Sahara Impact Ventures Invests in Ghanaian Agtech Wami Agro

ACCRA — Pan-African venture capital firm Sahara Impact Ventures (SIV) has completed an equity investment in Ghanaian agribusiness and agtech infrastructure provider Wami Agro Limited.

The capital injection is structured to accelerate Wami Agro's operational scaling across Ghana’s agricultural value chains, funding the expansion of its digital coordination architecture (Pukpara), agronomic advisory networks (WamiInfo), input-credit financing facilities (WamiCredit), and post-harvest market aggregation operations (WamiMarket).

Operational Footprint & Technology Architecture

Wami Agro operates an integrated agricultural platform designed to bridge smallholder fragmentation and institutional supply chain bottlenecks across key staple commodities, including maize, rice, soybean, and sorghum:

• Network Scale: The platform currently reaches a registered network of over 60,000 smallholder farmers across Ghana.
• Input-Credit Model: Through WamiCredit, farmers receive certified seeds, crop protection products, fertilizers,and mechanization services on credit, with loan amortization linked directly to post-harvest crop deliveries.
• Digital Ecosystem: The company utilizes its proprietary digital platform, Pukpara, to manage end-to-end logistics,verify field-level agronomic data, track input distributions, and maintain supply chain traceability for institutional off-takers, including commercial food manufacturers and animal feed processors.

Gender Inclusion & Climate Resilience Strategy

The transaction aligns with Sahara Impact Ventures' mandate as an active gender-lens and climate-focused fund manager:

• Gender Participation Targets: By October 2026, Wami Agro has served approximately 6,500 core farmersacross its intensive growth programs, 55% of whom are women. Under the expansion roadmap, SIV and Wami Agro aim to scale women’s network representation to at least 65% by 2028.
• Climate Adaptation: Wami Agro's field initiatives incorporate climate-smart agronomy, such as introducing early-maturing, drought-tolerant sorghum varieties in northern Ghana coupled with guaranteed commercial off-take agreements with Guinness Ghana.
• Long-Term Scaling Roadmap: Wami Agro targets scaling its active footprint to ~428,000 farmers by 2030 and 700,000+ farmers by 2031, with project models projecting the generation of 1,750+ direct and indirect jobsacross procurement, quality assurance, warehousing, and logistics.

Verified Impact & Farmer Livelihood Metrics

Independent impact studies validate the financial and operational outcomes across Wami Agro's regional smallholder network:

• Livelihood Outcomes: According to a 2024 independent assessment conducted by impact research firm 60 Decibels across 203 smallholder farmers in Ghana’s Upper West and Northern regions:
  • 64% of surveyed farmers reported higher annual earnings.
  • 75% reported an overall improvement in household quality of life.
  • 87% reported enhanced agricultural practices and field management methods.
  • 80% had never previously accessed structured financial or input-credit services prior to onboarding.

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