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Technical innovations

  • Drying fruits and vegetables

    CEAS has developed different types of dryers destined to the production of dried fruits and vegetables. Three different systems are beeing offered : solar, gaz and dual (solar and gaz). The latter is now beeing tested in Burkina Faso.

    Over the years, thousands of people have been trained all over the continent. They now have access to staedy incomes through an environementaly friendly activity.

    For example, each year, more than 200 tons of dried mangoes are exported from Burkina Faso. Dried litchis from Madagascar are also well on their way to becoming a smash hit in the country and abroad.

  • Solar waterboilers

    CEAS has adapted and developed solar waterboilers that can heat water up to 70 °C celcius.

    Simple and robust, these devices can be build 100% locally. Several models are available; from small familial boilers to bigger ones destined to hospitals or hotels. Artesans from all over Africa come to our training centers each year. They learn how to build, market and install these devices. So far, hundreds of these boilers have been installed in Burkina Faso, Senegal and Madagascar providing free hot water to their owners as well as welcomed revenues to their makers.

     

  • Natural insecticides

    Achieving a sustainable agriculture is one of the key issues for most African countries, where more than 80% of the population live in the countryside.

    CEAS has been training thousands of farmers on how to optimise their productions without poluting the soils and groundwater sheets. Natural insecticides such as NEEM or CASSIA NIGRICANS are the two main natural weapons that farmers can produce and use on their cultures. Locally found in most parts of the continent, these plants are now widely used.

    There is a number of other trainings available at the CEAS hub in Burkina Faso such as how to build a good quality compost or how to raise bees.

  • Micro hydroelectric powerplants in Madagascar

    In Madascagar, we've tested and installed micro hydroelectric powerplants developed by a Swiss company called AZ-Ingénierie.

    Small and cheap, these devices only need a waterfall of 1.45 meters in order to produce 300 watts of electricity. Coupled with energy saver bulbs, they can bring light to the most secluded parts of Madagascar, where only 2% of the rural population have access to electricity.