"Our major focus is to be a plant propagation company offering propagation solutions"

The combination between making good use of the eminent amount of coconut husk waste matter that is being bring forth in Coastal Kenya and the need for coco peat among horticulture growers . That was the understanding for James Kapombe to show his own company Cocogrow in 2018 , source coco peat locally . Right after the governance , the company was award as one of the 15 most bright startups and need chop-chop surpassed the provision . The business is expanding and of late , Kapombe has been nominated for Foya Awards Agripreneur of the year ( under 30 , Kenya ) . " Our major focal point is to be a plant generation company offering propagation answer . "

James Kapombe

The bulk of the coco peat in Kenya is imported from India and Sri Lanka , but with his production readiness , Kapombe is eager to change these figures in the future . Over the last years , since the organization of his company ( read more about it in our article that we publish right after the establishment on FloralDaily.com ) , he expanded and lead off to append more and more cultivator in Kenya with his locally sourced and bring about coco peat .

Besides that , he is busy with many more projects , like bio rebirth of cocos " The conventional process of buffering uses up a lot of water which is unsustainable hence we are working trial run on bio composting of the sensitive cocos . "

And his work has n’t gone unnoticed . Recently , he has beennominated for the Foya Awards Agripreneur of the year(under 30 , Kenya ) Foya Awards is an annual awards ceremony launch in November 2016 and live to recognize and appreciate youthful founder contributing to the development of the African continent while creating sustainable jobs through entrepreneurship and inspire others to start their own businesses .

" So far , it has been an amazing 2 year , we made a quite a little of mistakes but we have ascertain a spate . COVID 19 , for example , was a challenge , but it helped us to review our business organisation scheme , processes and sustainability . There was an increasing demand from home gardeners , people were home and slowly picked up gardening . These pocket-size growers sustained us through the tough period when output in flower and ornamental had stalled . It ’s an market section we would fuck to pursue in the short condition but our major focus is to be a industrial plant propagation company offering propagation solutions . All in all , we learnt quite a lot from our customers , partner and we are delirious about the future . "

For more informationCocogrowJames KapombeEmail:[email protected]www.cocogrow.co.keFacebook : www.facebook.com / cocogroww