Advance Insight Kenya Gold

Advance Consulting is a business development consultancy firm operating in Africa, Asia and Latin America since 1999. Our North Star is to develop vibrant, green and inclusive SMEs in the Agri-food and Renewable Energy sectors. We support clients in emerging markets with the technology required to transform their companies, with the goal of professionalizing, streamlining and growing their businesses. In addition to standard Odoo implementations, we use Odoo as a platform all our digital solutions.

As an Odoo Gold Partner, we lead by example and rely on Odoo to run all our core processes, including finance, CRM, project management, and HR. To learn more about our services, visit: www.advanceinsight.dev.

Agricado Farms Uganda Ltd is a large agribusiness focused on export-quality produce, working with local outgrowers to supply markets in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. As part of a broader group with expertise across Africa in sectors like agro-processing, manufacturing, and IT, Agricado combines large-scale farming with robust supply chain connections.

AGRODEV, a Burkinabé company, offers business development services in agriculture across Burkina Faso, including market studies, management advice, and training.

Altech Group is a leading distributor of clean energy solutions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reaching over 1.5 million people with solar home systems, lamps, and clean cookstoves through a network of 3,500+ Solar Ambassadors across 22 provinces. The company aims to eliminate energy poverty by 2030 by providing cost-effective, life-improving products with innovative mobile payment options.

BasiGo is revolutionising public transport in Kenya and Rwanda, providing public transport bus owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel. BasiGo offers a Pay-As-You-Drive lease enabling owners to acquire an E-Bus at minimal upfront cost. Owners then pay an affordable Pay-As-You-Drive fee which includes all charging and maintenance services provided by BasiGo. With Pay-As-You-Drive, owning an electric bus is as Easy as Driving.
Advance Insight came into the picture in 2024, when Basigo was struggling with the performance of its database (implemented by another Odoo partner).

Bio Amandes is a mid-sized agribusiness operating in Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso. It specialises in sustainable almond production and processing. Thanks to its unique processing process, which respects local traditions, Bio Amandes offers high-quality raw almonds and almond oil to an international market.

Advance Insight implemented Odoo for Bio Amandes in 2022. It has been supporting Bio Amandes ever since with system upgrades and further improvements.

BioMassters Ltd., founded in Rwanda in 2020, produces pellet fuel from biomass waste and provides efficient, gasification pellet stoves, creating a sustainable and affordable cooking solution. Focused on clean energy, BioMassters contributes to the circular economy, reduces emissions, and offers a cost-effective cooking alternative for urban households in Rwanda.

We are Buurman, a circular hardware store and (wood) workshop. With four locations in the Netherlands and Belgium, we aim to make as much impact as possible in the reuse of (building) materials. You can buy your building materials from us for small or large projects, and you can also follow workshops and courses to become more skilled in making things yourself.

HC Commodities is a well-known agricultural trading company operating in Zambia, specialising in the storage, export and distribution of grains and pulses. It is part of a wider group of companies including CHC Chemicals, Griffin, CACC and Greenvalley.

Advance Insight replaced CHC’s legacy systems by Odoo in 2024.

The Cocoa Abrabopa Association (‘cocoa for a better life’) is an organisation for and by Ghanaian cocoa farmers. It seeks to improve the lives of its members by providing training, certification, and tailor-made input packages on credit, warehousing and access to export markets. Since 2009, the CAA has been UTZ Certified and Rainforest Alliance Certified. It has a strong member base of over 8,400 smallholder farmers and exports cocoa around the world.

Advance Insight replaced CAA’s legacy systems by Odoo in 2023 and made various customisations to the system."

Distributed Power Africa operates in Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, serving commercial and industrial customers with solar and storage systems provided at no upfront cost. The company finances, installs, owns, and manages the infrastructure, enabling clients to transition to clean, reliable energy while lowering emissions and achieving predictable costs. One of its flagship projects powers East Africa Data Centre with over 60 percent renewable energy.

website: https://dpaafrica.com/

eBee is a pan-African e-mobility company founded in 2021 in Kenya and now operational in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda. It manufactures, sells, and rents electric bicycles and also runs a last-mile delivery fleet, with a strong focus on creating green jobs for youth and women. The company currently has more than 1,124 e-bikes on the road, has created around 381 jobs with nearly 40 percent of mechanics being women, and its fleet has covered close to 3 million kilometres. To date, eBee has saved approximately 412,000 kilograms of CO₂ emissions through its operations.

