 I remember presenting this to one of the supermarket and they said, where do you import this from? Who is the producer? I said, no, we don't import this. They said, come on, you import this. You can't have a good product like this in CoD World. Because our product was better than all the products they were stocking. Cocoa Planet is a social enterprise owned by young Camerians and Ivorians. And at Cocoa Planet, we convert coconut waste into clean burning charcoal. At Cocoa Planet, we have a triple-trade solution that has to do with getting the coconut waste off the streets. This is waste management converting to clean energy and providing access to energy while reducing deforestation. We're producing a very, very exciting product that burns longer, burns cleaner, but also very, very affordable for the average African. The revolution is happening. I get super excited whenever I see young Africans putting their differences aside and start working together to achieve a common goal. The goal is to build Africa together. The goal is for us to work together. And what is happening in here today makes me super excited to share this story with you all. You know what? When I get excited, you all need to do me a favor and help me. First of all, like this video now. Thank you. You like the video? Can you help me share this video? Because I want a lot of people to see this video. Share this video now. Thank you. And if you are new to the channel, my name is Uwadamaya. The one and only annoying village boy who's on a journey to change the negative narrative of Africa. So please subscribe and be part of this awesome channel. You won't believe that a young African from every post and Cameroon put their resource together to convert this, which is what? A coconut task and convert it into a chapel. And you know who inspired them? I mean, from God. The man himself. Come on, man. No, no, no, no, no. Come on. You're the big man. You're the big man. You're the big one. Bro. Yo, Maya. You see how young he is? That's what I'm telling you guys, man. No, you know, like, I'm so inspired. Thanks, my brother. And I want you to inspire many out there. And they saw, I mean, through my videos, you know what? I can't stop making these videos because the impact is incredible. You know what? We are in La Côte d'Ivoire. So grab a chilled water and come and enjoy this juicy episode from your favorite village boy, Mr. Ghana, baby. Let's go. You guys are working together because I feel like you guys are just like Ghana in Nigeria. Right. Who has a vegetable price? Who has a fancy life price? Or maybe the internet war? Or is it not the same? No, for here, it's like, who has the best football team? Who has the best Coupé du Calais, I guess. So there's this whole narrative that Camryans and Nigerians don't get together at the end. I vorize, but the truth is that we are like brothers and sisters. We love each other. We fight every now and then because it's just part of human nature to fight with your sibling. But we are just a big family together, just like the Nigerian Guardians. That's true because we like Indole and they like Acheke. I can't spend the whip without Acheke. I'm going to go sick. But do you guys have Acheke in Cameroon too? Yeah, we do. We prepare it differently. It's not exactly, we don't call it Acheke though. We prepare it differently. And do you know that we have Acheke in Ghana too? Oh really? Really? Yeah. No. You guys are shops. Yeah. We eat Acheke in Ghana. Oh, interesting. Yeah, so the consumers make Acheke. So the whole Ghana, you can actually find Acheke anywhere. Okay. Oh great. You know each time I visit Ghana, I'm either having some nice Wache-o banquet and then I read about the Acheke in Ghana. Really? Next time I go, I'm going to Acheke. Yeah. Yeah, Acheke. And what's in the local name of Acheke? Acheke. Acheke? Really? Yeah, yeah. You can call it Acheke. I came here recently and I saw Acheke and I'm like, okay, that's Acheke in Ghana. So I treated. Okay. Acheke. Oh, I saw the Ivorians roasting me, man. Roasting me online. Who has the best Acheke? Maybe they said, who has the best Acheke? They said I didn't spell it right. Really? That's how we spell Acheke in Ghana. We are so proud of our Acheke in Ghana. Oh yeah. Anyway, I mean, I'm so glad that we put our differences aside and you guys are, I mean. Working together. Working together. That's incredible, man. Right, right. That's how it should be. Yes. You know what? The fact that you guys converted a coconut husk into a stainless chuckle. Right. That's incredible, man. Oh yeah. Whose idea is this? So to be very honest, Joyston is the brain behind this brain idea. Joyston shared with us her beautiful story of her mom who grew up in the urban area, in the Ruwa area. And just like every woman in the Ruwa area, they have to leverage firewood and chuckle for cooking. This is the main source of energy in Africa. And Joyston wanted to address this problem. Why? Because even though chuckle