Case study · 2026
Comparative analysis of three agricultural projects — 4 ha site in Lobo (Yaoundé)
Private promoter · Lobo, outskirts of Yaoundé
The assignment
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.
Engineering 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
Result: Viability opinion issued: rice farming recommended as the priority (score 75/100, accessible capital, first revenue in 4–6 months), with the move upmarket to tomato then chilli conditioned on the milestones of subsequent phases. The promoter decides on evidence, not on intuition.
- 3
- scenarios assessed
- 7
- weighted criteria
- 5 ans
- of financial projections
Frameworks & standards used in our files
Our deliverables are built to the formats and standards expected by funders and institutions — that is what makes a file genuinely bankable.
- MINADERAgricultural policy and public financing schemes
- ACEFAAgropastoral advisory and collective investment
- BC-PMEFINAGRO and PIISAH agropastoral credit windows
- CamCCULRural cooperative savings and credit network
- BADAgricultural value chains, agri-industrial infrastructure
- AFDValue chains, young agri-entrepreneurs, agrifood SMEs
- ANORCameroonian standards and product certification
- OHADACompany law, security interests and escrow
Reference anonymised out of respect for confidentiality — full file available in a meeting.