Moringa Connect Ghana

Project Description

After graduation, MIT alum Kwami Williams started his company MoringaConnect to bolster small-scale farmers in his native Accra, Ghana. MoringaConnect provides moringa seeds, fertilizer, and training to its farmers, and buys back the mature seeds and leaves. Oil is pressed from the seeds to produced beauty products, and the leaves are processed into teas. Both products offer extraordinary health benefits, and are shipped to customers around the world.

EWB served as consultants to MoringaConnect, and led research inquiries in multiple areas: processing line optimization and design, biological processes for eliminating bacteria on leaf surfaces, seed desheller machine design, and oil press methods.