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.

Our story
We are farmers, engineers and problem-solvers. Since 2021, we have been building practical tools for a better harvest, right here in Ghana.
Meet the teamMade in Ghana. Made for the people who grow our food.
Our mission
To design and deploy affordable, locally manufactured clean-energy technologies that let smallholder farmers increase productivity, reduce losses and improve livelihoods.
Our vision
To become Africa's leading provider of climate-smart agricultural mechanization, strengthening food security, climate resilience and opportunity for women and youth.
We started with a problem we could see. Every step since has been shaped by the farmers we work alongside.
Inside our workshop at Suame Magazine, Kumasi, local skills turn raw materials into tools that work hard for farmers.
Climate-smart agriculture means farming in a way that raises productivity and incomes while adapting to a changing climate and cutting emissions. For us, that’s practical: our machines run on hybrid solar power instead of diesel, they slash the grain lost after harvest, and they help farmers get more value from every crop, using fewer resources and leaving a lighter footprint on the environment.
Four perspectives. One purpose. Meet the farmers, engineers and business minds making agriculture easier.
Chief Executive Officer
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.
Chief Finance & Marketing Officer
Growth marketer with 8 years of experience leading Wobil's finance, supply chain, commercialization, partnerships, fundraising and growth strategy.
Human Resources and Partnerships Lead
Agricultural economist and agribusiness expert with 7 years of experience, leading people, partnerships and community engagement across Wobil's operating districts.
Director of Technical Operations
Rice farmer and agricultural machinery specialist with 17 years of experience, overseeing fabrication, field deployment and technical operations.
Transparent reporting on financial, operational and impact outcomes.
Continuously improving technology and models for evolving climate challenges.
Meaningful participation of women, youth and underserved farmers.
Balancing commercial viability with environmental stewardship.
Leveraging research, government and farmer-group partnerships.
We're scaling toward 10,000 farmers by 2028. Reach out, Wobil is always glad to talk.