is the primary source of energy, when it's poorly prepared, it ends up in a smoking environment. Up to a million women in Africa die from Indus pollution. But also, we went beyond just the impact on the health, but also the impact on the environment. Today, there's mass deforestation. Every year, over 4 million hectares of forest land is gone for deforestation. And we think it's just going to mining and construction development. But also, the consumption of chuckle by Africans. So we really wanted to come up with an alternative to that solution. And maybe Joyston can touch a little bit on how she came up with this brilliant idea. Yeah, you have to tell me that. Right, right. So I grew up in the Ruwa area. And I watched my mom cook with firewood or wood. And wood chuckle. And I watched her suffer a lot with her health. And not only her, even those my friends, their elder sisters, they suffered a lot. Because women are those who are mostly in the kitchen. They suffer a lot with their health. And when I moved to Ivory Coast, I noticed that it was the same problem here. The same problem here. And I was like, how can we help this? How can we produce clean energy for cooking? To help women from dying young or having health problems. And so I noticed that in Ivory Coast, we have a lot of coconut waste being dumped around. And so it was like, I want a lottery. So I was like, wow, this is it. I have been looking for income on this coconut bed. It's not that much. So here in Ivory Coast, it's like God just poured it here. So I was like, I want a lottery. And this is it. I've been looking for this. This is it. And so I had to, like, form a team. I can't do this alone. So I brought in... Exactly. She needed some muscles. I had to bring in somewhere with the marketing background. And knows its way, how to swim around, making this a better thing for us. And I brought in Herot, who is the engineer guy. He knew how to bring in machines, how to... Yeah, the processes. And also an Iberian that can help us, you know, get our feet on the ground. And also to put an end to the nonsense talk about... About Iberian. You put everyone wrong. Because Herot is the brain behind all the processes. Wow. What, where do we source our machines? He has to scan about hundreds of supplies in China. But I'll let Herot talk about that as well. Yeah, yeah, thank you. So when Justin came up about this idea, it echoed to me. Because if you take statistics in Iberia, because we see that 22% of the death caused by lung infection are caused actually by woodchaco, right? Every year 8,200 people die from this kind of infection. So it was for me something very important, a challenge that we needed to achieve together. So when they brought the idea, I was like, okay, I would do it. So thought of the processing, how we can... What machine we could use, how we can have the right mixture, what is the right secret to make the perfect charcoal for the population. So my next question is like, how did you know that you can convert a coconut husk into charcoal like this? So I remember why Justin said when she came here she saw like a goldmine because back in Cameroon, women use fire when they've done consuming the coconut. They just take the shells and throw it into the fire. And we're surprised that, wow, why did they do this? And they will realize that it burns better than wood. It's almost like coconut husk has got its own special gas that inflames the coconut, the biomass even more. And then even here in Côte d'Ivoire, if you go around by some who have lost the women who sell smoked fish, this is what they use in igniting their fire, those who cook in the rural areas. And then we started trying to understand, so if they can use this as a substitute for firewood, can we also use this as a substitute for charcoal? And we started brainstorming and Harold came in with this engineering background on how can we carbonize coconut waste through the process of pyrolysis to ensure that it doesn't turn to ash, but rather it turns to char. And now that char can now be processed by crushing and mixing with the binder to come with the final product. Harold, if you want to add something, you're in your brain here. Yeah, thank you very much. So we do see a similar thing here. Like Sam had said, people will throw the ash in the fire. If you go around by some, you see that people are actually doing that. So the idea was coming up with a bright process, right? Instead of the traditional way, come up with something that is a little bit more professional, something that is clean, that you don't get dirty with, that people even in town like middle class would use without any problem. So we did some researches, we look from people who can provide those machines. And yeah, this is how we worked it. Which means that you guys have to put your own resources together in terms of funding. Right, right. So yes, that's a very good point because one of the biggest challenges to start up in Africa is