The SIKEWA ecosystem

Two pillars, nine subsidiaries, one single counter

From seed to diaspora export: each subsidiary fills a missing link in the rural value chain. All are projects: deployment is phased from 2027 to 2029, subject to the required licences. Born in Agboville, designed for all of Côte d'Ivoire.

The two founding pillars — Phase 1 · 2027

Finance and the school come first

DRSSFD licence under review

SIGNÉ SIGNÉ FINANCE

An OHADA-law savings-and-credit cooperative with a fintech backbone. The financial heart of the ecosystem.

  • Secure savings via USSD *760# — works on any 2G phone, no internet
  • Income-generating loans up to CFA 1.3 million, no land collateral: joint guarantee + harvest insurance
  • Locked "School fees" savings so no land is ever sold to pay for school
  • 1 member = 1 vote: fully inclusive cooperative governance
  • Mandatory training before credit: the best safeguard against over-indebtedness
Pilot opening 2027

ATIDJE SCHOOL

The school of the trades of the future

The agritech vocational school, on a 2,500 m² titled plot in Atidjé (ACD No. 2025/ATD/0872).

  • Audio-based training in Agni, Abbey, Mooré, Baoulé and several other languages of Côte d'Ivoire — designed for learners with little or no literacy
  • Climate-smart practices taught in the field with ANADER's technical support
  • Guaranteed outlets: graduates join the production, processing and service subsidiaries
  • Target: the 1,000 young people dropping out of school every year in the area
The nine subsidiaries — Phases 2 and 3 · 2028–2029

Completing the value chain, link by link

Phase 2 · 2028

SIKEWA CALL

Multilingual call centre and customer care (Agni, Abbey, Mooré, Baoulé, French): assistance, order-taking, buyer-farmer matchmaking.

Phase 2 · 2028

SIKEWA MARKET

Marketplace connecting farmers to the Ivorian diaspora (France, Canada): attiéké, chili, cassava. Year-1 target: CFA 240 million in sales.

Phase 2 · 2028

SIKEWA ALIMENTATION

Aggregation and processing of food crops (cassava, attiéké, chili, maize) to capture value locally instead of selling it off.

Phase 2 · 2028

SIKEWA ÉLEVAGE

Integrated livestock value chain: technical support, inputs, guaranteed outlets towards processing and the market.

Phase 2 · 2028

SIKEWA EMBALLAGE

Export-grade packaging for processed products: the key that opens urban and diaspora markets.

Phase 3 · 2029

SIKEWA SANTÉ

Community health mutual at CFA 2,000/month: protecting households from the shocks that force land sales.

Phase 3 · 2029

SIKEWA BTP

Construction using local earth bricks: agency, school, infrastructure — and jobs for ATIDJE SCHOOL graduates.

Phase 3 · 2029

SIKEWA TRANSPORT

Last-mile logistics: field collection, delivery to processing centres and export shipping (DHL partnership).

Phase 3 · 2029

SIKEWA INDUSTRIES

Industrial-scale cassava / chili / maize processing and export ramp-up: target of 2 tonnes of attiéké exported per year.

Papaya plantation laden with fruit
From seed to export

Grow, process, sell — without leaving the region

Each subsidiary adds a link: climate-smart farming, aggregation, processing, export-grade packaging, logistics, then sales to urban markets and the diaspora. Value stays inside the ecosystem.

The technological backbone

SIGNÉCONNECT CI: inclusion through 2G

No app to download, no smartphone required, no internet connection needed. The technology adapts to the field, never the other way round.

What the platform does

  • USSD *760#: savings, loan requests, balance checks on any 2G phone
  • Voice SMS in Agni, Abbey, Mooré, Baoulé and other languages of Côte d'Ivoire for non-reading members
  • Mobile app for agents, ambassadors and partners
  • Human relay: 200 village ambassadors + Radio Atidjé FM

What the platform guarantees funders

  • Traceability of every franc saved and every loan granted
  • Continuous impact data: members, hectares, repayments, jobs
  • The measurable proof behind the €1 = €15 formula
  • An architecture replicable wherever rural Africa has a 2G signal

See the economic model and impact →