Benin: The trio of inventors-innovators

Franck, Francis and Calixte are passionate about creating things. In Benin, they are conceiving different technologies for food and agriculture. Frank and Francis are twin brothers. While they were at school itself, they started vegetable production at the back of their house through the financial support of an acquaintance. Their business worked really well and they eventually left school in the final year. They later started to invent different types of machines for processing agri-food products, and Calixte joined the team. “We have a clear objective. We want to create thousands of jobs. We want to enable the Beninese youth to go forward and believe in ourselves,” says Calixte.