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Top Story: Solar Foods: How Alaa Salih Hamadto is Using Solar Technology to Power Food Security Amid War in Sudan
Amid the civil war in Sudan, Solar Foods, a Kassala-based social enterprise, is using solar-powered food dryers to prevent post-harvest losses and support farmers cut off from markets.
Founded by Alaa Salih Hamadto, the company is helping thousands of smallholder farmers; many of them women displaced by conflict, to process and export dried foods using renewable energy.
What began as a small pilot has grown into a nationwide lifeline. Today, over 5,000 farmers and 40 cooperatives partner with Solar Foods to produce solar-dried onions, garlic, okra, and tomato flakes, keeping rural incomes alive.
“My father used to say, ‘We have sunlight more than anything else,’” Hamadto recalls. “I wanted to validate his technology through food science and prove that it could be commercial.”
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On Startup Spotlight:
How ZimbosAbantu is Bringing Healthcare to Zimbabwe’s Doorsteps Through Solar-Powered Mobile Clinic Vans
ZimbosAbantu Healthcare on Wheels, founded in 2021 by Chiedza Mushawedu, is tackling Zimbabwe’s rural healthcare crisis head-on.
In areas where people often walk 15 to 20 kilometres for medical care, the startup repurposes vans into solar-powered, tech-enabled mobile clinics, bringing primary healthcare directly to communities.
Chiedza, who witnessed preventable deaths and untreated chronic illnesses while working in private hospitals, designed the model to reach those most in need.
“We were seeing preventable deaths from treatable conditions, mothers giving birth at home without skilled assistance, and people living with undiagnosed chronic illnesses simply because care was out of reach,” Chiedza explains.
Quadri Adejumo brings you all the details. Read here.
Also Read:
How Nigeria’s truQ is Empowering Small Transporters With Tech and Finance. Why It Matters. Yakub Abdulrasheed brings us the details, here.
Quote of the Day:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke.
Thank you for joining me yet again this evening. Stay safe, and see you tomorrow for the next tech newsletter.
Best, Quadri
