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Start Your Business and Create Wealth

Seminar at Makerere University 21 February 2012 21 February 2012

• Mr. Juvenal Turatsinze, BEng, MA

Founder of Africa Do Business Ltd

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Live a Life of Purpose

• Who are you now and where are you now?

(Physically, Economically, Socially, Intellectually, Spiritually,)

• Who and What do you want to become?
• What is your Vision?
• What is your Vision?
• What are your goals? (Intellectual, Economical)
• What do you want to achieve? (1 year, 5 years, 10

Years, 20 years, before you die)

• What will be your legacy?

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How to Become Successful?

“If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves”. Thomas Edison

1,093 indivdual indivdual patents: light

bulb, phonograph, electric motion picture camera, etc.

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Become an Entrepreneur

(what you are and how you think)

• Apply your knowledge for economical gain
• Use what you know and what you have to

create wealth or a better living

• What are you the best at?
• What are you the best at?
• If you did not have to work, what would you

do? (Passion)

• What would you like to dedicate to?

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Become an Entrepreneur (cont.)

• Think of something you can do better by

utilising your knowkedge and skills

• What can you initiate or do that can make a

positive change? What is it? positive change? What is it?

• Be visionary, positive, self confident, Risk

taking, committed, perseverant, … www.africa-do-business.com

Agriculture and Food in Africa

• Africa failing in Agriculture. Why?
• Chronic Hunger and Malnutrition
• Expensive food (more than 30% of HH income)
• Imports (Sugar, Rice, Wheat, etc)
• Imports (Sugar, Rice, Wheat, etc)
• What can we do about? Is it possible to

address this situation?

• YES = Move from Subsistance Agriculture to

Market Oriented Agriculture www.africa-do-business.com

Tranform Agriculture

Modern technics

Food Processing www.africa-do-business.com

New Mind Set, New Ideas, ….

• Diversify
• Increase production
• Improve productivity
• Add value
• Add value
• Market, Sell
• Research, Innovate and Develop
• Learn from others, change and act

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Do Business

• Business is what you do
• Things you like to do - Passion
• Things you are good at – Knowledge and Skills
• Idea Generation
• Idea Generation
• Brainstorming
• Evaluation of the Idea
• Peers and friends

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Agri-Business

• You do Agriculture because you like it and you

you are good at it

• Where are agri-business opportunities?
• Food is the most wanted commodity
• Food is the most wanted commodity
• Various Crops
• Crop value chains
• Products and services

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Agri-Business Opportunities

• Food not available or not accessible
• Poor quality and low value of food products
• Food imports (million of US$)
• Food price hikes
• Food price hikes
• Food wastes

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Agri-Business Opportunities (Cont)

• Food diversfication – new products
• Food production, processing, distribution,

marketing

• Research and Development
• Research and Development
• Services: Consultancy

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Soya Bean – A Business Opportunity

• Soya bean, a miracle crop in Asia, USA
• Has contributed most to building food security

in America and Asia

• Is a cash crop in developed countries (USA,
• Is a cash crop in developed countries (USA,

Brasil, Argentina)- quoted on stock exchanges

• Utilisation in Animal feeds and Human foods
• Require minimum capital investment

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Soya Bean Production

Soya Bean Plantation Soya Bean Seeds

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Soya Business Opportunities

• Production: production and distribution of seeds,

production of inputs (ex. Rhizobium), production of soya bean grains

• Processing: Animal feeds, human foods: oil, flour,

milk, tofu, yogurt, Tasty Soy Protein (TSP), etc. milk, tofu, yogurt, Tasty Soy Protein (TSP), etc.

• Distribution: Transport, Packaging, Whole sales,

retails

• Marketing & Sales: soya inputs, soya products, soya

machinery, soya restaurants, etc.

• Services: Consultancy, R&D, Extension services, etc.

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Soya Products

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Soya Businesses Profitability

Investment < 100 US$ <1,000 US$ <10,000 US$ >10,000 US$ Production of grains or seeds

Plantation up to 1 acre Plantation up to 10 acres Plantation up to 100 acres Plantation beyond 100 acres

Processing (soya millk,

up to 50 litres per day with Up to 200 lr/day with an soya up to 500lr/day with Soya Cow Soya foods or Animal feed

(soya millk, tofu and soya frour)

per day with electric blender with an soya milk maker with Soya Cow systems or up to 1 ton of soya flour Animal feed Manufacturing with automatic units

Trade and Services

Distribution of milk on a bike of 50 lit minimum Retail Sales of grains on local market ; Consultancy Whole sale of grains; Soy restaurant Transport and distribution of grains

Possible Annual Profits

500 US$ 5,000 US$ 10,000 US$ 50,000 US$

Soya Machinery

Soya Cow – up to 5,000US$ Grain Mill – up to 10,000 US$

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Conclusion

• Let us make Africa free from Hunger and

malnutrition

• Not by Aid but by Agri-Business
• It is up to you, to us all to make right choices
• It is up to you, to us all to make right choices
• Let us make a difference in our lives and in the

lives of others

• Yes, Africans, We Can Do Business!

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Thank You

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