Read more here: https://www.odoo.com/blog/customer-reviews-6/ebee-transforming-last-mile-logistics-with-odoo-erp-1283

website: https://ebee.africa/ke/

FarmTree B.V. is a small agribusiness company based in the Netherlands, focusing on sustainable farming and agroforestry solutions.

The Financing Alliance for Health is a medium-sized organisation operating in the health financing industry, dedicated to facilitating funding mechanisms and partnerships for health programs in multiple countries across Africa.

Healthy Entrepreneurs B.V. is a small to medium-sized social enterprise operating in the healthcare industry, providing access to essential health products and services to underserved communities across Africa.

Healthy Entrepreneurs B.V. is a small to medium-sized social enterprise operating in the healthcare industry, providing access to essential health products and services to underserved communities across Africa.

https://www.healthyentrepreneurs.nl/

Hollanda Fairfoods partners with Rwandan smallholder farmers to produce high-quality potato crisps, branded as Winnaz, which are sold across East Africa, including Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya. Through agronomy support and market access, they help improve crop yield and quality for local farmers while bringing local, premium snacks to regional shelves.

KCC General Supplies Ltd is a medium-sized coffee exporting and processing company based in Uganda.

Known to deliver affordable eyecare without comprising either quality or clinical standards. Based in Nairobi, KE, USA.

The Lutheran World Federation operates humanitarian projects in northwest Kenya, supporting internally displaced persons and refugees.

Kulea, a forward-thinking venture, provides deep technical and trading insights in the multi-commodity market across Africa, Europe, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Masaka Creamery is a medium-sized dairy company operating in Rwanda, specialising in the production of high-quality dairy products for local and regional markets.

MoPhones Ltd is a mid-sized telecommunications company that operates in Kenya and provides affordable mobile phones and accessories

Mobile Power (MOPO) provides pay-per-use solar battery rentals through local agents, giving households, small businesses, and e-mobility users affordable, clean energy without upfront costs. Operating in countries including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, DRC, and Uganda, MOPO has completed over 25 million rentals, reaching more than 320,000 off-grid users through its growing network of solar hubs.

website: https://mopo.co/

Moto Gari Limited (Moto Gari) is a Nairobi-based transport services company that provides end-to- end mobility solutions to corporate clients and organised groups. Their core offering spans corporate taxi services, staff/shift transport, airport transfers, chauffeur-driven vehicles, and short- and long- term corporate car hire. They also support group movements for team-building events and company retreats, and can tailor packages to different client needs and budgets. Operationally, Moto Gari runs and manages a sizeable, well-maintained fleet ranging from standard saloons and SUVs to vans, minibuses, and executive shuttles, with the ability to source special vehicles on request. Their services emphasise reliability and safety, supported by professional drivers, a 24-hour control centre, and real-time vehicle tracking, enabling consistent service levels for high-volume corporate transport requirements.

MSF Kenya is a part of a large-scale humanitarian organisation operating globally in the healthcare sector, providing medical aid and assistance in crisis-affected regions in Kenya.

Paratus Africa is a pan-African telecommunications and connectivity infrastructure provider operating in more than 15 countries, including Namibia, Angola, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, and South Africa. The company invests in fiber-optic networks, data centers, satellite services, and cloud to deliver high-speed, resilient connectivity for businesses and governments. In 2023, Paratus Namibia reported revenues of over N$460 million, with group revenue growing 26% year-on-year, driven by fiber expansion, data center occupancy, and new capacity sales.

website: https://paratus.africa/

SINA GERARD / ESE URWIBUTSO is a Rwandan company oriented towards the agro-processing industry sector, processing and delivering standardised products

APOPO is a non-profit organisation that trains animals (HeroRATs and HeroDOGs) to detect landmines and tuberculosis using scent detection, developing and deploying this low-tech but highly effective tool across multiple countries. It operates in about 10 countries, employs over 430 staff, has around 100 HeroRATs in action, and runs a central training & R&D centre in Tanzania.
website: https://apopo.org/

Shambani Pro, a women-led social enterprise based in Kenya, pioneers agro-processing technologies to empower smallholder farmers and reduce food loss.

