Pwani Roots.
A co-design phase with coastal cooperatives mapping knowledge gaps in cassava, cashew and small-livestock value chains — setting the brief for the next program cohort.
Listen first. Then scope.
Pwani Roots is a deliberate slow-start. Before designing a program we’re running a four-month co-design phase with eleven coastal cooperatives, mapping where the real knowledge gaps sit in cassava, cashew and small-livestock chains.
The output isn’t an MVP. It’s a brief — a shared statement of the problem worth solving, signed off by the cooperatives that will eventually be the delivery partners.
Three movements of the co-design.
- A.
Listening sessions
Structured visits with eleven cooperatives across three value chains.
- B.
Knowledge-gap map
A documented inventory of information, service and capacity gaps — ranked by impact and feasibility.
- C.
Co-signed brief
A program brief endorsed by the cooperatives that will deliver it — ready for partner co-fund discussions.