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Smart Green · Mauritania · Agricultural Investment

Africa's largestuntapped potential.

Three independent, scalable businesses — drone precision services, integrated rice milling, and organic bio-fertilizer — built on the same fertile ground along the Senegal River.

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Drone · Harvester · Mill — Senegal River Region
Three independent businesses —
each profitable on its own, unstoppable together.
100K+
Hectares Addressable
$15M+
Combined Revenue Potential
~15 mo.
Rice Mill Payback
Our Three Projects

Each stands alone.
Together, they dominate.

Drones, rice milling, and bio-fertilizer share the same network and infrastructure — yet each can be scaled fully independently across any number of hectares.

01 — Precision Agriculture

Agricultural
Drone Services

Autonomous drones for any crop, any field, any region. Mapping, spraying, fertilizer delivery — priced per hectare, scalable to hundreds of thousands of hectares.

~$3M+ Revenue / Year 65–70% Margin
02 — Rice Processing

Rice Mill &
Combine Fleet

1,000 t/day mill + 14 combine harvesters. Toll-milling model: zero commodity risk, ~$12M annual revenue, ~15-month payback on ~$6.6M CAPEX.

~$12M Revenue / Year ~15 mo. Payback
03 — Circular Economy

Bio-Fertilizer
Production

Organic fertilizer from rice husks and crop residues — sold to any farm, delivered by drone. A zero-waste revenue stream fully independent of the rice mill.

~$1.5M Revenue / Year 60–70% Margin
Project 01 — Drone Services
Project 01

Drones —
no field limits.

Not tied to rice. Not tied to the mill. Our drone program serves any crop, any farmer, any region — priced at $15–25/ha for spraying, $5–10/ha for mapping. West Africa ag drone market grows at 22% CAGR.

Drone Revenue Model
Spraying — 18,000 ha × ~$18/ha × 2 seasons~$650K / year
Mapping & monitoring services~$150K / year
Scale to 50,000+ ha addressable~$2–3M / year
Fleet CAPEX (10 drones, incl. freight)~$150K
Operating Margin~65–70%

Mapping & NDVI Analysis — $5–10/ha

Multispectral imaging for crop health, moisture stress, yield forecasting. Every farm type, every crop.

Precision Spraying — $15–25/ha

GPS-guided application cuts chemical use by 20–35%. Highest-margin service in the portfolio.

Bio-Fertilizer Delivery — bundled upsell

Drone delivers our own bio-fertilizer from Project 03. Two revenue streams, one flight.

Scalable across all of West Africa

Mauritania is the launchpad. Same model, same drones, new regions — no additional infrastructure needed.

Project 02 — Rosso, Senegal River
Project 02 — Core Investment

Rice Mill &
Combine Fleet.

The flagship: 14 combine harvesters operational from Day 1, plus a 1,000 t/day mill coming online in 2027. Toll-milling means we keep 20–25% of every tonne processed — no commodity purchase, no price risk.

Rice Mill P&L
Milling revenue (13,160 t × $700/t)~$9.2M / year
Harvesting revenue (18,000 ha × $200/ha)~$3.6M / year
Total annual OPEX~$570K / year
Total CAPEX~$6.6M
Free Cashflow / Year~$12.2M

1,000 t/day capacity — 90 operating days/year

Two 45-day seasons, fully automated. Rice husk powers the dryer — near-zero energy cost.

14 combine harvesters — revenue from Day 1

Harvesters generate ~$3.6M in Year 1 before the mill opens. Machines pay for themselves immediately.

Toll-milling — zero commodity risk

We never buy paddy. Revenue is a guaranteed % of output regardless of market price movements.

Retail packaging upside

Moving from bulk ($700/t) to branded 10 kg sacks ($1,300/t) can push milling revenue to $17M/year.

Project 03 — Circular Economy
Project 03

Bio-Fertilizer —
waste turned profit.

Rice husks become premium organic fertilizer via biochar conversion. Sold to any farm, delivered by drone. Independent of mill cycles, near-zero raw material cost, 60–70% gross margins.

Bio-Fertilizer Revenue Model
Feedstock cost (mill by-product)~$0
Production cost (pyrolysis + bagging)~$80–120/t
Local selling price West Africa~$250–400/t
Est. 5,000 t/year initial production~$1.5M revenue
Gross Margin~60–70%

Zero raw material cost

Rice husks are a mill by-product previously burned as waste. We convert them to income.

