Research - Asal's Africa

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

PRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION AND LANDSCAPE RESTORATION

INTER Africa Asal Ecosystem Ltd (CEO) has worked and partnered with (GOK) GOVERNMENT OF KENYA through (KEFRI) KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE and (KFS) KENYA FOREST SERVICE, (KU Kenyatta University, (JKUAT) JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, (CETRAD) CENTER FOR TRAINING RANGELAND AND DEVELOPMENT, (ENNDA) EWASO NGIRO NORTH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY and many non – state actors LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, REGIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. The company is the only company which has done feasibility study (GPS) point/locations of the dry land trees species for commercialization in Kenya and already recognized over other (30) thirty dry land species of economic value and has identified the production areas and ready for potential for the development and marketing through developing SMEs responsive growth inputs such as the transfer of appropriate technologies, product development, technical training skills and on FORESTRY (GUM ARABIC and RESINS), business planning and also active in market development including forward and backward linkages, the dissemination of market information and the testing and promotion of the products.

INTER Africa unlike its competitors, is the only company which knows where and which tree species are found in each ASAL Counties in KENYA, NORTHERN UGANDA, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA AND SOMALIA, generally, EAST AND HORN OF AFRICA. The company is the ONLY one partnering with directly with Communities/Harvesters, self-help groups, cooperatives, county/national government institutions, non state actors through training the value chain.

Finding new and alternative uses for natural resources is becoming more commonly recognized as an important component in development projects whatever the sector, be they focused on Food Security issues, social – economic development, Poverty eradication, water, Education and Health. Many pastoralist in Kenya are finding traditional economic activities becoming absolute, or do not give them any comparative advantage in the global market place. Some of the factors that have contributed to this seeming stagnation or lack of innovations are: ignorance of the market opportunities; conditions; requirements and standard; lack of access to the market; lack of marketing skills; lack of processing plants for value additions; poor packaging processing procedures that are too expensive or too technical or to be undertaken on grass root level. However with the right inputs, local resources have the potential to increase incomes and / or create employment opportunities for local communities.

INTER Africa Company is a LEAD AGENCY on gum Arabic and resins through the CEO’s many years on research and development in EAST AND HORN OF AFRICA found out that in ASAL’s AFRICA in Kenya particularly, the land being so expansive that is ONLY through related stakeholders of Consortium and partnerships of Communities, Counties, National, International state and non-state actors and financial institutions (BANKS) that the main AIM and OBJECTIVES can be achieved for SDGs 17 and VISION 2030.

SUSTAINABLE MARKETING

WORLD DEMAND STRUCTURE AND OPPORTUNITY

VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL EXPANSION

The Western and North Africa has been the biggest suppliers of gum Arabic and resins the leading suppliers are Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya the later the quality supplied has become the biggest challenges.

KENYA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ONLY INTER AFRICA SUPPLY AND MARKETTING CHAIN

INTER AFRICA Asal Ecosystem Ltd is dealing with ASAL’s Natural resources and non-wood forest products and the only company working in Northern Kenya, South Sudan, Northern Uganda, Southern Ethiopia and Somalia and expertise through resources mapping and GPS reading of all gum Arabic and resins producing tree species and have available report. INTER Africa has created awareness and inventory in Kenya. The personnel have been involved also among others on the consultancy on gum Arabic world demand structure and opportunity to revitalize Sudan (Khartoum) gum Arabic sector supported by the (WB) World Bank), www.revitalization gum Arabic in Sudan (Khartoum).

The company directors having the expertise personnel from the indigenous community being from ASAL’s, has advised through technical support (KEFRI) Kenya Forestry Research Institute and (KFS) Kenya Forest Services through informal partnership. The personnel has trained many personnel in Somalia (Mogadishu) in Kenya, South Sudan, Northern Uganda, Southern Ethiopia for over 30 years through government institutions, NGOs, companies dealing with gum Arabic and resins and Communities on gum Arabic and resins value chain development. The sustainable supply chain and marketing is hindered by other unprofessional companies, middlemen who have no knowledge and completely don’t know from which are the tree species gum Arabic and resins are harvested, and technically advice their agents and harvesters despite getting a lot of donor funds which are misplaced. Internationally this gives Kenya gum Arabic and resins a bad reputations and losing international market.

( The right species of Gum and Resins producing trees, Tapping techniques, harvesting and post-harvest handling, sorting and grading, storage, packing and packaging and the company has manufactured the tools for primary quality control for gum Arabic and resins sustainable. Production, Management, Development, Marketing and Eco-System Conservation and Landscape Restoration. These are the tools the company has developed and has a copyright of the tools from KIPI (Kenya Industrial Property Institute)