Shujaaz Limited is a medium-sized media company in Kenya that creates engaging content for youth across East Africa and is expanding into a job-matching network for paid gigs.

SokoFresh, a growing enterprise based in Nairobi, Kenya, operates in the agribusiness sector, connecting smallholder farmers to markets through innovative technology solutions.

SECO is a leading ISO 9001-accredited engineering company based in Kenya, specialising in shipbuilding, marine construction, structural fabrication, dredging, piling, remote camp solutions, and heavy equipment services. With decades of experience, SECO delivers complex engineering projects across the region, supporting sectors like energy, infrastructure, and marine logistics.

Webste: https://www.secoafrica.com/

Working with farmers from the farm to the cup, Spring Valley Coffee has been setting the standard for Kenyan coffee excellence since 2009. Rooted in a century-old legacy of Nairobi's coffee farms, Spring Valley Coffee has grown from a neighbourhood coffee shop to an internationally recognised brand, exporting premium coffee to the US, UK, Japan, and the Netherlands.

T3 Africa is establishing Kenya’s first vertically integrated Recycled PET (rPET) textile plant in Athi River, transforming post-consumer plastic waste from across East Africa into high-quality yarn and textiles. This initiative addresses environmental issues and unemployment by creating jobs in the recycling and textile sectors, producing sustainable materials from 100% post-consumer plastic bottles.

Tireworld Kenya, a medium-sized company, specialises in the tire industry and operates within Kenya.

Vanilla Vida is an agritech company founded in 2020 that grows, cures, and sells premium vanilla beans using climate-controlled greenhouses and data-driven curing technology. Headquartered in Yesod HaMa'ala, Israel, the company has raised approximately $18 million in funding and achieved the world's first large-scale indoor vanilla harvest in late 2024: delivering 250 times the yield per square metre compared to traditional farming, with three to four times higher vanillin content. Sales have tripled year-on-year since 2022, with products sold at a premium to leading flavour and fragrance houses.

Vanilla Vida's Israel operation serves as the R&D centre and houses a small-scale curing facility with six growing rooms and 180 experimental plots. Approximately 15 people work from this site, which is already on Odoo under a separate implementation partner (Bizzup). The Uganda entity, the primary focus of this project, is a new 10-hectare production site combining a vanilla curing facility and commercial greenhouse farming. The curing facility will launch in the second half of 2026 using a hybrid model: processing green beans sourced from local Ugandan farmers while Vanilla Vida's own greenhouse planting (starting April 2026) matures toward a first harvest around 2029. Initial procurement targets are 10 tonnes of green beans in summer 2026, scaling to 50 tonnes by 2027. A future Netherlands entity for European sales is out of scope for this project.

Vivo was founded by Wandia Gichuru and Anne Marie Burugu in 2011. In just over 12 years, Vivo has become East Africa’s largest ladies’ fashion brand, designing and manufacturing 100% on the African continent. More importantly, Vivo aims to inspire a generation of African fashion entrepreneurs.

Vivo designs and produces affordable, widely accessible, and good-quality clothing specifically for women of colour and curvaceous women. Vivo products are stylish, colourful, fun, and fit well. Vivo's customers love that Vivo sees them through critical stages of their lives and that Vivo's products make them look and feel great without sacrificing comfort or breaking the bank.

Vivo operates 30 retail stores across Kenya, Uganda & Rwanda.

eBee is a pan-African e-mobility company founded in 2021 in Kenya and now operational in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda. It manufactures, sells, and rents electric bicycles and also runs a last-mile delivery fleet, with a strong focus on creating green jobs for youth and women. The company currently has more than 1,124 e-bikes on the road, has created around 381 jobs with nearly 40 percent of mechanics being women, and its fleet has covered close to 3 million kilometres. To date, eBee has saved approximately 412,000 kilograms of CO₂ emissions through its operations. 

Read more here: https://www.odoo.com/blog/customer-reviews-6/ebee-transforming-last-mile-logistics-with-odoo-erp-1283