Tomato 'Moneymaker' | Thompson & Morgan

Our affordable and durable tools are sold through a private sector supply chain to ensure sustainability and promote the broader economic development of the markets in which we work.

We promote and mass-market the pumps to farmers, partner companies, and organizations working with farmers in Africa to incorporate the life-changing technologies into their programs. Our Nairobi-based Product Intelligence and Development PID team is always refining and developing new technologies to meet the evolving needs of small-scale farmers.

To meet this need, KickStart developed and is currently testing two farmer friendly financing options to increase access to MoneyMaker pumps for the poorest farming families. Please leave this field empty.

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The PID team is developing and testing design options for an entry-level pump that will retail for about half the price of our current lowest-cost pump.

KickStart has designed and field tested a shallow water surface solar pump and is currently market testing the pump in Kenya. KickStart is partnering with a leading designer and manufacturer of low-cost DC electric motors and pumps.

Tomato Seeds | Thompson & Morgan

Together, we are developing a very low-cost submersible solar pump that will be field tested in Kenya. Mobile Layaway is a micro-savings service which enables a poor farmer to save to purchase a pump by making micro-payments toward pump ownership through their mobile phone.

Mobile Layaway has enabled more women to save up to purchase pumps and also provided opportunities for pump adoption among a poorer segment of farmers.

These farmers then make payments on the pump as they use it to grow crops with a final balloon payment scheduled 5 months later, when farmers would have earned money from their first major harvest. Box Nairobi Kenya. Box KN North Kaneshie Accra, Ghana.