Savannah Seritech

Unraveling Kenya's Potential: Empowering livelihoods through our sustainable seritech platform

The Opportunity

The global silk market value exceeds US$20 billion, growing ~6% annually, with a rising demand for sustainable and ethical sourcing.. Kenya’s conducive sericulture climate and cost-competitive talent pool position is perfect to capture this opportunity while creating sustainable impact.

Our Vision

To build Africa’s leading seritech platform, empowering 100,000 sericulture partners while establishing Kenya as a global leader in sustainable silk production.

Understanding Sericulture

Rearing Steps

Sericulture involves producing silk by rearing silkworms for ~30 days, from egg to cocoon harvesting for silk filament. Silk rearing involves three key steps:

Our Solution

Quality Inputs

We provide our partners with premium silkworm eggs and mulberry saplings, ensuring optimal yield and quality.

Tech-Enabled Platform

Our digital platform connects farmers with training, monitoring, and support services to maximize production efficiency.

Guaranteed Offtake

We secure market access through partnerships with global silk buyers, ensuring stable income for our farmers.

The Impact

100 Million Trees

Absorbing 500 metric tons of CO2 annually, combating soil erosion, and enhancing soil fertility.

30,000 Farmers

Transforming livelihoods through sustainable silk production and guaranteed market access.

Circular Economy

Creating a sustainable ecosystem through waste reduction and resource optimization.

Our Traction

6
Farmer Partners

Pioneering with 6 Farmer partners, expanding to 20 soon

200k
Silkworms

Current rearing capacity in our hub

4.0
FCR Achievement

Industry-leading feed conversion ratio

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What We Need

The future of silk is Off-route! Kenya is poised to disrupt the millennia-old global silk industry. We are actively seeking:

Meet Our Team

Fredrick Ochieng'
Operations manager
Velma Nangai
Production supervisor