Sayetech
SAYeTECH Company Limited is a Ghanaian agritech company founded in 2018 that designs, manufactures, and sells IoT-enabled post-harvest machinery — including multi-crop threshers, grain cleaners, and cocoa pod breakers — for African smallholder farmers, with grant-supported deployments via USAID, AGRA, and iDE.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2018
- HeadquartersKumasi, Ghana
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Sayetech does
SAYeTECH Company Limited is a Ghanaian agricultural-technology company founded in 2018 that designs, manufactures, and sells IoT-enabled post-harvest agricultural machinery for African smallholder farmers. The company's flagship product is the ST6000 Gen II Multi-Crop Thresher — a multi-crop machine covering maize, rice, sorghum, millet, soybean, and cowpea — supported by a broader product line that includes the Multi Grain Cleaner 2.0, a Cocoa Pod Breaking Machine, Cereal Dryer, Posho Mill, Animal Feed Mixer/Chaff Cutter/Mill, Electric LPG Oven, an Organic Fertilizer & Biogas Producing Machine, and an in-development Multi Crop Thresher Gen III. Equipment is locally designed and manufactured in Ejisu-Ampabame, Kumasi using AutoDesk Inventor CAD tooling and locally sourced or recycled materials, and is engineered to reduce post-harvest losses from roughly 30% to under 2% and cut threshing time from approximately two weeks per acre to under two hours. A companion SAYeTECH mobile app and upcoming IoT sensors are intended to deliver telematics, preventive maintenance, spare-parts ordering, marketplace access, and embedded financial services to machine owners.
The company operates a hybrid revenue model combining hardware sales (ST6000 at approximately US$4,064 per unit plus US$568 shipping, with cocoa pod breakers and larger units sold via quote), usage-based threshing services operated either by SAYeTECH directly or by entrepreneur-licensees (US$15–34/hour by crop), after-sales spare parts and maintenance contracts, and outsourced computer-aided mechanical engineering design services. Distribution spans direct online sales through sayetech.io, direct on-farm threshing, an agripreneur franchise model in which local operators purchase a thresher and charge neighboring farmers per-hour fees, grant-funded deployment partnerships with development finance institutions (USAID/Feed the Future, AGRA, iDE, WFP), and limited international export of threshers. SAYeTECH is led by co-founders Jeffrey Appiagyei (CEO and Corporate Lead) and Theodore Ohene-Botchway (CTO and Co-founder), with a 1–10 person core team anchored in Ghana and supported by accelerator, university (KNUST), engineering (ASME, Fraunhofer), and software (Autodesk) partners. Capital to date is modest — anchored by a US$50,000 equity investment from the 2023 MEST Africa Challenge, an undisclosed cash grant from the 2019 ASME ISHOW Kenya win that funded the Kumasi manufacturing facility, and over US$65,000 in Autodesk Inventor software in-kind support since 2018.
Sayetech firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Sayetech
- Legal name
- SAYeTECH Company Limited
- Website
- https://sayetech.io
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2018
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- SAYeTECH Company Limited is a Ghanaian agritech company founded in 2018 that designs, manufactures, and sells IoT-enabled post-harvest machinery — including multi-crop threshers, grain cleaners, and cocoa pod breakers — for African smallholder farmers, with grant-supported deployments via USAID, AGRA, and iDE.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Sayetech industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Agricultural Machinery / Post-Harvest Processing Equipment
- NAICS
- Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333111), Crop Harvesting, Primarily by Machine (115113)
- SIC
- Farm Machinery & Equipment (3523), Agricultural Services (700)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Agricultural Processing Equipment (On-farm) (IMAHACAL)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Harvesting & Forage Equipment (IMAHACAD), Livestock & Dairy Equipment (IMAHACAG)
Keywords
Where Sayetech is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Kumasi
- HQ country
- Ghana
- HQ region
- Africa
Offices1 record
Markets served
Sayetech business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Hardware Sales of Agricultural Machinery: Direct sales of manufactured smart post-harvest machines including the ST6000 Multi-Crop Thresher, Multi Grain Cleaner 2.0, Cocoa Pod Breaking Machine, Cereal Dryer, Posho Mill, Animal Feed Mixer/Chaff Cutter/Mill, Electric Powered LPG Oven, Tarpaulins, and Organic Fertilizer & Biogas Producing Machine. ST6000 thresher priced at approximately US$4,064 plus US$568 shipping; Cocoa Pod Breaking Machine sold via quote.
