Source: Barza Wire
Gather With
Women-Owned
Microprocessors
Establishes local, women-owned microprocessors, significantly reducing post-harvest losses and boosting farmer incomes by fourfold.
Company
Women-Owned Microprocessors
Country
Kenya
Investment Type
Grant
Year Invested
2025
Sectors
Agriculture, Technology
The Challenge
Post-harvest losses remain a key bottleneck for Kenya’s smallholder farmers at 20% - 30% with mango exhibiting higher losses at 36%. In addition, women’s limited ownership of assets undermine their ability to generate income.
The Innovation
Drying is a relatively easy to use solution for value addition. Building a future where women go beyond farming, owning micro-processors, driving economic growth.
Ruth Kimama
CEO of Shambani Pro, overseeing Women-Owned Microprocessors
“Gather’s mission and commitment to women asset ownership permeates through all our collaboration efforts, different from conversations we have had with other funders. Our partnership with Gather will enable us to co-create a women ownership model for microprocessors in rural Kenya which will increase women’s income by up to 4x while reducing post harvest losses.”
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Investment and
Impact Stats
500 tonnes
Volume of whole fresh mango processed by 2028
240
Number of female farmers supplying the micro factories by 2028
4x
Increase in income for female farmers by 2028
75 tonnes
CO2 emissions mitigated
by 2028