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.
- Ideal climate conditions for year-round production
- Talented and growing workforce
- Growing global demand for sustainable silk
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.
- 5x increase in farmer livelihoods
- Sustainable and circular practices
- Tech-enabled rapidscaling
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:
- Hatching high quality silkworm eggs
- Feeding worms quality mulberry leaves. They go though 5 instars (5 growth stages)
- Cocooning where worms filaments to create a protective cocoon around it
- The filaments are spinned or reeled to make fabrics
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
Farmer Partners
Pioneering with 6 Farmer partners, expanding to 20 soon
Silkworms
Current rearing capacity in our hub
FCR Achievement
Industry-leading feed conversion ratio
Join Our Mission
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:
- Sericulture experts to establish model farms
- Investment partners for our $100,000 initial funding round
- Market partners for sustainable silk offtake
Meet Our Team
Operations manager
