{"id":7064,"date":"2026-04-09T13:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.openvaluefoundation.org\/?p=7064"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:42:35","slug":"blog-post-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openvaluefoundation.org\/en\/2026\/04\/09\/blog-post-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog post 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

During our trip, from Open Value Foundation<\/strong> we visited several of the companies we have supported or are considering, and participated in the African Impact Summit<\/strong>, one of the most important events for the continent's impact ecosystem. Here are some of the experiences that have made the biggest impression on us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • True Moringa: From Seed to Shelf<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Behind this company, there's a migrant entrepreneur who studied at MIT, worked at NASA, but not content with that, decided to return to his home country and set up a business that would change many people's lives. There's something magical in seeing how a plant like the moringa can transform an entire community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    True Moringa works with over 5,000 smallholder farmers in Ghana<\/strong>, producing extremely high-quality natural cosmetics and supplements. What impressed us most was their commitment to local added value<\/strong>They don't just cultivate; they also process and export from Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    With more than 380 acres managed<\/strong> And a product already sold in the United States and Germany, True Moringa is the perfect example of how \u201clocal\u201d can be synonymous with global excellence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • YomYom: bringing the market to the farmers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      In many rural areas of Ghana, Producing is not the problem<\/strong>. The challenge is in selling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      And that's where YomYom comes in, a startup combining technology, motorcycles and trucks to connect farmers with larger markets. We spent a day with them on operations, seeing how their network of riders and logistics hubs allows fresh produce to reach supermarkets in Accra from remote areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      They're growing fast, and they're already thinking about to expand.<\/strong> They also dream of entering the cocoa market, where the economic impact could be enormous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Shack: rubbish that turns into opportunity<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        We revisited our friends at Coliba, who have been professionalising plastic waste recycling in Ghana for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Con 10 collection points<\/strong> and more than 30 direct workers<\/strong>, they have built an infrastructure that not only collects waste. Furthermore, their model includes Informal collectors<\/strong>, to whom they pay fair prices per kilo collected. It is an example of how circular economy can also be inclusive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Whesoyy: plant-based food and personal resilience<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          We also learned the story of Whesoyy, a small company that produces plant-based foods for the local market.
          Behind them is a committed team, which has overcome all sorts of challenges, but continues to strive for sustainable growth, to care for its employees and to offer a healthy and affordable product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Beyond the companies, the trip also took us to African Impact Summit<\/strong>, a meeting point for investors, foundations, startups and impact allies across the continent. It was a privilege to be there and, above all, to celebrate that Cherehani<\/strong>, one of our investees in Africa, received the award for African Impact Company 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          A testament to the fact that Africa-led solutions are ready to lead beyond its borders too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          To conclude, we would like to leave you with some reflections on our fieldwork trip:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Investing in Africa is not philanthropy. It is strategic vision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Yes, of course there are projects that need donations. But there are also thousands ready to scale with the support of patient and strategic investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Africa is full of people who don't expect solutions to be brought to them, but who are creating their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          From the Open Value Foundation, we feel very fortunate to be able to accompany these individuals and projects on their journey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          And if anyone tells you that you can't invest in Africa... we invite you to show them this blog<\/strong> \ud83d\ude09<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Durante nuestro viaje, desde Open Value Foundation visitamos varias de las empresas que hemos apoyado o que estamos analizando, y participamos en el African Impact Summit, uno de los encuentros m\u00e1s importantes para el ecosistema de impacto del continente. Aqu\u00ed van algunas de las experiencias que m\u00e1s nos han marcado: Detr\u00e1s de esta compa\u00f1\u00eda, hay un emprendedor migrante […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-post"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openvaluefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openvaluefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openvaluefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openvaluefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openvaluefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openvaluefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7066,"href":"https:\/\/openvaluefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7064\/revisions\/7066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openvaluefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openvaluefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openvaluefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}