Ensuring great harvests, nurturing educated farmers and creating efficient market systems to feed the existing demand for organic food worldwide

IntroductionIntroductionJola Venture is a university born spin off with a patented Jola Venture is a university born spin off with a patented

innovation that harnesses the suns heat to dehydrate food innovation that harnesses the suns heat to dehydrate food as a revolutionary food preservation technique. It is a for as a revolutionary food preservation technique. It is a for profit company with a social mission – to make farmers more profit company with a social mission – to make farmers more productive and profitable and providing them with access to productive and profitable and providing them with access to innovation, capacity building training and better marketsinnovation, capacity building training and better markets

FACTS• Over 45% of food is lost through spoilage in developing nations, primarily, Africa.• Over 60% of the African population live/depend on agricultural income• Over 65% of farmers in Africa are small scale farmers• Improving agricultural productivity is essential for improving broad based economic growth, reducing rural poverty and counteracting food insecurity• Hunger and the cycle of poverty are two of the most significant developmental challenges the world faces today• In Africa, there exist no Agricultural platform that caters for the needs of the producers and the local consumers• Jola Venture forms the nucleus for a potential solution to alleviate Africa’s myriad crisis

Problem = OpportunityProblem = Opportunity

• Lack of Food Preservation in Africa

• Systemic Problems

• Technological limitations

• Power

• Financial Means

• Traditional Methods• Inefficient• Ineffective • Unhealthy

Smoke drying

Roof drying

Direct exposure in sunlight

The SolPODsThe SolPODs• A low cost solution to food spoilage that uses A low cost solution to food spoilage that uses

a through pass technology to absorb the a through pass technology to absorb the moisture content of food thereby preserving moisture content of food thereby preserving its taste, nutrients and increasing its shelf lifeits taste, nutrients and increasing its shelf life

• The SolPODS will foster micro-The SolPODS will foster micro-entreprepreneurs in the agriculture industryentreprepreneurs in the agriculture industry

Our Our SolutionSolution

Go To Market StrategyGo To Market Strategy

✖ Organize a nutrition awareness campaignOrganize a nutrition awareness campaign

✖ Work with farmer’s cooperativesWork with farmer’s cooperatives

✖ Establish a packaging & distribution centerEstablish a packaging & distribution center

✖ Establish satellite warehouses in target regionsEstablish satellite warehouses in target regions

✖ Establish a field translational labEstablish a field translational lab

✖ Create a food processing centerCreate a food processing center

Competitive EdgeCompetitive Edge Jola Venture’s patented SolPOD technology is the first of its kind in Jola Venture’s patented SolPOD technology is the first of its kind in

the continentthe continent

The SolPOD technology is inexpensive and proven to reduce drying The SolPOD technology is inexpensive and proven to reduce drying time by a factor of over 100Xtime by a factor of over 100X

Jola Venture’s first mover’s advantage in Cameroon will cement it’s Jola Venture’s first mover’s advantage in Cameroon will cement it’s position in the regionposition in the region

Jola Venture has formed exclusive relationships with a network of Jola Venture has formed exclusive relationships with a network of over fifteen thousand farmers and growing to guarantee farming over fifteen thousand farmers and growing to guarantee farming inputs to feed the demandinputs to feed the demand

Jola Venture has formed partnerships with Universities at home and Jola Venture has formed partnerships with Universities at home and abroad to foster its experiential learning capability, assure abroad to foster its experiential learning capability, assure sustainability and the creation of a field translational lab for related sustainability and the creation of a field translational lab for related technologiestechnologies

Jola Venture’s team is made up of a cadre of individuals with unique Jola Venture’s team is made up of a cadre of individuals with unique talent, skill sets, diverse backgrounds and networks to minimize any talent, skill sets, diverse backgrounds and networks to minimize any regulatory frictions and lead the company to successregulatory frictions and lead the company to success

JV – The University Center JV – The University Center PiecePiece

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College of Business

Administration

College of Arts &

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School of Technology

Entrepreneurship

Other Colleges

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Common Initiative Groups in Cameroon

Universities in Cameroon

Local NGO’s

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Business Dev’t TeamBusiness Dev’t Team

Roland Fomundam – M.Sc in Technology Entrepreneurship

Michael Cantalino – Candidate for B.Sc in Social Entrepreneurship

Delaney Bannister – Candidate for B.A in Communication Studies

Dr William Tita – Professor of Entrepreneurship

Technical TeamTechnical Team

Joshua Gomes – B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering

Andrew Gawlak – B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering

Nicholas Daggett – B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering

Brian Arena - B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering

Adam Khaw – Candidate for B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering

Professor Mo Taslim – Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NEU