About Wobil

Built by farmers, engineers and agribusiness professionals.

Founded in 2021, Wobil Technologies designs, manufactures and deploys hybrid solar-powered agricultural technologies that reduce post-harvest losses and create green economic opportunity in rural Ghana.

Our mission

To design and deploy affordable, locally manufactured clean-energy technologies that let smallholder farmers increase productivity, reduce losses and improve livelihoods.

Our vision

To become Africa's leading provider of climate-smart agricultural mechanization, strengthening food security, climate resilience and opportunity for women and youth.

Our story

From a wooden prototype to commercial-ready.

Wobil began after our founder watched rice farmers lose much of their harvest to slow, inefficient threshing and manual grain cleaning, and watched women carry heavy bowls of grain, recovering by hand what traditional methods spilled.

Through continuous field testing and farmer engagement, that early wooden prototype became a patent-pending multi-stage hybrid solar-powered threshing system, designed specifically for African conditions.

Between 2021 and 2025, Wobil grew from prototype to proven impact, serving hundreds of farmers, processing nearly a thousand tonnes of rice, and creating dignified green jobs along the way.

What does “climate-smart” mean?

Climate-smart agriculture means farming in a way that raises productivity and incomes while adapting to a changing climate and cutting emissions. For us, that’s practical: our machines run on hybrid solar power instead of diesel, they slash the grain lost after harvest, and they help farmers get more value from every crop, using fewer resources and leaving a lighter footprint on the environment.

Leadership

The four driving it forward.

A multidisciplinary team with deep, firsthand roots in farming, fabrication and agribusiness.

John Wobil

John Wobil

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Electrical engineer, inventor and rice farmer with 12+ years in agricultural machinery. He led development of the patent-pending multi-stage thresher and oversees engineering and manufacturing.

Agricultural machineryElectrical engineeringProduct innovationIntellectual property
Erica Adjoa Appiah

Erica Adjoa Appiah

Chief Finance & Marketing Officer

Growth marketer with 8 years of experience leading Wobil's finance, supply chain, commercialization, partnerships, fundraising and growth strategy.

Growth marketingFinance & supply chainPartnershipsFundraising
Solomon Akutinga

Solomon Akutinga

Human Resources Manager

Agricultural economist and agribusiness expert with 7 years of experience, leading people, partnerships and community engagement across Wobil's operating districts.

Agricultural economicsAgribusinessHuman resourcesCommunity engagement
Gabriel Wobil

Gabriel Wobil

Director of Technical Operations

Rice farmer and agricultural machinery specialist with 17 years of experience, overseeing fabrication, field deployment and technical operations.

Agricultural machineryFabricationField operationsRice production
How we operate

Five principles guide every decision.

Accountability

Transparent reporting on financial, operational and impact outcomes.

Innovation

Continuously improving technology and models for evolving climate challenges.

Inclusion

Meaningful participation of women, youth and underserved farmers.

Sustainability

Balancing commercial viability with environmental stewardship.

Collaboration

Leveraging research, government and farmer-group partnerships.

Want to know where we're headed?

We're scaling toward 10,000 farmers by 2028. Reach out, Wobil is always glad to talk.