- Direct Threshing & Service Provision: SAYeTECH directly provides threshing and post-harvest services to farmers in select areas. Also enables entrepreneur-operated threshing service businesses where farmers-as-customers pay per-hour threshing fees (e.g., $19/hour maize, $34/hour millet, $15/hour rice).
- Computer-Aided Mechanical Engineering Design Services: Provision of computer-aided mechanical engineering design services to external clients to meet product design needs.
- After-Sales Servicing & Spare Parts: Pricing for spare parts, prompt maintenance services, and operator training — sold both to thresher owners and as part of broader service support to threshing-service entrepreneurs.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | ST6000 Multi-Crop Thresher — one-time purchase |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Cocoa Pod Breaking Machine — quote-based |
| Usage-based | Pay-as-you-go | Threshing Services — usage-based pricing |
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | CAD/Mechanical Design Services — quote-based |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels7 records
Sayetech product offering
Product offeringCore offering
SAYeTECH designs and manufactures smart, IoT-enabled post-harvest agricultural machinery (multi-crop threshers, grain cleaners, cocoa pod breakers, cereal dryers, posho mills, animal feed processing equipment, organic fertilizer and biogas machines) in Kumasi, Ghana, serving smallholder farmers, agripreneurs, agribusinesses, and development programs across West Africa. The company complements its hardware with usage-based threshing services, CAD/mechanical engineering design services, and a mobile app ecosystem offering maintenance, marketplace access, and financial services.
Product overview
SAYeTECH (Sayetech) is a Ghanaian agricultural-technology company that operates as a single hardware-and-IoT platform with a portfolio of post-harvest machinery modules. The core product is the IoT-enabled ST6000 Gen II Multi-Crop Thresher, supported by the next-generation Multi Crop Thresher Gen III (in development), the Multi Grain Cleaner 2.0, Cereal Dryer, Cocoa Pod Breaking Machine, Posho Mill, Animal Feed Mixer, Animal Feed Chaff Cutter, Animal Feed Mill, Electric Powered LPG Oven, Tarpaulin, and an Organic Fertilizer & Biogas Producing Machine. The platform is unified by the SAYeTECH Mobile App and upcoming IoT Sensors, which deliver telematics, maintenance, marketplace, and financial-services access for owners, and is complemented by CAD/mechanical-engineering design services.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- ST6000 Gen II Multi-Crop Thresher SAYeTECH's flagship IoT-enabled multi-crop thresher that separates grain seed from stalks and husks for maize, rice, sorghum, millet, soybean, cowpea, and more. Reduces post-harvest losses from up to 30% to under 2%, cuts threshing time from approximately two weeks per acre to under two hours, and serves up to 100 farmers per harvest season. Connects to a mobile app for maintenance, marketplace access, and financial services.
- Multi Grain Cleaner 2.0 IoT-enabled multi-grain cleaning machine that removes dust, stones, and impurities from grain, improving quality and market value. AgroCenta processed 2,900 metric tons of maize with the cleaner over two years, reporting straightforward repairs and reliable performance.
- Cocoa Pod Breaking Machine Diesel-powered (18-25 HP) cocoa pod breaking machine that breaks up to 60 cocoa pods per minute, approximately 50 times faster than manual pod openings. Designed with a simple, labour-saving structure, easily replaceable parts, and low fuel consumption (~2 gallons per 8-hour day).
- Cereal Dryer Cereal drying machine designed for post-harvest processing of grains such as maize, soybeans, and rice cereals in African conditions.
- Posho Mill Posho (maize) milling machine for processing grain into flour as part of SAYeTECH's post-harvest machinery line.
- Animal Feed Mixer Machine for mixing animal feed, part of SAYeTECH's livestock-feed processing equipment range.
- Animal Feed Chaff Cutter Chaff cutter used in animal feed preparation, complementing SAYeTECH's feed mill and mixer line.
