SAYeTECH Picks GhIE’s Engineering Concepts and Innovation Award: A Second Consecutive Win

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GhEI Award 2023 Engineering Concepts and Innovation

SAYeTECH has once again been honored with the Engineering Concepts and Innovations Award at the prestigious Ghana Institute of Engineering (GhIE) Engineering Excellence Awards 2023. This recognition marks our second consecutive win, highlighting our ongoing commitment to driving engineering innovation in Africa’s agricultural sector.

The GhIE Engineering Excellence Awards are a benchmark for recognizing outstanding contributions to engineering and technological advancements within Ghana and the broader African context. SAYeTECH’s dedication to eliminating post-harvest losses by empowering farmers with smart machinery has earned us this great recognition.

Our innovative solutions are tailored to address the crop harvesting challenges faced by African farmers, with a focus on promoting sustainability, productivity, and economic growth. Through precision agriculture technologies like multi-crop threshers, grain cleaners, and cocoa pod breakers, all powered with IoT-enabled devices, SAYeTECH is reshaping the landscape of agriculture in Africa.

 

Being acknowledged by GhIE reaffirms our mission to harness engineering expertise for positive social impact. It motivates us to continue pushing the boundaries of innovation and collaborating with stakeholders to build a brighter future for agriculture across the continent.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to GhIE for this recognition and to our dedicated team whose relentless efforts have made this achievement possible. As we move forward, SAYeTECH remains steadfast in our commitment to driving meaningful change through engineering excellence and transformative solutions.

Join us as we pave the way for a sustainable and prosperous agricultural sector in Africa, where technology and innovation work hand in hand to create lasting positive change. Together, we can build a better tomorrow for farmers and communities across the continent and globally.

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Empowering Women Farmers in Northern Ghana with Agricultural Machinery – Powered By FEED THE FUTURE

Soya farmers with their harvest threshed by Sayetech's multi-crop thresher
Soya farmers threshing their harvest with Sayetech's multi-crop thresher
Photo of soyabean farmers effortlessly threshing their harvest with Sayetech’s multi-crop thresher

For 500 smallholder women farmers in five communities in the Yendi Municipality, located Ghana’s Northern region, the arduous days of manual soybean threshing are becoming a memory, thanks to the grant from USAID supported Feed the Future Ghana Trade and Investment Activity and the innovation of SAYeTECH.

Traditionally, these hardworking women would spend countless hours in the fields, thrashing soybeans with sticks to extract the precious beans. This painstaking process not only demanded immense physical labor but also risked damaging the crops and led to significant post-harvest losses. The dream of efficient farming seemed distant, as the lack of access to modern agricultural machinery left them bound to time-worn methods.

But change was on the horizon. With the introduction of five multi-crop threshers funded by USAID and provided by SAYeTECH, a new era of convenience and efficiency dawned. The machines arrived like heralds of hope in the communities of Zang, Zagbang, Nakpachi, Gukpegu, and Kpasani, transforming the post-harvest season into a period of celebration and prosperity. A staggering 54 metric tons of soya was threshed in just one harvest season, saving each farmer up to a month of arduous threshing time.

The impact was immediate and profound for Musah Afishetu, a 40-year-old farmer among the first to experience the thresher’s efficiency, she marveled at how quickly her heaped soybeans turned into market-ready produce. “It’s like watching years of struggle melt away in a few hours,” she shared, her voice tinged with emotion and disbelief.

Soya farmers with their harvest threshed by Sayetech's multi-crop thresher
Photo of soyabean farmers taken after a successful soya threshing operation

Join us in celebrating this milestone for Yendi’s women farmers, a testament to the power of partnership and innovation.

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Emmanuella Mensah Shares Her SAYeTECH Story

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Pursuing mechanical engineering as a female in Africa is a very daring move. My goal is to make a difference in the lives of many with what I’ve learnt and can do.

Working with Sayetech has been overall intriguing.

Being part and being able to witness how my knowledge is used to practically solve real life problems and change the lives of many in Africa. This is a very big score for me as a female engineer in Africa. I’ve been able to extensively appreciate engineering on a whole new level. Moreover, I’ve been able to enhance my CAD skills, learnt how to work effectively in teams and finally build healthy working relationships with my colleagues.”

 

-EMMANUELLA AGNES MENSAH

Mohammed Miki’s Story at SAYeTECH

When I started working at Sayetech, I was just an operator but over the course of the years, I’ve been able to pick up a few skills here and there.

I can now spot faults and make repairs on some of our machines.

And with patience, continuous effort, readiness to learn and the help of my colleagues and employers, I am now able to do welding and fabrication works for Sayetech that I wouldn’t have otherwise been able to pick up at any other organisation so I’m really grateful to Sayetech for this opportunity.

–MOHAMMED MIKI