Services and Products for Agriculture and Agro-Industry in Mozambique

Rui Brandão, Business Developer at TECAP (Tecnologia e Consultoria Agro-Pecuária), gives an overview of the company.

“TECAP is probably one of the biggest players in the agricultural sector in Mozambique, with a 25-year track record in supplying inputs and equipment for agriculture. We have a very interesting plan to grow the brand and the concept of ‘Casa do Agricultor’ (i.e. farmer’s house) across the country, in order to provide solutions to farmers and allow them to buy inputs, receive technical assistance and have access to mechanization, as well as helping them find a market for their products. Our plan is to establish 40 shops over the next 40 months; which is very challenging, but we believe that agriculture is the way forward for Mozambique and we want to be part of it”, says Rui Brandão.

“We have all the capacity in place to organize the logistics, we have the brands and we have done it ourselves. We are managing a shop with the Casa do Agricultor brand, which has been successful, and people who would like to come on board on a franchise basis have approached us. That’s essentially our model, and we have several potential entrepreneurs on a waiting list to work with us. I have to admit that it’s ambitious, but it’s worth a try”, he adds.