| Targeted location (aggregate) |
Multi-country - Our current focus is East Africa, where chronic malnutrition is a public concern, where maize is a staple food eaten … |
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| Verification status | Verified Find out more |
Commitment description
In many East African countries, up to 90% of the population consumes maize flour, which is mostly processed by small non-industrial mills.
Sanku developed technology and a business model that allows those small mills to add vital nutrients, or to fortify, their flour during processing. Our business model offsets the cost of the nutrients added so small mills do not have to charge extra for fortified flour giving their customers affordable access to nutritious flour.
We work with 600 mills to give 2.5 million East Africans access to flour that has been fortified with vital nutrients. By 2025, we will be reaching 25 million people in up to 5 countries.
Global Nutrition Targets
Nutrition Action Classification across all goals
Enabling
- Financial
- Operational
- Leadership and governance
- Research monitoring and data
Policy
- Food environment
- Food supply chain
- Consumer knowledge
- Nutrition care services
Impact
- Undernutrition
- Diet
- Obesity and diet-related NCDs
- Food and nutrition security
N4G themes covered by goals
- Food
- Health
- Resilience
- Data
- Financing
Total funding and costs across all goals
| Funders | High Net Worth Individuals, Dovetail Impact Foundation (Formerly the David Weekly Family Foundation), Waterloo Foundation, Pictet Group Foundation, Ray & Tye Noorda Foundation, King Philanthropies, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Eurofins Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates through the World Food Programme, Bayer Foundation and USAID under the Feed the Future Initiative. |
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| Funding mechanism | This funding comes from both public and private sources |
| Cost secured | $5m committed to date. |
| Total costs estimated | Yes, and the amount disclosed to GNR only |
