Projects assessed on evidence, not on intuition
Every assignment attaches to the XP-NOVA cycle of four phases and thirteen steps, and closes with verifiable deliverables: viability opinions, technical specifications, bankable files. Here are our first references.
Comparative analysis of three agricultural projects — 4 ha site in Lobo (Yaoundé)
Private promoter · Lobo, outskirts of Yaoundé · 2026
A promoter with a 4-hectare plot wanted to commit financially with full knowledge of the facts. The firm assessed three alternative scenarios — rainfed rice farming, greenhouse tomato with a concentrate unit, freeze-dried chilli for export — before any investment decision.
Deliverables submitted
- Three complete business plans (rice, tomato, chilli)
- Weighted decision matrix out of 100 points (7 criteria: capital, profitability, time to revenue, risk, complexity…)
- Five-year financial comparison: revenue, IRR, payback and CAPEX per scenario
- Three-phase investment roadmap, calibrated to financing capacity
- 3
- scenarios assessed
- 7
- weighted criteria
- 5 ans
- of financial projections
Complete engineering of a rice project — rainfed rice NERICA / FARO
Private farm · Lobo, Yaoundé · 2026
Turning the scenario selected by the comparative analysis into a financeable project: a crop protocol adapted to the sub-equatorial climate of Yaoundé (two growing seasons per year), equipment sizing and a file presentable to funders.
Deliverables submitted
- Technical specifications: NERICA 4 / FARO 44 varieties, crop protocol over 2 growing seasons, irrigation system
- Equipment quotation (partial mechanisation: power tiller, thresher)
- CAPEX with annual breakdown and detailed OPEX
- Bankable business plan + investor executive summary
- Pricing schedule and terms of sale
- 2
- growing seasons per year
- 15–20 %
- estimated IRR
- 3–4 ans
- payback
Feasibility studies — greenhouse processing: tomato concentrate & export chilli
Private promoter · Lobo, Yaoundé · 2026
Qualifying two high-value-added processing opportunities: a 2,000 m² greenhouse feeding a double- and triple-concentrate tomato unit (import substitution), and a freeze-dried chilli value chain positioned on the premium export market.
Deliverables submitted
- Complete business plan — 2,000 m² greenhouse + tomato concentrate unit (3 cycles/year)
- Complete business plan — freeze-dried chilli for export (production 12 months/year)
- Business model canvas and value proposition canvas
- Certification plan: ANOR, HACCP, GlobalGAP, EU Organic, FDA
- Phased, progressive investment strategy
- 2 000 m²
- of greenhouse sized
- 22–25 %
- IRR (tomato scenario)
- 5+
- certifications scoped
Out of respect for our clients' confidentiality, references are presented anonymously. Full files can be presented on request, in a meeting.