Drone delivery — double revenue per flight

The same drone that maps or sprays delivers our bio-fertilizer. Two revenue streams, one cost.

Every hectare is a customer

Not limited to rice fields. Any crop, any farmer. Mauritania imports nearly all its fertilizer — we replace that.

22.5% CAGR — organic inputs market, West Africa

Demand for organic inputs accelerates as chemical fertilizer costs spike and soils degrade across the region.

Vision 2030

The Complete Cycle.

No one has done this at scale in Mauritania. From soil preparation to supermarket shelf — and back to the soil. First-mover advantage is everything.

Step 01
Land Preparation
Tractor fleet prepares soil and irrigation. The foundation for every revenue stream that follows.
Step 02
Seeding & Crop Care
Mechanized sowing. Bio-fertilizer applied via drone during this phase — Projects 01 and 03 working in tandem.
Project 01 + 03
2026
Step 03
Harvest
14 combine harvesters cover 200 ha/day. Farmers pay per hectare — revenue from Day 1, every season.
Project 02
Step 04
Transport
Own truck fleet. Field to mill direct. No middlemen — the logistics layer that locks in the value chain.
2027
Step 05
Mill, Dry & Convert
1,000 t/day mill processes paddy. Husks power the dryer. Leftover husks become bio-fertilizer feedstock — zero waste.
Project 02 + 03
Step 06
Pack, Sell & Return
Branded rice hits local markets. Bio-fertilizer returns to the fields via drone. The cycle begins again — at greater scale.
Project 02 + 03
Drones map & spray
—
Harvesters collect
—
Mill processes
—
Husks become fertilizer
—
Drones deliver it back
The Scale

Mauritania is
just the start.

The Senegal River valley is one of Africa's most fertile, most underutilised agricultural belts. No one has built an integrated operation here at scale.

18,000 ha
Phase 1 / Year
100K+ ha
Addressable Potential
0%
Import Duty on Equipment
First Mover
No comparable competitor
Why Now?

Political tailwind.
Historical window.

The Mauritanian government is actively expanding rice cultivation and has made import substitution a top political priority. Fertile land is available, regulation is favorable, Chinese machinery arrives at 3–4× below Western cost with zero import duty.

Farmers have zero mechanized capacity. They do not choose us — they depend on us. That structural dependency across all three businesses is our deepest competitive moat.

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Why Smart Green

Six reasons this model works.

01
Pull Model
Farmers have zero mechanized capacity. They cannot choose a competitor — there are none. Demand is structurally guaranteed across all three projects.
02
Zero Commodity Risk
Toll-milling and service fees only. We never purchase raw materials. Revenue is a guaranteed percentage of output, immune to price swings.
03
Ultra-Low OPEX
Mauritanian wages, rice-husk energy, Chinese machinery at 3–4× below Western cost. The entire operation runs on ~$570K/year OPEX.
04
Triple Synergy
Drones deliver bio-fertilizer. Mill produces fertilizer feedstock. Harvesters generate the farmer relationships that sell all three services.
05
Government Tailwind
National policy actively expands rice cultivation. Import substitution is a top political priority. We swim with the tide, not against it.
06
First Mover
No integrated operator exists in Mauritania at this scale. The market belongs to whoever builds first. We are already building.
The Team

Two founders.
One runs the country.
One runs the machines.

Co-Founder & Managing Director
Samer Catalan
  • Deep network in Mauritanian government & ministries
  • Manages permits, land acquisition & bureaucracy
  • Farmer relations and regional trust-building
  • Political alignment with national rice policy
  • Believes Mauritania can feed itself — driven to prove it
Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer
Naceur Khalifa
  • Production engineer — builds and operates everything
  • Agricultural roots — grew up understanding the land
  • International project experience across multiple countries
  • Hands-on, never delegates what he can fix himself
  • Sees this as a once-in-a-generation infrastructure project

Ready to invest in
Mauritania's food future?

Three projects. One vision. Talk directly to the founders — let's build this together.

Samer Catalan — [email protected] Naceur Khalifa
Smart Green
Projects The Cycle Scale Team
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