Nadji.Bi Group

What Nadji.Bi Group does

Nadji.Bi Group is a Senegal-based for-profit company founded in 2014 that designs, manufactures, and distributes connected solar-powered equipment for agricultural value chains in West Africa. The company operates an R&D and manufacturing center in Mbour, Senegal, and a training and incubation center (QualiSolaire Sénégal) in Dakar hosted at CFPT-SJ. Its core commercial products are Woomal Mbay (connected solar water pumps equipped with digital remote monitoring and control for irrigation) and Walalma (a network of connected off-grid solar hubs offering hulling, milling, freezing, and digital payment services). Complementary non-revenue-generating units include QualiSolaire Sénégal (solar entrepreneurship vocational training, supported by the African Development Bank through PDCEJ) and QualiPro Sénégal (a public-private professional performance and employability laboratory).

The company's technology stack centers on IoT-enabled solar hardware with real-time remote monitoring, collecting farming and environmental impact data across the deployed pump and hub network. Its revenue model is primarily one-time sales of solar equipment to agricultural value chain users (smallholder farmers and agricultural enterprises), with credit-enabled distribution facilitated through a financing partnership with LA BANQUE AGRICOLE. Additional revenue mechanics include potential transaction fees tied to the LA BANQUE AGRICOLE financing arrangement. Distribution is sales-led and channel-mediated, relying on direct partnerships with financial institutions and development organizations rather than broad retail or e-commerce channels.

The company targets a single primary customer segment — agricultural value chain users in Senegal — with a vertical (sector) segmentation approach. Its GTM motion depends heavily on the LA BANQUE AGRICOLE relationship to convert high-capex hardware purchases into affordable credit terms for smallholder buyers. The company also benefits from non-dilutive development support (Efficiency for Access for the Walalma network; AfDB/PDCEJ for the training center), which underwrites its workforce-development and ecosystem-building activities. No external venture funding, anchor enterprise customers, or revenue disclosures are documented in the available data.

Name

Nadji.Bi Group

Legal name

Nadji.Bi Group

Website

https://nadjibi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nadji.Bi Group designs, manufactures, and sells connected solar water pumps (Woomal Mbay) and off-grid solar service hubs (Walalma) to smallholder farmers and agricultural enterprises in Senegal, distributing via a financing partnership with LA BANQUE AGRICOLE.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Solar Agricultural Equipment

NAICS

Solar Electric Power Generation (221114)

SIC

Farm Machinery & Equipment (3523)

akta.pro primary industry

Solar Mounting, Racking, Trackers & Structural BOS Manufacturing (EUAMAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Solar Distribution & Wholesale Supply (Channel, Procurement, Logistics) (EUAMABAK), Performance Optimization & Analytics (Monitoring, Forecasting, Aerial Thermography, IV Curves) (EUACAGAI)

Keywords

• Solar water pumps
• Agricultural solar solutions
• Off-grid solar equipment
• Solar milling machines
• Connected solar hubs

Headquarters

HQ city

Mbour

HQ country

Senegal

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Solar Equipment Sales: Sale of connected solar water pumps and solar hub equipment to agricultural value chain users.
2. Financing Partnership Revenue: Revenue generated through financing arrangements with LA BANQUE AGRICOLE, enabling customers to purchase solar solutions through credit.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Nadji.Bi Group researches, develops, and manufactures connected solar equipment for agricultural value chains in Africa, including solar water pumps (Woomal Mbay), off-grid service hubs with solar hulling, milling, and freezing equipment (Walalma), integrated with digital remote monitoring and control solutions. The company operates an R&D and manufacturing center in Mbour, Senegal, and a solar entrepreneurship training and incubation center in Dakar (QualiSolaire Sénégal).

Product overview

Nadji.Bi Group is an innovative African manufacturer developing impact solar solutions for agricultural value chains (production and processing) to improve living conditions for users. The company operates with an R&D and manufacturing center in Mbour, Senegal, and a training and incubation center in Dakar. The product portfolio includes: Woomal Mbay (connected solar water pumps with digital monitoring for agricultural irrigation), Walalma (network of connected off-grid solar hubs offering services like solar milling, hulling, and freezing), QualiSolaire Senegal (vocational training and incubation center for solar entrepreneurs), and QualiPro Senegal (professional performance and employability laboratory).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Woomal Mbay

Quantifiable outcome

• Real-time monitoring of connected solar pump networks for farming and environmental data collection

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LA BANQUE AGRICOLEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with LA BANQUE AGRICOLE enables distribution of connected solar pumps along with digital remote monitoring and control solutions. The financing provided by the bank allows farmers to purchase solar water pump solutions through the Woomal Mbay program.
• Efficiency for AccesscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEfficiency for Access supports the Walalma network of connected solar hubs of off-grid services, including solar hulling machines, solar milling machines, and solar freezers with digital payment and remote monitoring solutions.
• Centre de Formation Professionnelle et Technique Sénégal-Japon (CFPT-SJ)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCFPT-SJ hosts the QualiSolaire Sénégal training center in Dakar where solar entrepreneurship vocational training and incubation programs are conducted.

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• SolarNow: Uganda-based distributor of solar home systems and productive-use equipment for smallholder customers — overlapping agricultural end-user segment and East African geographic adjacency to Nadji.Bi's West Africa operations.
• Zola Electric (Off Grid Electric): Tanzania-rooted off-grid solar provider offering PAYGO home solar systems with remote monitoring — comparable connected solar product and East/West African market overlap, though more residential than agricultural.

Regional players

• Hello Solar: Senegalese solar company distributing off-grid solar kits in the same primary market as Nadji.Bi — directly comparable West African geography and smallholder customer focus, though focused on home systems rather than agricultural applications.
• PEG Africa: Pay-as-you-go solar home system distributor operating in West Africa (Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria) — same geography as Nadji.Bi with a comparable PAYGO/solar distribution model, but a broader residential focus rather than agriculture-specific.

Broad incumbents

• BBOXX: UK-headquartered provider of PAYGO solar home systems across Africa with proprietary remote monitoring on every installed unit — directly comparable connected-solar-plus-financing business model serving off-grid customers.
• Sun King (Greenlight Planet): One of Africa's largest off-grid solar distributors, selling PAYGO solar home systems with mobile-money-driven credit — comparable sales-led, financing-enabled GTM to smallholder customers across multiple African markets.
• M-KOPA: Large pan-African PAYGO solar home system provider with embedded financing and connected device telemetry — directly comparable IoT-and-finance business model, though focused on household lighting and appliances rather than agricultural applications.
• d.light: Global off-grid solar company with significant African distribution of PAYGO solar products and connected devices — directly comparable connected-solar business model and smallholder customer base, though at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• SunCulture: Kenya-based company selling solar-powered irrigation pumps and PAYGO financing to smallholder farmers across East Africa — the closest direct comparable to Nadji.Bi's Woomal Mbay connected solar pump product, with overlapping customer segment and distribution model.
• Futurepump: Manufactures and sells solar irrigation pumps (SF1, SF2) for smallholder farmers in East Africa, addressing the same production-stage agricultural use case as Nadji.Bi with similar hardware-plus-financing positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nadjibigroup
• Facebookfacebook.com/NadjiBiGroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nadji-bi-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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