Kayonza, Rwanda
So folks, hope you are back to non Red-black wear, if there is anyone out there who did not receive a ‘Happy Valentines message’, that does not mean you are not loved, it has come late, but SHE loves you!
Last week on Friday I went on a Banana fiber (SHE Raw materials) hunting trip.
So a friend of mine, conversant with the Eastern region-Rwanda, an area with the largest banana growing population, traveled with me, to show me around the land of bananas, you will not believe the amount of stems thrown around and the sizes of the plantations.
We visited one farmer, who has acres of land with bananas, and surrounded by another 5-6 farmers of the same, they were all interested in hearing what we need the banana stems for and how possibly these stems can amazingly produce great hygiene products like sanitary pads.
I took time to show them the extraction process, I was even promised extracted samples which I will go to see in the next one week.
I came back with a bunch of banana, in case anyone wants to join me for a banana buffet!
So this morning, Fatima (our M&E expert) and I had a session of brainstorming over the chain of supply and distribution.
Do not go away; watch out for our brilliant brainstorming reporting on ‘Raw materials supply-production and distribution’
Julian
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