funding. And it was a reality for us. And we didn't have access to any funding. You know, so we had to pull our resources together. Myself, Joyce and Harold, just the three of us, brought our funds together and say, how can we start? And this is where Harold's brain was very important to say, Hey, this is the budget we have, right? We cannot be as big as some of the big companies like Kingsford, but how can we leverage the minimal resources that we have and build a process that is aligned with our budget to be able to produce a quality product that can serve the local market. But also, we can export because it took just a little time for us to start getting a request from international customers. I'm sure we're going to get that, but we have to really work with our own funds and then make do with the resources we have without, you know, waiting for anyone, really. How long has this factory been in existence? For two years? For two years. Yes. Yeah. Wow. It's really difficult for a young company or for companies starting to have finance or funding from banks. It's really, really difficult. So we have to start. So you guys did not get any funding from the bank? No, we didn't get any funding from the bank. No financial institution, no government. Can I tell you something? I think three years ago, I interviewed a young man in Ghana who also converted coconut husk into charcoal like this. And he told me that he uses scoffies. Yes. I thought you guys were stupid. Yeah, Zako. That's a good one. Zako, I mean, yeah. Absolutely. And we learned to be very fair. We learned a lot from Zako. Really? In fact, when we started setting up this operation, we reached out to him. We say, hey, we saw your video on YouTube with Mr. Wadi Maya. Can you come, you know, guide us? And, you know, this is what they say. They say Africans all work together, but that is changing because I mean, we flew all the way from Ghana, came and spent the week with us and help us to put in place our processes, our mixtures and everything without charging us, without charging us anything. No, we're not kidding. You mean, I mean, came here? I mean, came to America. Came to America for a week and help us set up. And you guys got to know, I mean, through my videos. I know, I mean, they're not charged, but I'm charged. I mean, they're not charged, but please, give me the money. Yeah. I mean, half of me. We'll get to my check-in for you to go back. That's incredible. Yeah. So does it mean, like, did you guys see, I mean, before? So, you know, your video really brings Africans together. There are lots of African businessmen that have come together because of your video. Someone sees what another person is doing and say, oh, I never knew someone in Ghana or in Africa, because if Cameron does it, now I can reach them because Wadi Maya's channel showcases this person. So through that video, we saw Amin and we were able to reach out to him and made this happen. So we're family. So because of this, right? Yes. Let's do this. Yes. Are you guys exporting this already? So we're exporting this already, and we're looking forward to more export products because it's a huge demand. There is this misconception that only Africans use charcoal. But I lived in Germany and work in Germany. Germany alone use more charcoal than any African country. They're the biggest importer of charcoal in the world. So there's a huge demand on the international market and we're ready to export as well. Please. The numbers are on the screen. The emails are there. Do you guys have a website? Yes, we have a website. We have an Instagram page. You can reach us. You know, we're very active on social media. We have our numbers and emails. You can reach us. Yes. Everything is going to be on the screen. For what you guys have done, I think everyone must share this video so that people will get to see them. So by the time I come back here in two years time, this factory needs to be bigger than Amin's own. Absolutely. I mean, it's interesting to see that Africans are supporting and helping each other. Correct. I feel like the revolution is happening. That's how it should be. We have to collaborate. We are just one big family. We've been separated in countries and tribes. But the truth is, we just want massive melt-import and we just have to collaborate. There's no other way. That's how it has to work. I know there's somebody watching this video and they'll be like, he or she can't believe that you can convert a coconut husk into this. I don't know if one of you can take me to the process? Right. What happens in here? And then we'll take you from there. More than happy. More than happy to do that. Harold is a man. Traditionally, people will do charcoal with wood, right? And for us, we live around Basam. And you have a lot of coconut farm around here. And what people will do, they will just drink the water and they will throw this away. So you have a lot of places where you have abundance of this waste. So when just