- Animal Feed Mill Mill for producing animal feed, completing SAYeTECH's livestock-feed processing equipment offering.
- Electric Powered LPG Oven Electric-powered LPG oven for post-harvest processing use cases.
- Tarpaulin Tarpaulin product offered as an agricultural accessory alongside SAYeTECH's machinery line.
- Organic Fertilizer & Biogas Producing Machine Machine that produces organic fertilizer and biogas from agricultural waste, extending SAYeTECH's portfolio beyond threshing and cleaning into renewable on-farm inputs.
- SAYeTECH Mobile App Companion mobile application that connects to IoT-enabled threshers, providing maintenance services, spare-parts ordering, harvest/farm data, a marketplace for agricultural inputs and buyers, and access to financial services.
- CAD / Mechanical Engineering Design Services Computer-aided mechanical engineering design service offered to external clients, using tools such as Autodesk Inventor to support product design needs.
- Direct Threshing & Post-Harvest Service Provision SAYeTECH directly provides threshing and post-harvest services to farmers in select areas, with entrepreneur-operated threshing services priced at $19/hour maize, $34/hour millet, and $15/hour rice.
- After-Sales Servicing, Spare Parts, and Operator Training Spare parts, prompt maintenance services, and operator training sold to thresher owners and as part of broader service support to threshing-service entrepreneurs.
Quantifiable outcome
- Reduces post-harvest losses from ~30% to less than 2%
- +11 more outcomes
Companies that use Sayetech
Customer profileNamed customers9 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
Sayetech technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability3 records
Feature8 records
Sayetech partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Autodesk & Autodesk FoundationcoreAutodesk has provided over US$65,000 worth of software (AutoDesk Inventor) to SAYeTECH since 2018, unlocked via the DesignNext Africa finalist award. AutoDesk Inventor powers the design of every product — from multi-crop threshers to cocoa pod breakers.
- World Food Programme (WFP)coreWFP logo displayed in the "Trusted by" section on the SAYeTECH homepage, signaling endorsement by the United Nations food-assistance body.
- European UnioncoreEU logo displayed in the "Trusted by" section on the SAYeTECH homepage, signaling institutional endorsement.
- Impulse AcceleratorminorAccelerator partner listed in SAYeTECH's "Our Partners" section on the homepage.
- Israeli Mass ChallengeminorAccelerator partner listed in SAYeTECH's "Our Partners" section on the homepage.
- EnpactminorStartup-support partner listed in SAYeTECH's "Our Partners" section.
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)coreUniversity partner displayed on the homepage "Our Partners" section; also a key source of interns and graduates (e.g., Musah Adomah, Justina Lartey, Emmanuella Mensah).
- FraunhoferminorGerman applied-research organization listed as a partner in SAYeTECH's "Our Partners" section.
- 2SCALEminorPartner listed in SAYeTECH's "Our Partners" section on the homepage.
- Embassy of Israel in GhanaminorEmbassy listed as a partner in SAYeTECH's "Our Partners" section, alongside Mass Challenge Israel.
- UMAPminorUMAP logo displayed in the "Our Partners" section of the homepage.
- FONminorFON logo displayed in the "Our Partners" section of the homepage.
- Ingénieurs du MondeminorEngineering NGO displayed in the "Our Partners" section of the homepage.
- SESI TechnologiesminorGhana-based agritech peer; SESI products (hermetic storage bags, GrainMate moisture meter) are recommended in SAYeTECH's blog posts, and both companies co-won at ASME ISHOW Kenya 2019.
Scale indicators21 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Sayetech competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- AGCO (incl. Massey Ferguson): Global agricultural equipment manufacturer with Africa-focused brands (Massey Ferguson, Valtra, Fendt). Competes in tractors, combine harvesters, and post-harvest equipment serving the same smallholder and commercial farming customers as SAYeTECH.
- Mahindra & Mahindra (Farm Equipment): Indian tractor and farm equipment manufacturer with established African distribution, including assembly operations in several African markets. Competes in the same agricultural-mechanization category as SAYeTECH at the broader tractor/implement level.
