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by Agrolinking Solutions Ltd · Kaduna, Nigeria

Sure
Food

Built on Trust. Delivered Through Food.

We give small food vendors ingredient credit upfront — so they can cook, sell, and repay from their own revenue. No collateral. No paperwork. Just food, trust, and capital.

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The Problem

Small vendors.
Big capital gap.

Millions of women-led food businesses across Nigeria generate daily cash flow — but can't access a single naira of working capital. Banks won't serve them. Informal lenders exploit them.

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0 Access

No formal credit for vendors without collateral, documentation, or credit history — yet they trade daily.

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Income

Capped earnings because vendors can't buy enough ingredients to meet demand from customers.

% Rates

Punishing informal lenders charge exploitative rates that leave vendors worse off after every cycle.

Trade credit,
built into
the food chain.

SureFood is a vendor financing product delivered through food. We embed working capital directly into the supply chain — not on top of it.

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Ingredient Credit, Not Cash

We supply ingredients upfront — ensuring funds go directly into production, not elsewhere.

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2-Week Rolling Cycles

Vendors sell, repay from revenue, and are restocked — a self-sustaining trade credit engine.

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Credit That Grows With You

Each cycle builds a repayment record. Credit limits rise as trust deepens.

The Model

How It Works

1

Enrol Vendor

Identified, assessed informally, and enrolled in the SureFood credit programme.

2

Issue Credit

Ingredients — not cash — delivered upfront, covering the full working capital need.

3

Vendor Sells

She cooks and sells to her existing customers. SureFood is invisible — she owns the business.

4

Repay From Sales

At cycle end, she repays from revenue — no savings touched, no debt trap.

5

Cycle Repeats

Restocked for the next cycle. Limits increase. The engine keeps running.

Live Pilot · April 2025

We've already started.

5
Vendors Enrolled
Women-led food businesses
₦161K
Credit Deployed
₦161,050 first cycle
2wk
Cycle Duration
Rolling repay from sales

Akara, beans, and moi moi vendors in Kaduna. Pilot validated credit acceptance, ingredient deployment, and revenue-based repayment. Scaling to 50 vendors next.

Value Proposition

Built for everyone
in the chain.

Whether you're a food vendor in Kaduna or a development finance partner in Geneva — SureFood speaks your language.

🍳 For Vendors
Start without savingsIngredient credit covers your working capital from day one.
Zero personal riskRepay from sales revenue — your savings stay untouched.
No collateral, no paperworkDignity-preserving access to capital — just your track record.
Credit that grows with youLimits increase as your repayment history builds over cycles.
🤝 For Partners & Investors
Proven informal market modelCredit embedded in supply chains — not layered on top.
Dual revenue architectureIngredient margin + financing fees from a single transaction.
Built-in data assetEvery cycle builds credit profiles valuable to lenders and insurers.
DFI mandate alignmentWomen's inclusion, food systems, rural market access — all in one.
Revenue Model

Five streams.
Two active now.

Active 🌽

Ingredient Margin

Buy wholesale, supply to vendors above cost. The spread is the first revenue pool.

Active 💳

Financing Fee

Flat fee or % per credit cycle. Simple, transparent, vendor-friendly.

Pipeline 🛒

Consumer Products

Retail-facing branded SureFood products as brand scales.

Pipeline 🏢

B2B Supply

Institutional and commercial ingredient supply contracts.

Future 📊

Data Licensing

Anonymised vendor credit profiles for lenders, insurers, and DFIs.

Growth Roadmap

Depth first.
Then scale.

1
Now · Kaduna

Vendor Financing

Scale from 5 to 50 vendors. Refine onboarding, repayment tracking, and informal credit scoring.

2
Next · Product

Product Expansion

Launch SureFood-branded consumer products and B2B ingredient supply alongside vendor financing.

3
Growth · National

Geographic Scale

Replicate the model across Northern Nigeria, then pan-Nigeria cities.

4
Future · Fintech

Financial Infrastructure

Leverage vendor credit data to unlock loans, insurance, and savings via institutional partnerships.

Institutional Network

Backed by trust.
Supported by institutions.

SureFood is a product of Agrolinking Solutions Ltd — an agri-tech company with established relationships across global development and agricultural finance.

UNDP Tadamon
Mastercard Foundation
IITA