Partners
Partner with RIMAI to make farming bankable.
RIMAI calls on banks, brands, government departments and every institution that backs farmers to adopt the RIMAI Certified Agribusiness Professional, so that everyone who funds, buys from or trains a farmer benefits from the same standard.
Partners of RIMAI
Partner platforms
Four platforms from the same group stand at the points in the course where a farmer has to act: register, keep books, source supplies, move goods, sell livestock and reach business buyers. Students are free to use any provider; these are the ones the lessons name.
Musika
A B2B marketplace that sources from South African suppliers into Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. A buyer gets one quote from the trade desk instead of chasing five suppliers.
Partners: Evertol Associates, SITT Logistics and Afrexpay.
In the course
C3 Productivity Economics, C4 Getting to the Buyer, C8 Value-Add and Processing
Mashofe.com
A load board that matches freight with transporters and clearing agents, local and cross-border. No operator goes on the board until its registration, vehicles, cover and permits are checked.
Network: compliance-checked transporters and clearing agents.
In the course
Moeletsi Africa
Corporate services for a business at every stage: company setup and secretarial, accounting and audit, tax and compliance, IP and trademarks, business planning and market entry, delivered by verified member firms.
Member firms include Aptiva Consulting, SITT Consulting, Mbali Consulting and Evertol Associates.
In the course
C1 The Farm as an Asset, C2 Money for the Farm, C7 Trade and Policy, The Capstone
Chinyama.com
A livestock marketplace that connects animal holders with buyers and transporters. A small holder with a few head a month reaches buyers who would never drive out to find them.
Network: licensed buyers, exporters and livestock transporters.
In the course
RIMAI graduates on the partner platforms
Your certificate number is recognised on Musika, Mashofe.com, Moeletsi Africa and Chinyama.com.
Who should partner
Every institution that funds, buys from, supplies or trains farmers gains from a farmer who plans properly.
Banks and lenders
Adopt the RIMAI Certified Agribusiness Professional as a lending standard, read applications on the same numbers, and grow a better-prepared farm loan book.
Big brands and buyers
Build a certified supply base, sponsor certification for your outgrowers and suppliers, and report the jobs and SDG impact it creates.
Government departments
Use RIMAI for farmer and youth programmes, land and resettlement support, and extension, with a common standard across beneficiaries.
Input suppliers
Put enterprise budgets in your customers' hands and grow with the farms that plan properly.
Development agencies
Fund certification codes at scale and measure outcomes against the Sustainable Development Goals.
Universities and colleges
Teach and recognise RIMAI, supervise Capstones, and research with the data layer.
Ways to partner
Partnership puts a common standard between farmers and the institutions that back them.
Partners can report what their support achieves against the Sustainable Development Goals RIMAI is aligned to: rural incomes, food production, decent work, gender equality and climate resilience.