Category: Central African Republic

Company Description, Overview and History 

Created in 2019 by several entrepreneurs whose objective is to innovate the agricultural system and meet the need for food security, MOTIBI is an association that aims to strengthen links and opportunities in the agricultural field between farmers including market gardening to ensure food security in the Central African Republic and the promotion of the processing of agricultural products and food autonomy. But also connect the local market to the international. Between 2020-2021, she contributed to the training of several Young Central Africans in entrepreneurship and leadership in partnership with other associations, including the Project for Peace: Building Peace through Capacity Development and Leadership (USA-BANGUI). The members of the association invest in different crops, including sweet potato. 

Industry (Industry/Sector of Activity) 

With agricultural entrepreneurship as its main activity, MOTIBI contributes to the rehabilitation of rural roads and local development. 

Product and Services: The project is structured in two parts: 

1. Cultivation of potato and gingers.
2. Processing sweet potatoes into powder for children’s boiling, so gingers will be crushed into powder also for a long shelf life.

Type of customers (companies or consumers, etc…) 

Local population, national and international market. 

For farmers: No more worries for those with a lot of stock and fear their degradation a few days before harvest. The latter can dry their products as much as possible through the service that we will set up. 

For children: The sweet potato will be transformed into porridge source of energy and will contribute to local and international consumption. 

Major objectives for the coming year   

We aim to improve production on 20 hectares, buy drying machines, process and export our products to the international market. 

The challenges you face:  Logistical problem, means of transport, agricultural equipment and watering of the field in the dry season. 

The company – including its overview / Company history and founders 

Founded in 2018 by Bachir MOUSSA BAWA serial entrepreneur, with the aim of providing innovative solutions in several areas.  Bachir has been the author of several inventions in the field of fintech and geographical referencing. He has worked with many national and national organizations. Winner of the 1000 Entrepreneurs Challenge 2020, African Changemarker Fellowship 2020. He is currently pursuing several programs with: Tony ELUMELO Foundation 2021, African civic Engagement Academy in partnership with the University of Georgia in the USA. 

 Industry(branch/sector of activity) 

e-health, the innovation presented here, solves a problem of ignorance of the nearest health structure service, but also to offer a digital solution related to physical referencing.  By implementing this innovation, we wish to contribute on the one hand to: 

• Medical/health response: inform the population about the medical structures that are located in each locality and recognized by the government.  
• On the other hand to contribute to access to services. We imagined an easy-to-use system, while building on the existing infrastructures of GSM operators 

 Products and services 

We want to launch the geographical referencing system (SYREG) in order to respond to this problem through this operating system: 

• An interactive SMS system can be set up, for the population with a GSM phone. For this we need a database of users of the GSM operator’s system. This invention is not intended to shake up users’ habits. The customer may need top-up credit to make a request, using an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code, or an SMS.  
• It can be used through a mobile app, for Android phone users. 

Types of customers (businesses or consumers, etc.) 

Anyone using a mobile phone. These people will be referenced in relation to the structures that are located in their geographical area, neighborhood, in order to reduce mobility and facilitate easy access to existing effective and efficient services. Before embarking on this invention, a study was conducted. The. Some structures are not recognized by the Ministry of Health, and are created by unqualified people, this poses a public health problem. 

 Major objectives for the coming year 

Developing other services will be developed in the medical, security and other fields. 

The challenges you face 

The MVP, minimum viable product to launch the operationalization of the system. 

In the Central African Republic (CAR), successive conflicts have weakened the health system. Health indicators are among the worst in the world. The situation of mother and child remains a matter of concern. The country has the second highest neonatal mortality rate and one of the highest under-five mortality rates in the world, with an upward trend according to MICS6 results (2018-2019). It also has the second highest maternal mortality rate, with 882 deaths per 100,000 live births. The pregnancy rate (184‰) among adolescents aged 15-19 is high with geographical and social disparities (MICS6 2018-2019) and increases the risk of pregnancy complications, maternal death and newborn death. Since 2014, the number of children at risk of developing severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has increased by a third. According to the 2018-2019 MICS survey, 4 out of 10 children are stunted, with high rates in rural areas (43.8% compared to 30% in urban areas) and in low-income households (45.9% compared to 24.1% among the richest). Immunization coverage remains low: less than one in 10 children aged 12 to 23 months has completed vaccination according to MICS6 (2018-2019). Immunization dropout rates remain high, averaging 21% in 2020. Human losses are recorded in most FOSA (Health Training), for lack of energy (cut during the period of surgical intervention and at the time of delivery, maternity room and hospitalization without light). 90% of the means of communication no longer work in FOSA in rural areas. In addition, in the run-up to and after the 27 December 2020 general elections, the armed conflict between government forces and a coalition of armed groups in several cities in CAR has increased the vulnerability of the population.

Faced with this health problem, AH proposes to invest in: “surveillance and health early warning mechanisms thanks to solar energy transformation and connectivity systems in rural health facilities in the Central African Republic”.

The objective of this initiative is to ensure surveillance and health early warning mechanisms.

AH, defines as products: the surveillance alert system and the solar energy transformation and connectivity system in rural health facilities.

The expected results of this initiative are: 24-hour availability of electricity in FOSA, 24-hour feeding of Expanded Program immunization (EPI) Centre, good vaccine conservation, and reduction of infant mortality, reduction of mortality rates during surgery, epidemiological surveillance and alert system are ensured.

The expenses of this initiative are: Human Resources (Electrical Engineer, Communication and Network Engineer, etc…), Financial Resources (budget), and Material Resources.

The beneficiaries of this initiative are: FOSA and rural populations in the Central African Republic.

The estimated budget for a FOSA is 150,000 USD (one hundred and fifty thousand US dollars).

Fait à Bangui, le 22 Septembre 2021
Abel Désiré MBOLIFOUEFELE, Directeur Exécutif