thinking about the idea of transforming this into charcoal, we had to go around and localize those waste areas and we decided to process it. So the process starts with this one. When the people finish with the water, they throw it away. So you don't buy it anymore? No. No, not this. You don't buy this? No. Actually, clean the beaches for them. Exactly. We clean the beaches. Please. For free. Now, over free. I'm also going to tell you, when you start buying coconut, keep that house and start selling it to them. So you're talking a very important point because I think that what we're doing is a triple threat solution. We're starting from waste management because when we don't get this off the street, it's littered everywhere. You look at the beautiful situation, you're going to see hills and mountains of this. So we're getting this off the street and then we are reducing climate change by consuming this, converting this to charcoal. And then we're also reducing the indoor pollution by producing a product that is clean. So creating access to energy through waste management. This is a waste bed to us. This is a resource that we don't have to pay for. This is gold. Did you hear that? This is gold. And gold is not for free. Yeah. So we have many sites. What we have here is just what we put together for demonstration. We have a carbonization site in different parts of Basam where there's waste available. And we just put this little quantity for demonstration for you. Otherwise, our carbonization sites are out of here. So how is it going to expand how that process works? Yeah. So when they finish with this one, when it's fresh, so we have to let it dry. So it takes about a month or two to get very, very dry. And the dry season, maybe even two weeks, huh? Yes. In the dry season, it takes less time. Yeah. So we take the dry ask and then we have to do what we call the carbonization. So we have to transform this into charcoal. Yes. And I will take you through the process. As Samuel mentioned, this is just for demonstration. So we fill our containers with the dry ask. And then we're going to burn meat. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Good for one. Right. Right. Maybe Mr. Yeah. So when we start this process, we take approximately four to six hours until everything we've put inside there becomes char. Yes. And then right from here? And then from here, from here, we have to crush it. And then we do the crushing process inside the factory. You crush it while it's hot? No, no, no, no. Do you put water on it? Yes. Yes. So when it's done carbonizing, we have to dampen it with water so that it can turn off the fire and then we let it cool off. Yes. Yes. And I'm going to show you where the magic happens inside. Oh, okay. Yes. So once they cool, and we put them in bags, and then this is a little storage and production happens inside. Yes. Also, it's important for us to have a story where we have raw materials because it means that we can produce in dry season, wet season. In any season we can produce any customer who is ready to do some exports, who are ready to produce any time. That's why we do that storage. Yes, so you have stock, right? Yes, we have stock, yes. So when we finish burning, this is the finish process, the child we have, right. So you crush it? We crush it. We have the fine powder here. We have the fine powder here. For now, it's dirty, right? But when we finish the finished product, you see that it's a clean product. Right. So we take the powder, we bring it into the mixer here to mix the product. So we mix it with starch, cassava starch. Yeah, cassava starch. Yes, right. And the reason why we are doing that is because we want to very produce a very clean product. Organic product too. Organic product. No chemicals. No chemicals, nothing. So the cassava starch is used as a binder. So we have the powder to make it compact like this. We need to put the starch. So we mix it with the starch and then from there we go to the press. So it's conveyed through this. Are you guys using starch because the code for cassava is everywhere? Yes. Can I just see cassava in front of me? I hope you guys have a plan. Like we were saying that young entrepreneurs can always use what is around them, right? When people think what can we use as a binder to start thinking about chemicals here, everyone consumes cassava. This table field here has a check which is a cassava-based starch. So we leverage that. And once it's mixed like Hyrosirc, the product now takes a trick on this conveyor belt and drops into the mixer. So we have two products, right? You have those two in your hands. Yes. So we have this one and we have this one. So this one is made with this press and this one is made out of this press. So depending on what the customer wants, we can provide either of these ones. Is it manual or automatic? It's automatic. It's automatic. It's automatic. The only thing people do when the product is coming from this compressor, these