consultants wreck owners
This is true. When we went into a few Facilities in the country, on getting there, they are yet to start production, why? a multimillion naira machine did not work. In one of them, the manager was surprised when we explained to him what problem they will face with their machine, even though we have never used it before, but we have made research and obtained information on the same type of machine previously and figured out the design flaw, and we might end up spending several weeks or months fabricating parts. For them, it's just to buy a machine based on advertisement, for us that is not the case.

The facility we are using presently, as seeing in the picture above, was setup more than ten years ago for general Food processing, since then it was abandoned. So when we get their, taking full advantage of technicality, we shake everything, fabricate part, bring in pluggable device, and we start working. [Strenght Point]

Once, again i appreciate your Feedback, we will update the W and T of our SWOT

Lastly....
Research Malt production [personal passion] could be the joke of the century or just a recipe for family drink

ElectroLyte:
@Attit I am interested in your research work, maybe I can learn something from it. Can you share what do in tomato farming?

@OP Dangote is not currently buying tomatoes from the farmers, the deal was cut immediately after the farmers collect money.

Attit:

Then, most of these tomato plants equipment are getting obsolete soon. I mean, everything will change soon and they will start moving these dead equipment to Nigeria. Lol. I want to change the narrative. We also can start implenting the latest here. The concept of new technologies are what I am also working on. And I hope to publish my first material in a university in Delaware, US very soon. Then, who knows, I may be able to get offers from Japan and South Korea cos those are powerhouses for technologies and innovation.

I have not left large farms too. I have some phd guys working on making large farms profitable in Nigeria. There should be a system which should work well here. A system most people can tap into.

Finally, I am careful releasing my works to anyone. Many sabotages are around, so I may not give details more than I have here.

This what I do in summary.