How To Sell Your Produce To Twiga!

Twiga Foods could be your next big customer. Twiga is Kenya's leading online marketplace for fresh produce. It partners directly with farmers to source fresh produce and deliver it straight to retailers in cities🌽🍅🛍️

Boniface anastay Nairobi na hustle yake ni kuwa both farmer na vendor. After ku-struggle ku-make ends meet in the game of produce, Bornface alipata plug ilichange hustle yake, akatransform farming approach yake significantly thanks to twiga foods.

“Nikianza, it was a real headache kuwai a good market for my farm goods” Boniface recalls, snapping a quick pic as we walk on his lush vegetable shamba. “Hao middlemen walikua wanatake advantage na kuninunulia stuff na bei mbaya. Ata sometimes ilikua noma kujua pesa nitapata.”

Bahati Boniface alifikiria kufungua shop in Nakuru and Nairobi za ku-vend his farm produce and increase his income.

After kudiscover Twiga Foods, ali-add vitu alikua anauza; tomatoes, kales, and onions on the platform. Hii ilifanya izi vitu accessible to customers who needed them both jamaa wa mtaa na donga.

“Team ya Twiga foods ilikam through - from meeting quality to kupanga deliveries. Hii nayo likua game changer kwa hustle yangu”

Today, Bornface ako na shop in both Nairobi and Nakuru. Stock yake mainly inatoka straight kwa shakeh yake. Bornface anadai “Hii platform ni convenient, the pricing is fair, and the logistics are on point.”

Akiwa na Twiga, Bornface amegrow earnings zake and saa hii anafikiria ku-expand his farm operations.

“Twiga wamenifungulia so many doors. I'm living proof that youths Kenya wanaweza win big in agribusiness. I was introduced to this platform na aarif wangu who's also a farmer. The best piece of advice alinipea ni kuongea na company anytime niko na issue. Twiga wako na customer care fity.”

As a parting shot, Boniface mentioned that like any other business, Twiga foods is not perfect. He has encountered several challenges, from the app not being responsive after the final update, to pricing concerns.

He says that the market forces of demand and supply can sometimes be your best friend or your worst enemy. He says that in the supply is low he makes a killing and if it is high, he doesn't make as much because there's high competition.

So if you're a farmer ama ata vendor kama Boniface, usilalie hii opportunity. Dandia Twiga na uinue hio hustle yako!

The agricultural sector imekuwa backbone ya economy yetu for long, and now digital platforms zimecome kubadilisha design farmers wanaweza kuuza produce zao.

Twiga Foods imejitokeza kama game-changer, na imejituma ku-connect wakulima ama suppliers na retailers, bila ngori ya mabroker na price fluctuations zao.

Kwa sector ya agriculture, wao hudeal na fruits and vegetables kama nyanya, avocado, ndizi, among others.

Whether uko na shakeh bigi ama unaduu medium-scale farming, platform kama Twiga Foods inaweza boost profits zako mbaya by kukuprovidia a ready buyer after harvesting.

Kwa hii article, we’ll take a look at how young farmers kama Boniface wanaezauza farm produce zao through Twiga.

Fam, ndio ukulie on Twiga, here’s how to proceed:

There are two ways to register: via the app, in person, or by contacting customer care.

Twiga has a mobile application, although at the moment of writing this article, it’s being upgraded. Kila mtu anataka ku-do biz na Twiga including farmers hu-register through their mobile app.

But ikikua under maintenance (like it is now) unaweza wa-join by visiting their office, or by calling their customer support.

You can also register on their website: https://www.twiga.com/

For app registration, inabidi you sign up and create an account, provide your personal information and your farm's info, then wait for verification and get a farm number.

Ukitaka kuwa more explanation ama kuongea na mtu one-on-one, unaweza register directly hivi:

• Visiting their office- Headquarters: Industrial Area, Nairobi (Main offices & largest warehouse)

• Contacting their customer care – 0800720872 / 0709258000

Process ya ku-get in touch nao ni faster and direct. Ukiwapigia or uwatembelee Kwa ofisi, utawashow what you have to offer and they'll require you to provide information kama:

• Your name

• Number ya simu

• Quantity of farm produce

• Types of produce (Oranges, apples, avocado, banana, etc)

• ID na documents ka hizo for record-keeping purposes

Ukitakaa kuuza produce yako, uta provide your harvest information such as the type of fruits or vegetables unauza, quantity, pick-up location and a photo of it as shown below.

Next utapata confirmation that harvest yako imekuwa confirmed.

However, if App haiwork or iko under maintenance, unahitaji tu kuwa na ready produce and then get in touch with them. If you are farming tomatoes, for example, get in touch with one of their representatives (using ile number iko hapo juu) once produce yako iko ready.

Utawashow uko na mzigo kiasi gani, and mkubaliane when to deliver them and how much unaeza expect kulipwa. Mkibonga muelewane, unapanga transportation to take your products to Tatu City - ALP 1, their main distribution center.

Collection Centers zao zingine ziko: Kandara, Karatina, Meru, Machakos na wako na warehouses: Industrial Area na Kikuyu.

Once you deliver the products to the collection point, wao hufanya quality verification process yao. Hiyo huenda hivi:

1. Produce yako inacheckiwa quality

2. Weighing inafanywa officially mbele yako

3. Grading ya products inafanywa according to their standards

4. Quantity delivered vs quantity approved inaconfirmiwa

Below is an example of payments for tomato, with details on the minimum quantity required and the rate per kilogram (Note: pricing yao hukua relative to the market price ya chenye unauza).

For example tuseme uko na 100 kgs of tomatoes kwa shamba and assuming the current market rate per Kg of tomatoes is Ksh 80.

Hii inamaanisha ukideliver this produce to Twiga Foods, payment yako itakua calculated as follows:

Total Payment = Quantity Delivered x price per Kg

Total Payment: 100 kgs x ksh. 80 = ksh. 8,000

From hii example, utacheki the more you supply, the more money unapata.

Pro Tip: If farm yako ni ndogo, unaezashikana na mamorio wako ama farmers wengine wa mtaa then you deliver pamoja kama one delivery. Mkifanya ivi itawaokolea ku-split hio bill ya transport then you can split the profit equally.

Once the final quantity approved imekua determined, utapewa physical receipt yenye inashoo details zote za transaction - from quantity approved mpaka total amount utapata. M-PESA ndio main method ya kulipwa. After successful delivery na verification, pesa yako itaingia kwa simu within 24 hours.

Amount utalipwa ni exactly vile mulikubaliana. Kila payment inakuja na confirmation SMS, making it easier kuweka records zako.

In case of any issues, bonga na customer care. You can contact them kufollow up on any payment delays ama discrepancies. All their records huwa stored kwa system yao for future reference.

But, inafaa pia wewe u-save zile SMS receipts na confirmation messages for your own record-keeping. Zinaweza kukuokolea sana especially if issues zitatokea baadae. Plus, hizi records zinawezakuokolea ku-track progress ya business yako na kuplan future deliveries better.

Remember fam, hii registration ni step ya kwanza tu. Real success inatoka na kufuata hizo steps including kujituma, building relationship zinafaa na clients wako. Ni vizuri pia kuelewa vizuri vile website, app and the whole system inawork. Alafu finally, kua professional kwa dealings zako zote. Ukido ivo, the sky is the limit and kuomoka hubahatishi!