people will just pick it up, put it in the trays, and then we send it to the other. How many bags do you guys produce in a day? So we produce a ton an hour. So on a typical production, they will produce about five to seven tons. But if we have a huge demand, all we need to do is increase the workforce. So here on a typical day, we have an average of five. We have five people working here, five production staff. But if the customer says, hey, I want to force you to put the container next week, we're going to get about 15 people in here so that there's more hands to get the work done. So a ton a day. I really want to see the finished product. Right. So from these trays? I think it does not get wet because you have starch in there. Exactly. So because we have the starch in it, we have to get it dry. And if you look at the wood charcoal, the reason why you have smoke is because of humidity. Correct. Right. So what we're trying to do is to remove the humidity. Yes. So that when the product burns, there's no, there's no smoke. Yes. I remember one time a customer saw one of our peak photos on social media and they reached out to us. It was in the rainy season. When I gave them a sample of the product, the guys said, hey, listen, I want, I want 50 bags. And I said, why, why do you want, I said, I just want to understand. I was happy, but I want to understand. They said, no, I bought about 100 bags for the wood charcoal sellers and all of it is wet and I cannot use it. So we all year round, we can supply a dry product because the finest of our product is from the oven. So the products come in pitch dry and they're ready for usage, no smoke. Do you guys also sell it within the country? Yes, correct. Right now, we have a lot of customers around us. Some hotels, like big hotels. Yes, yes, yes. Yes, yes. So like they say, charity begins at home. For us, the goal was to serve the local market first before venturing to the international market. So we started by serving households from a social perspective, hotels, restaurants, and then our international markets. I will introduce you to, is it Udalla or Umballa? What's the name of the restaurant? Where is it? Udalla or Udalli? Udalli fast food? Yeah, Udalli fast food. No, Dabali. Dabali. It's his own cat. I want to introduce you to Dabali fast food. Great, that'll be great. From now onwards, Dabali, since you're supporting African-owned businesses, it's a must for you to buy your chapel. Yes. From then. Exactly. You see, I gave you guys business. I made my share. So this is a heater, right? Yes. Yeah, so this is the oven. This is what we call the oven. Within some maintenance today, but this is the oven. Yes. Yes. So we're doing some maintenance. So you see the trace you've seen there? We put it here, put the product here, and then we have to put it in the oven. Yes. This is how the oven looks like. Yes. Right? And we have to dry the charcoal for eight hours. So every hour we can have a ton out of here. Yes. Every hour we can have a ton. Yes. You dry it for 100 hours, it's out. Yeah. Yes. That's a long process, right? Yeah. But we need to make sure that we have very, very less water content. Yes. So we're trying to achieve a moisture content below 5% because the local market doesn't mind, but the international market, they've got standards, right? The average is a moisture content of not more than 5%. So we try to conform with that, with the standards. Yes. So this is the final package? This is the final package. This is how it looks like. This is how it looks like. It's like a beautiful pen. This is how it looks like. It's like a beautiful pen. Cocoa planet. Great question. So I'll take that. So the brand is two words. It's Cocoa and Planet. So to keep it simple for going into the details, it's using coconut to save the planet by producing an eco-friendly product. So recycling waste to energy, we are saving the planet, we're providing access to energy, and we're saving the planet. That's why they named Cocoa Planet. That's incredible, right? Right. The gold standard of your barbecue, please. The gold standard of barbecue. Chicken barbecue, all of that. What about you? Right. Can you tell me what is so unique? About your product. Great. So the couple of things are unique about our product. Number one is that our product burns cleaner with no smoke. Sometimes the customers think it's magic, and that's why they think we put chemicals. We always invite people to come see our processes. It burns cleaner with no smoke. It burns longer. So wood shackle burns for about 35 to 40 minutes. This can burn up to three hours, nonstop. So it burns cleaner, it burns longer, but most importantly, we do not cut down a single tree. Everyone else cuts down trees in this country to produce charcoal. We have no business with trees. We just leverage waste. So we have a strong social impact. We have a strong economic impact because we're creating jobs, and we have even a strong business impact because we're pumping money back into a system just from waste that everyone else is ignoring. This is what's so special about Cocoa Planet. Where can we get some of this product? Good. So today we saw Cocoa Planet in supermarkets in Abizhan. So if you go to CTDR, you find our product. If you go to Bon Prix, you find our product. You can order from our Instagram page, CocoaPlanetAfrica. You can email us on Cocoa.Planet.Africa. Or you can use the numbers on the screen and reach out to us. We can deliver directly. We're trying to expand our footprint in the country by getting into more supermarkets, but we also sell directly to restaurants and households because those are B2B customers. They reach out to us. They buy in big quantities. We do free delivery to all restaurants and hotels in Abizhan. And for international customers, we're also having contracts with shipping companies who are ready to take our products to the masses abroad. Be it in Europe, America, or the Middle East. I want to ask you guys a question. When you hear the name Africa, what comes into your mind? I'll let you go first. So when I hear the name Africa, from being African, first it's pride. I'm proud of being African. But also I see development. I see youth. I see those people taking the step of entrepreneurship and developing the continent. That's what I see. And you see, when we started this business, we called Amin and we leverage a lot of Amin experience. Right. And the way we African are collaborating together and it made me very proud of being African and hear the name of Africa. So for me, when I hear the name Africa, I think of one thing, blessed land. I think Africa really means a blessed land. Blessed people because you have great warm people. But also we are so blessed with resources, human resources, natural resources, mineral resources. I think there's a lot that we can achieve as Africans. If we can just open our eyes and see the opportunities around us. Who thought that you could really leverage waste and convert to a great product that people want to import from France, from Germany, from America. We're being contacted. People don't even know our factory is this small. They think it's a massive 10 acres factory. But it's just a factory on the 500 meters square. So Africa has a lot to offer. And I think that young Africans really need to open their eyes and see that. If you're a patient, you get that. Ah, young Africans don't open their eyes yet? So I think that a lot of them are. I've seen your channel. I've been super inspired by the great entrepreneurs you are showcasing. And this was inspiring us. And I hope many other Africans, but there's still a lot of Africans who don't really believe in Africa. They think these are just isolated cases of people. No, there are a lot of Africans who don't believe in Africa. Yes, yes. If you have a message to those Africans who don't believe in Africa, what would that message be? I think I need to allow you to answer that. Right. Please, answer it for me. What do all believers need to do? Okay, if there are still Africans out there who don't believe in Africa, I'll tell you you're making a big mistake because this Africa is like a treasured land. Yes. It's full of so many. I think we really have to stop important things because I think everything can be found in Africa. Everything can be found in Africa. Every day in Africa, if you watch the news, we have one or two discoveries. Africa is blessed, super blessed. All I think is that more youth should watch channels like yours to get inspired, get educated. I think these guys are advertising my channel today. Get educated and then make use of your environment because you can lift or you can move a step higher if you can think about your environment. Look around and you'll see that there's something you can take from there to make it something big. I believe so much in Africa. These are three incredible Africans that have put their differences aside to help those Africans together. I'm so proud of you guys. If you are proud of them, can we just share this video so that a lot of people can have access to this video because if people get access to the videos by the time I come back, me, I'm more happy to see you guys, what you guys are going to come up with in the next 10 years. Great. We have a lot of prejudice in the park. You know, if you have a message to Africans living in the diaspora, you live in diaspora. I live in diaspora. I study in the UK. I work in the UK. I work in Germany. I work in Hungary. And so I've been there. And you still came back? No doubt about it. Is something wrong with your brain? For how long? Eat up. Hey, come, come. Yeah, yeah, see. Get closer to me. You speak French. Yeah. If you translate for me, you can. Yeah, I translate for him. I want to give you, if I give him visa, I take him to America. Ask him if he's going to come back. The Ministry of Defense, if you give him a visa for the United States, do you think you're going to return to