About Us – Green A&E

About US – Green A&E

Growing your agritech business in Tanzania, Africa, and beyond

In addition to farming, we are in business to define, design, implement, maintain, and promote the prerequisites to enable smart farming and more.

What We Do | Who & What We Are | Where We Are | Our Mission Statement

Our Story & Destination | Our Ethical Standards | Our Social Engagement

Our Problems, Our Opportunity

What We Do

In addition to farming, we are in business to define, design, implement, maintain, and promote the prerequisites to enable smart farming and more.

Data “harvesting” involves collecting data from various sources including sensors, satellites, drones and mobile devices for the training or deployment of people or AI/ML-powered models.

However, certain prerequisites must be met to facilitate effective farm data harvesting.

Realizing the requirements to enable smart agriculture:

Reliable Infrastructure
Data Quality Guarantee and Data Collection
Governance, Legal, Financial and Social Economic
Skills and Capacity Building

Who & What We Are

We are a group of successful senior technologists (telecom, IoT, and electrical power) with many decades of experience, a broad global network, and we want to be a friendly neighbour and a professional farmer too. We believe in nature as a friend and we lovvvvve mango and lime. We however have a realistic perspective, not blind idealism.

Our Bigwa Farm Ltd is a socially engaged for-profit agritech organization and a wholly owned subsidiary of Green A&E Ltd, both of which are fully registered and incorporated in Tanzania.

Green A&E Ltd (Tanzania) is proudly co-owned by a reputable company from The Netherlands (Green A&E BV) and a distinguished Tanzanian born UK national, blending decades of international expertise with local commitment

Where We Are

7.236962° S – 39.128927° E

Bigwa – Mkuranga District– Pwani
70 km south of Dar es Salaam

With HQ offices in the city center of historical Dar es Salaam.

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Our Mission Statement

The world of today values a company with clear, focused and genuine values. Our Mission Statement reflects exactly this and articulates our identity and principles:

Cultivating a sustainable future through innovative but affordable smart agritech that enhances productivity while reducing environmental impact.
Prioritising the well-being of our land, animals, and community, we strive to increase welfare for all—ensuring a healthy, safe, and thriving ecosystem.
Improving quality of life is the company’s essence, with financial profit as a result.

Our products and services must be “Africa proof“, should reflect the company’s values, not necessarily be unique.

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Our Story

In 2012, two satellite communications engineers acquired 75 hectares of undesirable land, with the realistic expectation that the project would be a long-term endeavour presenting significant challenges.

Our privately funded venture has travelled the long and winding road and has generated enough material to base a movie on: ”The Chronicle of Formidable Obstacles”.

The numerous lessons learned have shaped our resilience and growth. Each misstep has been a stepping stone, refining our strategies and strengthening our commitment to success.

Today, our initial 2012 visons, plans, and final destination remain in effect: B igwa Orchard City!

Our Destination

Bigwa Orchard City: A Place For a Living, supporting communities and businesses with knowledge and our real-life experiences.

A professionally and efficiently producing high-tech full organic fruit farm in a low-tech environment.
A countryside retreat, research, test, learning, conference & demonstration facility.
A self-sustainable landscaped Fruit & Spices Park which hosts all possible fruits, spices, and herbs that possibly can grow locally in Tanzania.
A conservatory for endangered species including plants and insects.

A quiet, comfortable, safe, and healthy environment.

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Our Ethical Standards

Green A&E’s high ethical standards and our Code of Conduct provide clear guidance for dealing with employees, customers, suppliers, competitors, and the public with integrity and in an ethical and appropriate manner.

Our company respects international social compliance and environmental principles aimed at promoting and protecting human rights and the environment.

Not just fancy words, this is how we really work, and our statement is backed up by references and numerous real-life examples such as our Bigwa Farm in Tanzania.

Our ethical standards are both natural and fundamental for guiding behaviour and decision-making in both professional and personal contexts. They help us to ensure that actions are conducted in a morally responsible and fair manner, promoting trust, respect, and accountability. By adhering to ethical standards, we can foster positive relationships, build reputations based on integrity, and contribute to the overall well-being of society. Our ethical standards play a critical role in ensuring that actions and decisions align with widely accepted moral principles.

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Our Social Engagement

For Green A&E, social engagement refers to how a we interact, support, and build relationships with the community and wider society beyond our direct business operations.

In Tanzania, this is especially valuable because of the country’s community-oriented culture, growing youth population, and focus on sustainable development (Vision 2025).

Bigwa Farm’s active engagement is in education, health, gender equality, and environmental initiatives.

Social engagement in Tanzania is not just philanthropy—it’s a strategic investment in trust, reputation, workforce, and long-term stability. Moreover, it reduces certain business risks linked to social unrest and environmental degradation, or unequal development.

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Our Problems, Our Opportunities

Bigwa Farm development has been steady but slow due to severe limitations imposed by local rules & regulations, global instability, annual fire threats, the availability of real skills, (affordable & reliable) electrical power, and internet connectivity.

Additionally, Bigwa Farm has suffered from climate and weather shocks, but most of all from the lack of critical information from the fields.

These limitations and problems are not unique to Bigwa Farm and prevalent across Africa.

Solutions that address “Our Problems” present a significant business opportunity!

Many of our current problems can be mitigated, reduced, or even eliminated by introducing modern, readily available technology.

Once a SOLUTION effectively resolves our problem(s), we can proceed to promote and commercialise it, making it accessible to the market.

However, such technology must be “Africa-proof” – affordable, reliable, simple, solid, and very easy to maintain – and must fit in the local context.

We focus on measurable dramatic improvement, not perfection.

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