From a father’s field in Foumbot to an intelligence platform.
Djalumo Agro is the outcome of more than twenty years of work, from the small plots of the founder’s teenage years and his father’s plantations to a documented, photographed and costed field pilot.
Franck Junior Djandja Tomwa
Based in Kigali, Rwanda · Pilot zone in Foumbot, Cameroon
The project began in the founder’s teenage years. Beside the family gardens, he grew his own small plots of eggplant, cucumber and other vegetables, which already brought him some income, and he followed his father, a farmer in the Foumbot area, through his plantations. His father taught him the craft of the land, including the production of excellent seed from his own harvests.
His engineering studies in telecommunications then gave him the means to modernise what his father had taught him, by bringing technology into farming. His goal has not changed since: to make agriculture in Cameroon and across Africa a modern, intelligent industry.
In September 2021, with the project already well advanced, he travelled to Kigali to present this vision to entrepreneurs, people working in the sector and potential investors, after a stay on his father’s plantation, where tomato, eggplant and cucumber were grown on plots at different stages.
From that heritage came Cam_Agri For Africa, a commercial farming pilot run between September 2024 and October 2025. It did not fail for lack of land, labour or commitment. It failed because each critical decision was taken without the information that would have changed it. Djalumo Agro exists to supply that information, for any budget, before capital is committed.
Now a data analyst, he adds the piece that was missing: data made useful for decisions. The Season Planner is its first result.
Four convictions behind the work.
Africa must feed itself.
Food security begins with productive, profitable local farms.
Agriculture can offer dignified work.
A real alternative to emigration for young Africans.
Farming is a business.
Run with numbers, plans and measured risk.
Cameroon is the right start.
Arable land, the ports of Douala and Kribi, and buyers from Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
More than twenty years of work, in eight moments.
First plots of his own
Eggplant, cucumber and other vegetables beside the family gardens; the craft learnt on his father’s plantations.
Telecommunications engineer
The technical training that made it possible to bring technology into farming.
The vision presented in Kigali
After a stay on the father’s plantation (tomato, eggplant, cucumber), the project is presented to entrepreneurs, people in the sector and potential investors.
Cam_Agri For Africa pilot launched
Main site of 1 ha, USD 5,000 of own capital; heat, water and packaging problems.
Secondary marshy site
Cucumber, pepper and zucchini, then staked tomato; pests and low prices.
Relaunch of the main site
Good crop, but an election crisis closed markets at harvest: total commercial loss.
Advanced data analytics certification
Google Advanced Data Analytics Professional Certificate: Python, machine learning.
Djalumo Agro designed
A decision platform for any budget, in English and French.
Five phases and four gates to the March 2027 pilot.
A gate opens only when its criterion is met. Durations assume 10 to 15 hours of work per week and will be revised once the team is in place.
Highlighted: Phase 2, the advanced data analytics project (PACE), published on GitHub. Diamonds mark the gates.
Framing
Founder decisions, structured pilot dataset, report approved in English and French, GitHub repository.
Field validation
Survey of 30 to 50 Foumbot growers, market price readings, data audit, paper mockups tested with 10 growers.
Data and models
Certificate PACE project: pipelines, exploration, climate risk, disease risk and yield models, error analysis, published on GitHub.
Prototype
Bilingual Season Planner connected to the models, tested with 10 growers in Foumbot.
MVP pilot
Android and web applications, season log, alerts; 30 growers followed over a full season from March 2027.
Crop by crop, region by region.
The Season Planner already covers twelve crops from published references. This sequence concerns the field follow up and the models trained on growers’ own seasons.
| Release | Crops | Geography | Criterion to move on |
|---|---|---|---|
| MVP | Tomato | Foumbot and surroundings | 30 active growers complete a season and rate the Season Plan useful |
| Version 2 | Adds cucumber, green beans, zucchini, pepper | Noun division and Bafoussam | Yield predictions measured against a real season; first paying subscribers |
| Version 3 | Adds maize, sorghum and other staple crops | West region, then other regions of Cameroon | At least one partnership signed with a financial institution |
| Version 4 | Broad crop catalogue | Central, West and East Africa, starting with Rwanda and Kenya | Sustainable business model in Cameroon |
In parallel, and subject to financing of at least USD 100,000, the Cam_Agri For Africa farm will be relaunched as Djalumo Agro’s reference site, where every recommendation is tested at commercial scale with automated irrigation, transport and packaging. USD 20,000 would allow only a partial relaunch.
Bring Djalumo Agro to your farms, portfolio or programme.
Pilot participation in Foumbot from March 2027, data partnerships, investment and institutional collaboration.