06/07/2025
Emmanuel Jal & Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk explain: The African Breadbasket Project - a non-profit/for-profit hybrid strategy
"The Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia, Kenya, etc. are saying that they accept that some of them will die due to the ending of USAID, but if they can plant now, not all of them have to die. It will not only feed the people, but give them hope. But now, The African Breadbasket Project that we, GUA Africa, are doing with The Memnosyne Institute & responsible for-profits, like Baroness Verma's NEXUS GREEN & Kalu Ugwuomo's/Mary Ann's UTF Holdings, offers us more than survival, it offers us a way to help communities to build a future!" ~ Emmanuel Jal
" The Memnosyne Institute is glad we could support GUA Africa's, led by Emmanuel Jal's, efforts to get refugees out of the Sudanese war zone to safety. But now you just have people sitting in the dirt. While Philanthropy is the best solution when an immediate action needs to occur to save lives, it isn't realistic that philanthropy should be counted on for their grandchildren. Now, what's needed is an investment so that one day these communities can be self-sustaining.
Many thanks goes to Lord Andrew Stone for conceiving how we can invest via UTF Holdings to support Baroness Verma's "NEXUS GREEN" bringing refrigerated storage to the farmers, helping them benefit from their seat equity instead of taking a huge loss. Many thanks also goes to Kalu Kalu Ugwuomo, Kiddwaya & Terry Waya for their unwavering support and insights as African entrepreneurs.
By creating a non-profit/for-profit hybrid business model, we can triple profits for investors due to the introduction of cold storage, while donating a percentage of profits to keep this program expanding across the African continent both helping refugees t safety and addressing the shortage of food and grain due to the ending of USAID & empowering economies so that one day, they are empowered to become philanthropists in their own right, capable of uplifting their own communities further."
~ Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk