Ndela and the local team
Business leadership, knowledge of the territory, producer relationships and the ability to mobilise and develop people.
For Luis Felipe and the Genesis team
Healthier soils.
Water resilience.
A shared opportunity.
Explore an African biochar and carbon partnership, starting with an agricultural project in Senegal.
In our conversations, you welcomed the idea of working on a carbon credit structure for Africa. With that openness in mind, I would like to explore a collaboration with Ndela Ndiaye and Afrite, bringing together local entrepreneurship, Beyonders’ operational expertise and a possible carbon development role for Genesis.
Explore the partnership ↗Personalised discussion paper · 2 November 2026
01 / A shared opportunity
Bring complementary strengths
into one practical project.
Ndela’s vision connects agriculture, food processing, people and markets. Afrite’s farming and frozen-fries project in Senegal offers a concrete setting in which to explore a wider collaboration around land productivity, biomass, biochar and carbon.
Beyonders
Company structuring, operational management, water and land systems, technology integration, logistics and manufacturing development.
Genesis
Genesis could be interested in helping shape the African carbon structure. We could develop this role together around programme design, certification coordination and commercial relationships.
Our LATAM discussions offer a useful basis for continuing the conversation: connecting local resources, technology, operational capacity and carbon expertise in a model that creates value for the people involved.
02 / Start with water and living soils
Help the land hold water.
Support fertility and resilience.
Ndela has described regular pumping and irrigation. A central objective would be to help the soil retain useful water for longer while improving fertility and supporting productive crops.
Design complementary plantings.
Explore intercropping, cover crops, rotations and mixed plantings suited to local conditions. The aim is to support biodiversity, build useful biomass and reduce reliance on a single crop.
Work with the whole landscape.
Combine soil cover, infiltration, water storage, irrigation management, drainage and vegetative protection in the design of the territory.
Prepare for changing conditions.
Bring crop diversity and integrated crop protection into a plan for drought, heavy rainfall, wind, pests and diseases. Use field observations to guide the approach.
Our shared direction: more productive soils, better water retention and an agricultural system designed for resilience. Pilot plots and field measurements would help the teams learn, adapt and track progress.
03 / The biomass–biochar–soil loop
Grow suitable biomass.
Return value to the soil.
Biomass production can be part of the agricultural design itself. We could combine diversified crops and suitable residual materials with a biochar process intended to serve soil fertility and water retention, while developing an associated carbon pathway.
01 → DIVERSIFIED CROPPINGDesign for several benefits
Combine food production, cover, biodiversity and biomass suited to local growing conditions.
02 → SUITABLE BIOMASSOrganise the material flows
Select materials, plan collection and preparation, and retain the soil cover and organic inputs needed on the land.
03 → BIOCHARConnect process and use
Match feedstock and equipment, manage quality and prepare biochar applications with the local agronomic team.
04 → SOILS & CARBONMeasure and develop value
Track soil and water outcomes while building the certification pathway for eligible materials, processes and uses.
Soil improvement is the primary purpose: supporting fertility, useful water storage and crop growing conditions. Carbon revenue would be an additional source of value within a broader agricultural and industrial model.
For the carbon component, Genesis and Beyonders could work together on selecting the programme, aligning feedstock choices with its eligibility criteria, documenting production batches and end uses, and coordinating certification and market development. The agricultural biomass plan and the carbon pathway would be designed together from the beginning.
04 / Where Beyonders would contribute
From company structure
to field and factory operations.
Beyonders would like to participate as a management and implementation partner. Manufacturing structuring is one of our strengths, and we would bring that capability into an integrated approach to the land, the logistics and the factory.
| Area | Beyonders’ contribution | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Company structure and management | Help design the organisation, operational governance, responsibilities, planning and management tools, with the form of participation developed together. | Connect business leadership and day-to-day execution. |
| Water, biodiversity and land | Integrate water management, crop diversity, biomass, biochar and land protection with local agronomic expertise. | Work toward fertility, water retention and resilience. |
| Sensors and monitoring | Introduce sensors and dashboards for soil moisture, weather, water flows, storage conditions and equipment parameters. | Support irrigation decisions, maintenance and operational learning. |
| Traceability and logistics | Connect fields, harvests, product batches and shipments; track vehicles, equipment, inventories and cold-chain conditions. | Coordinate material flows and product traceability from field to customer. |
| Manufacturing and lean operations | Structure processes, equipment layouts, workstations, standard work, maintenance and continuous improvement. | Reduce losses, improve flow and support consistent production. |
| Quality and sanitary practices | Integrate factory air-quality, temperature, humidity and process monitoring with hygiene, cleaning and compliance practices. | Give teams useful controls and records for managing the production environment. |
05 / A carbon partnership for Africa
Build the Senegal collaboration.
Create a model we can grow.
Your positive response to the idea of working on Africa opens a useful conversation. Senegal could be a first project through which we develop a shared way of working, then carry the experience into other territories.
Shape the carbon pathway.
Explore a role in programme design, methodology selection, coordination with certification specialists, registry processes and buyer relationships.
Connect delivery and data.
Organise the field, biomass and production systems alongside practical monitoring, batch records and product traceability.
Build tools for future projects.
Develop common data practices, operating guidance and partnership arrangements that can be adapted with local teams in each country.
The carbon workstream could draw on biochar programmes such as Verra and Puro.earth, with the choice shaped by the project and its commercial direction. Together, we would organise the relevant local processes, monitoring and certification activities as part of implementation.
We could also build a clear approach to sharing value among the local operations, participating producers, technical partners and carbon development partners. This would connect agricultural production, manufacturing, biochar and carbon within a common business vision.
06 / Let’s shape the collaboration
A working session
to turn the idea into a partnership.
I suggest a conversation with Luis and the Genesis team, followed by a joint exchange with Ndela and her team. We could focus on three practical themes.
01
Our shared ambition
Discuss how Senegal could become a first point of collaboration for an African biochar and carbon programme rooted in soil health and water resilience.
02
Our complementary roles
Explore Genesis’s preferred contribution, Beyonders’ management and technical involvement, and the local team’s priorities for farming and manufacturing.
03
Continue the conversation with Alain ↗A first joint programme
Connect field pilots, biomass planning, sensors, manufacturing organisation and carbon development in a practical programme with shared milestones.
Background to our conversation
This proposal draws on the 22 October conversation with Ndela, her group strategy and business roadmap, the Afrite presentations and Ndoukoumane field inventory, and our 9 September LATAM biochar discussion. It incorporates the interest in exploring an African carbon structure and Beyonders’ intended contribution as described by Alain on 2 November 2026.