Grown in Ghana. Built for tomorrow.

Every harvest
deserves more.

Solar-powered machines. Locally built. Helping farmers keep more grain, earn more income, and grow a better future.

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898Smallholder farmers served

993 MTRice processed

GHS 4.7MExtra farmer revenue

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KNUST College of Engineering Innovation Centre

World Intellectual Property Organization

Standard Chartered · Ghana Climate Innovation Centre

Wobil technicians assembling agricultural machinery

Made here.Built in Ghana, for the fields we call home.

Making agriculture easy

Better harvests.
Better livelihoods.

A harvest is more than grain. It is a season of hard work, a family’s income, and the promise of what comes next. We build the tools that help farmers protect it.

From hybrid solar-powered threshers to practical community training, Wobil connects local ingenuity with real opportunity.

Our story

The problem

Up to 46% of rice is lost after harvest.

Delayed, inefficient threshing and manual grain cleaning destroy a huge share of what smallholder farmers grow exactly when climate pressure makes every harvest count more.

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Sprouted rice and broken grains: the cost of delayed and manual threshing, up close.

46%

Post-harvest losses

Lost between cutting and market when threshing is delayed.

10%

Grain breakage

Cracked by manual processing — and broken grain sells for far less.

30 ×

Slower by hand

Manual threshing against a single machine pass, mostly done by women.

2.2 t

CO₂ a year, per machine

Emitted by the diesel alternative, on fuel a farmer has to buy.

Our answer: under 0.3% breakage, 30× faster threshing, and near-zero operating emissions.

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Our technology

Built for African fields, with more on the way.

Locally manufactured, hybrid solar-powered, and field-proven. Two machines in the field today, with more on the way.

Flagship · Patent-pending

Multi-Stage Rice Thresher

A multi-stage, hybrid solar-powered thresher built from the ground up for African field conditions. It threshes wet or dry rice of any variety with almost no grain breakage.

CSIR field-validated

Solar Grain Cleaner & Winnower

A solar-powered cleaner and winnower that replaces back-breaking manual grain cleaning. Independently tested by CSIR-Crops Research Institute under Ghana's Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

Coming soon · In development

Coming soon

A grain traceability and tracking tool that follows produce from farm to market, giving farmers, buyers and partners a clear, verifiable record of where grain comes from and how it moved through the value chain.

Coming soon · In development

Coming soon

Cocoa Pod Breaking & Bean Separation Machine

A hybrid solar-powered machine that breaks cocoa pods and separates the beans, cutting the slow, labour-intensive manual work of pod breaking and helping cocoa farmers process faster with less strain and waste.

Cocoa

Crop

Pod & bean separation

Made in Ghana

Built by hand, in our own workshop.

Every Wobil machine is designed, fabricated and tested locally, at Suame Magazine in Kumasi. That means faster repairs, local jobs, and machines built for the realities of African fields.

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See it in action

Less effort.
More harvest.

See our thresher at work: practical technology turning a demanding job into a faster, gentler process.

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Proven impact · 2021–2025

The numbers farmers can feel.

Every figure below traces back to a real harvest, a real income, a real job.

Smallholder farmers served

Across rice-producing communities in Ghana's Ashanti and Volta regions.

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Rice processed

Metric tonnes threshed and cleaned through our machines and services.

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Extra farmer revenue

Additional income (~$379,153) captured by reducing losses and maintaining quality.

Direct jobs created

In fabrication, assembly, operation, maintenance and outreach.

Women customers

Female participation among paying customers are by design, not by accident.

Regions reached

Ashanti and Volta rice corridors.

Local action. Shared global goals.

A better harvest.
A more sustainable future.

Our work aligns with these United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through practical action in agriculture, energy and livelihoods.

SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

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How farmers access it

Buy it, lease it, or just pay per bag.

We meet farmers where they are. No farmer should be locked out of mechanization by upfront cost.

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Pay-per-use threshing

Farmers pay only for what they process, no machine to buy. Mechanization without the upfront cost.

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Direct machine sales

Buy a thresher or winnower outright, with training and a 12-month warranty included.

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Leasing & financing

12–24 months

Through partner financial institutions and agrifintechs, cooperatives can own equipment and pay over time.

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Maintenance & after-sales

We keep machines running with spare parts, servicing, operator training and technical support.

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Beyond the machines

We train women and youth to build businesses.

From food processing to sustainable farming to record keeping, our training helps rural communities turn skills into income, in partnership with Access Agriculture and local extension agents.

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~300

people trained in the Ashanti Region

Success stories

What farmers and partners say.

Real results from the communities we work with across Ghana.

The people behind the progress

Rooted in Ghana.
Growing together.

Four perspectives. One purpose. Meet the farmers, engineers and business minds making agriculture easier.

John Wobil

Chief Executive Officer

Meet John

Electrical engineer, inventor and rice farmer with 12+ years in agricultural machinery. He led development of the patent-pending multi-stage thresher and oversees engineering and manufacturing.

Agricultural machineryElectrical engineeringProduct innovationIntellectual property

Erica Adjoa Appiah

Chief Finance & Marketing Officer

Meet Erica

Growth marketer with 8 years of experience leading Wobil's finance, supply chain, commercialization, partnerships, fundraising and growth strategy.

Growth marketingFinance & supply chainPartnershipsFundraising

Solomon Akutinga

Human Resources and Partnerships Lead

Meet Solomon

Agricultural economist and agribusiness expert with 7 years of experience, leading people, partnerships and community engagement across Wobil's operating districts.

Agricultural economicsAgribusinessHuman resourcesCommunity engagement