Côte d'Ivoire? No, you're not going to return. You're going to return. You're going to return to Côte d'Ivoire, that's good. You're going to return? I love that. I love that. We say we're not going to come back because Côte d'Ivoire is home. Oh, wow. Yes. Are you sure about that? Yes, you? Yes, you. Oh, me? There are so many Africans that get an opportunity to live abroad. And they'll be like, you know what? It's nothing to do back for when I'm not coming back for many times. You guys came back? You're right. When I was in the UK to do my MBA, I met a couple of friends, even from my country, Cameroon, which is one of the poor countries, poor countries, because this is what they call African countries, because we are not developed infrastructural wise. They call us poor, but we have all the resources. And they say they can never go back. And I thought this was crazy. For me, I wanted to go back immediately. I think there's nothing wrong with going abroad because there's a lot we can learn in terms of technology and all of that. But I think that it must be a primary goal of every Africa to bring that knowledge back home, that know-how, and grow our continent. And some of the views you're sharing are just mind-blowing. You know, I've seen entrepreneurs who who make a nice agriculture, entrepreneurs who've blown up real estate in Ghana, and this is exactly what we're doing. We all spend time abroad at one point, Howard has worked in India, Justin has been in France, I've been in the UK, and we all came back and want to develop. And the plan is that we study small now, but the thing is we wanted to understand the market and they were going to now open the doors to invest us. This is something that can be massive because the demand is just unbelievable. I believe that you need African investors. Correct, we prefer African investors. So if you are an African watching this video and you really want to invest in their business, I'm going to leave the app contract there, reach out to them, but hey, if that investor comes, I need my message. Oh, absolutely, absolutely. I think I'm talking about presenting too much. Yes. That is not so what am I. In India, I have a final message to Africans watching as well. That message being so beautiful. Thank you for this opportunity. You're giving us on your channel. Yes. As Otongue said, I used to work abroad. I used to work in Asia. And when I had the opportunity to come back, I came back because I knew that we had opportunity here in Africa. When I see people, a young African dying in the Mediterranean sea, my heart is broken. I'm always in tears because that's much money they're putting in that travel where they're ending up in the ocean that could have invested here. So my word, my message today, African youth, stay here. If you need help, look for help. Seek for help. You can reach out to us. We can grow Africa together. And my message to investors, we're here, we're developing this business. We're trying to make Africa better, producing product that will give another view on Africa. So if you want to join us, feel free to join us. We're waiting for you. That's incredible. You want to add anything to it? Yeah, I just want to double up on what Harold said because the message is along the same lines. I think that as young Africans, we need to understand that the continent has lots of opportunities. Lots of opportunities. Who knew that you could pick up waste and convert to value? Who knew that you could? I was watching a video of a pepper farmer in Ghana and he says that he's done oil and gas. He's done real estate and he said pepper is the most profitable business he's done. We were all shocked because we watched your videos all the time to see if we could have other ideas. We're totally shocked. What is this guy talking about? When he threw out the numbers, we could not believe it. Exactly, from pepper. Who could believe? I would never have thought about investing in pepper. That's crazy. So as young Africans, we really need to look around and see the world of opportunities. I watched a video of Akon, the hip hop artist. He said Black Americans should come to Africa because if you want to be a billionaire, come to Africa. It's a green market. There's green opportunities. He said if you want to be a billionaire, start in the business five years from now, you're going to be a millionaire. So I think young Africans should embrace the opportunity that we have at our disposal, but also a quick message to investors and governments to create a conducive environment for entrepreneurship. The reason why most young Africans just think about working for someone is because we do not have the most conducive environment for entrepreneurship and if such an ecosystem is created, it's going to lead to the growth of more entrepreneurs in different areas. There are lots of young people with brilliant ideas, but they do not just have a nurturing environment that is conducive for their growth. So investors and