Solutions

The Panim Opportunity

Panim is a climate and agri-tech integrator connecting data, finance, and technology to unlock green growth and carbon value across Africa's supply chains.

Value creation pathways

Strategic pillars

Green finance structuring

Panim designs and operationalizes financing instruments backed by real-time sustainability data, including:

  • Blended finance facilities
  • Green loans
  • Sustainability-linked financing
  • Results-based financing
  • Carbon and nature credit integration

Value created

Unlocks concessional finance and accelerates green portfolio growth.

Data & intelligence

Panim develops climate, nature, and agri-tech data platforms integrating:

  • Satellite intelligence
  • IoT systems
  • Farm-level data collection

These platforms support the identification and development of green investment pipelines while enabling measurable sustainability reporting.

Additional capabilities include:

  • Biodiversity footprinting
  • Natural capital accounting
  • Nature Data-as-a-Service (DaaS)

Value created

Provides verifiable metrics for finance, sustainability, and carbon reporting.

Innovation & productisation

Panim collaborates with strategic partners to develop:

  • Methane-reducing feed solutions
  • Regenerative agricultural inputs
  • Traceability technologies

The company also applies "Problem - Solution - Product" thinking to support green pipeline development and nature-positive products.

Value created

Reduces emissions while creating carbon and nature credit revenue opportunities.

Scale the commodities trading & analytics business

Priority 2

Panim operations

Operations

Commodities traded

  • Soybean
  • Maize
  • Sorghum
  • Legumes and pulses:
    • Beans
    • Peas
    • Lentils

3,000 MT

Annual traded volume in FY2024

Current business model

  • Transactional buying and selling
  • B2B customer base including:
    • Feed manufacturers
    • Food processors
    • Aid agencies across East Africa

Operational highlights

  • Revenue growth averaging 25% YoY since inception
  • Limited value addition focused on storage and logistics margins
  • Building dedicated trading and market analytics capabilities

25%

YoY growth (avg.)

Market opportunity

Priority 2

Africa's agri-commodity trade exceeds USD 50 billion annually, yet the sector remains fragmented, opaque, and under-digitized.

Key market gaps

  • 1Limited price discovery
  • 2Poor storage efficiency
  • 3Weak risk management systems
  • 4Limited data visibility
  • 5Inefficient logistics
  • 6Information asymmetry

Growing demand

Demand is increasing for:

  • Structured trade systems
  • Traceable sourcing
  • AI-enabled forecasting

Particularly from processors, institutional buyers, and export markets.

Build climate-smart logistics hubs

Priority 3

Current context

Panim currently relies on third-party storage facilities, limiting inventory flow control, traceability, and energy efficiency.

Many existing facilities are energy-intensive, poorly insulated, and lack integrated monitoring systems for temperature, moisture, and product quality.

As operations scale, logistics inefficiencies increase costs by 10-15% and reduce market responsiveness.

Industry challenges

Kenya loses approximately USD 1.2 billion annually from post-harvest losses

Less than 10% of perishable produce benefits from cold-chain handling

Poor cold storage contributes to losses of approximately KES 150-200 billion annually

Climate-smart logistics market opportunity

Priority 3

Regional growth

Demand is rising for regional storage and aggregation hubs serving Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and export corridors including Mombasa, Naivasha, and Kampala.

The East African logistics market is projected to grow at 8-10% CAGR, driven by food security needs, trade integration, and export diversification.

8-10%

Projected East African logistics market CAGR

Sustainability shift

Climate change and energy volatility are accelerating demand for solar-powered facilities and climate-controlled logistics infrastructure.

Panim's strategic opportunity

Panim can support clients with net-zero commitments by reducing warehousing and material handling emissions, which account for approximately 13% of supply chain emissions.

13%

Approx. share of supply chain emissions from warehousing & material handling

  • 1Reducing post-harvest and storage losses
  • 2Lowering emissions intensity per ton traded
  • 3Capturing logistics margins currently outsourced
  • 4Expanding partnerships with aggregators, SMEs, and exporters

Core value drivers

  • Greater operational control and supply chain visibility

  • Reduced carbon footprint aligned with ESG and green finance goals

  • Integrated market intelligence and trading analytics platforms