R500 000 - R5 Million

R500 000 - R5 Million

AYANGO BIODIESEL

Submitted by admin on July 25, 2023

Goal

To increase harvesting capacity through purchase of tools of trade (chainsaws, PPE, etc)

Investment Range / ROI

R500 000 - R5 Million
ROI - 35% pa

Public or Private Sector

This is a Private Sector Opportunity

Investment Readiness

Environment & Social Impact

• Job Creation
• SMME Development
• Socio-economic Development
• Net Biodiversity Gains
• Food Security

SDGs

Investment Opportunity at a Glance

 

Land Ownership and Governance

Land Ownership

Fully Restituted land with title deeds
The land is owned by the community

 

Governance Structure

Private Limited

Land Size

200 Hectares

Location

Eastern Cape

Investment Opportunity Assessment

Ecological Infrastructure


Core Operations

  • Land/veld management 
  • Invasive alien plant clearing and harvesting 
  • Invasive alien and plant benefaction
  • Water security

 

Investment Opportunities

 

  • Clearing of invasive alien species
  • Biomass beneficiation so as to drive economic benefit in addition to environmental benefit
  • Job creation to the unemployable due to lack of skills and education
  • Saving of water that is otherwise consumed by the invasive aliens
  • Enhancing biodiversity impact through clearing of invasive alien species

 

Investment Requirements

 

Investment Range Required
‍R500 000- R5 million

Type of Investment Required
‍Capital Expenditure
Infrastructure Funding
Working Capital
Other Goods & Services

Funding Type for Financial Requirements
‍Debt, Grant

Non-Financial Requirements
‍Capacity building

Value Proposition and Enablers

 

Value Proposition

  • Job creation
  • Saving water
  • Clearing invasive alien species with a view to optimise biomass for beneficiation purposes
  • Creating grazing land for the livestock

 

Key  Enablers

  • Abundance of invasive alien species: black wattle and eucalyptus
  • Trained and experienced staff members since they were involved in other related invasive alien clearing activities
  • Ready export market for firewood with an Off-take agreement over a 5 year period
  • Access to the forest/farm where the trees are
  • Logistics costs are mitigated

Business Operations

Ecological infrastructure

Primary Customers

 

Cape Town based company that is exporting firewood to UK

Active Business Entities

 

Ayango Biodiesel (Pty) Ltd.

About this Opportunity

 

 

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