governments can really have a thought about that. Is that a major challenge that you guys have been facing? So that's one of the challenges. So if I have to highlight a few, the first is funding. Right now we're doing everything from our pockets. We don't have any investors, no government support, but we really wanted to start like that, to prove that we are doing something we believe in and once we can show people that this is a bankable business, then perhaps investors will be more than happy to run after us and maybe even the government and invest in such a solution. But another challenge is really an environment that really forestands the growth of entrepreneurship. We have lots of roadblocks, even though it's a social business, sometimes you have obstacles. So for instance, you're guiding the coconut waste, but you have to pay a license to gather the coconut waste. You have to pay a license to process waste. You have to pay the same fee that those who log woods fee, because they say you're using forest resources, but this is waste. This is waste that people may try to site, but you need to pay the same certification that those who log wood is considered as a forestry product. So everyone consuming, using, leveraging forest resources needs to pay for this certification and this license and we have to pay for those. So that this is social enterprise that should even be having tax exemptions and exemptions from all these things, you know. And so this, this is some of the change. It's a, it's a tall list, but you know, we can go all day. If you had a chance to change one thing in Africa. It's a mind, mind site. That's the only thing that needs to change. Mindset, the wealthiest people are in Africa. It's mindset. The average African thinks we are not good enough. Things that even them are not good enough. That's why an average African is happier working in a restaurant washing pots, not even serving. I remember when I got to the UK, I wasn't even good enough to serve. I worked in a restaurant and they put me in the back to wash pots because I wasn't good enough. I wasn't looking, I mean, I'm black guys. So you don't want to put me in front of your white customer. So, so, so I wasn't even good enough to serve. So all my, my, my, my wife or classmates those from lights in America, they would serve and we, the black guys, we put in the kitchen to wash the pots. So, but the average African is happy to do that. Instead of coming back to Africa and being an entrepreneur or a manager in an international company, not just entrepreneurship really. You can come back and see work for a great company. I came back and I've worked for 4,400 companies. You know, great companies from Bosch to Caterpillar, big companies, global companies because I came back and like I decided to venture into entrepreneurship. So we're not saying that when you come back, you can only do entrepreneurship. But that mindset, so if there's one thing I'm going to change, one thing is only the mindset. If the mindset changes, Africa will change. Those who are changing Africa is because they have a different mindset from the average African. And just to add to that, I think what he's saying is very, very important, the mindset. First of all, Africans are not really, we don't, maybe it has changed now a little bit, but pushing our brothers and sisters, yes, pushing, yeah, it's going to get ahead. We feel like what we produce in Africa, we feel like it's not good enough. So we should bring in or support another product from outside instead of pushing the one that is inside. So I think that is the first thing. We really need to know how to support each other. Have confidence in your brother. In your sister. Have confidence in what is produced in your country, in Africa. And I think with that, we can be able to change the world, change, I mean, collaborate more, Africans. I'm not fighting over who has the best. The best we want to have is the best, let's rise. Who is the best in law? Of course, I'm worried. We find out about who has the best at all. It's crazy, but I'm so proud of you all. I just want to tell you guys that Africa is proud of you too. And the product is here. It's available. And believe me or not, it's by force. And they know it. Yes. I don't beg because I'm telling them I built a brand that it's all about by force to support in Africa. Listen, they tested me yesterday. Right. I was living the country. I mean, yesterday. Can you say, hey, I'm going to stay. I'm going to stay. Yes. Just to move there. Ten hours drive to a park. Just for you. This is how we need to. It's like I'm going to book a hotel. Yeah. Stop what you're saying. Exactly. And just let's do this. Yeah. So yeah, we made it happen. This is how Africans need to support each other. And believe me or not, they will support you too. Have a good day. Have a good day. And see you there in the factory. Oh, of course, of course, of course. Shut the fuck away. No. We're the Maya, we're the Maya.