- John Deere (Sub-Saharan Africa): Global agricultural machinery OEM with an active Sub-Saharan Africa presence selling tractors, combine harvesters, and implements. Serves the same smallholder and commercial farmer base as SAYeTECH but from a large-scale, capital-intensive imported-equipment model.
Emerging players
- Kubo Greenhouse / Ecodudu: African agritech startups applying IoT and hardware innovation to smallholder agriculture (greenhouses, organic fertilizer from waste). Tangentially comparable to SAYeTECH's IoT-enabled, locally-manufactured hardware approach for African smallholder farmers.
- Hello Tractor: Nigerian-founded agritech operating an IoT-enabled tractor-sharing platform for smallholder farmers across Africa. Comparable to SAYeTECH in applying IoT/telematics to agricultural machinery and operating an entrepreneur-led equipment service model, although Hello Tractor focuses on land preparation rather than post-harvest processing.
- Tulaa: Kenyan/Ghanaian agritech platform providing market access, financing, and input loans to smallholder farmers. Targets the same smallholder customer base and benefits from the same donor ecosystem as SAYeTECH, with overlapping focus on reducing post-harvest losses.
Regional players
- ColdHubs: Nigerian agritech operating solar-powered cold storage rooms for smallholder farmers to reduce post-harvest losses. Featured alongside SAYeTECH in the MEST Africa AgriTech Report; both target West African smallholder farmers with hardware-enabled post-harvest loss reduction.
- Tractors for Africa: African-focused organization distributing and financing tractors and farm equipment for smallholder farmers; listed as a notable SAYeTECH customer. Operates in the same African mechanization space but focuses on tractor access rather than post-harvest processing.
Others
- AgroCenta: Ghanaian agritech digital platform connecting smallholder farmers to markets; a documented SAYeTECH customer that purchased a Multi Grain Cleaner and processed 2,900 metric tons of maize over two years. Adjacent ecosystem player serving the same smallholder base, with a customer/supplier relationship to SAYeTECH.
Direct peers
- SESI Technologies: Ghanaian agritech that designs and manufactures post-harvest handling and storage technology (hermetic storage bags, GrainMate moisture meter). Co-won ASME ISHOW Kenya 2019 with SAYeTECH and recommended in SAYeTECH's blog, serving the same Ghanaian smallholder farmer base with complementary post-harvest solutions.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Sayetech leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles9 records
Sayetech funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds5 records
Investors5 records
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Sayetech M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Sayetech
What does Sayetech do?
SAYeTECH designs and manufactures smart, IoT-enabled post-harvest agricultural machinery (multi-crop threshers, grain cleaners, cocoa pod breakers, cereal dryers, posho mills, animal feed processing equipment, organic fertilizer and biogas machines) in Kumasi, Ghana, serving smallholder farmers, agripreneurs, agribusinesses, and development programs across West Africa. The company complements its hardware with usage-based threshing services, CAD/mechanical engineering design services, and a mobile app ecosystem offering maintenance, marketplace access, and financial services.
Is Sayetech a public or private company?
Sayetech is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Sayetech founded?
Sayetech was founded in 2018. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Sayetech based?
Sayetech is headquartered in Kumasi, Ghana, in the Africa region.
How does Sayetech make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Hardware Sales of Agricultural Machinery is the primary driver. The others are direct Threshing & Service Provision, computer-Aided Mechanical Engineering Design Services and after-Sales Servicing & Spare Parts.
Who are Sayetech's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are AGCO (incl. Massey Ferguson), Mahindra & Mahindra (Farm Equipment) and John Deere (Sub-Saharan Africa). Emerging players are Kubo Greenhouse / Ecodudu, Hello Tractor and Tulaa. Regional players are ColdHubs and Tractors for Africa. AgroCenta is listed as an others. SESI Technologies is listed as a direct peer.
Does Sayetech have an API?
No public API is recorded for Sayetech.
What industry is Sayetech in?
Sayetech's product category is Agricultural Machinery / Post-Harvest Processing Equipment. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAHACAL, Agricultural Processing Equipment (On-farm), with a secondary code of IMAHACAD, Harvesting & Forage Equipment. Its NAICS code is 333111 and its SIC code is 3523.