The oil team is working with Ghanaian communities to help them generate income from locally available resources. To do this, they have developed an oil extraction machine for moringa and other oilseeds. Now they are working with the community to establish this venture.
Original Challenge: Oil extraction from local crops provides a significant opportunity for income generation. Many communities already extract oil from plants such as the kapok tree, shea tree and other local plants. Some plants have very valuable in their seeds, including neem, moringa and many other nuts and seeds found in Ghana. This project is to identify a market opportunity for local use or export of an oil or oil-related product, to develop the technology needed to extract it and to create an enterprise to produce and sell the product.