Wobil team members with their fabrication tools

Our story

Local roots.
A bigger possibility.

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 team

Made 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.

The journey so far

An idea with roots
in the real world.

We started with a problem we could see. Every step since has been shaped by the farmers we work alongside.

Wobil's agricultural engineering story
The beginning

A harvest worth protecting.

Wobil began in 2021 after seeing rice farmers lose grain to slow threshing and manual cleaning. An early wooden prototype was the first step toward a machine built around their needs.

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Behind every machine

Ingenuity, made by hand.

Inside our workshop at Suame Magazine, Kumasi, local skills turn raw materials into tools that work hard for farmers.

Working together on machine assembly
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What does “climate-smart” mean?

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.

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

Gabriel Wobil

Director of Technical Operations

Meet Gabriel

Rice farmer and agricultural machinery specialist with 17 years of experience, overseeing fabrication, field deployment and technical operations.

Agricultural machineryFabricationField operationsRice production
How we operate

Five principles guide every decision.

Accountability

Transparent reporting on financial, operational and impact outcomes.

Innovation

Continuously improving technology and models for evolving climate challenges.

Inclusion

Meaningful participation of women, youth and underserved farmers.

Sustainability

Balancing commercial viability with environmental stewardship.

Collaboration

Leveraging research, government and farmer-group partnerships.

Want to know where we're headed?

We're scaling toward 10,000 farmers by 2028. Reach out, Wobil is always glad to talk.