Frank founded Akatale On Cloud, a social enterprise that buys produce from farmers, processes and packages it, and sells it to consumers.
It also supplies wholesalers and retailers.
To support a circular economy, the project runs an e-mobility arm that uses electric motorcycles to deliver purchases and collect food waste. This waste is repurposed into products such as fertiliser and animal feed.
While attending the Belfast Summit with the Audi Foundation, Frank spoke about creating food security using the black soldier fly, an insect that quickly decomposes organic waste into fertiliser. He has trained 4,000 people in using the insect effectively and saved 500,000 tonnes of food from being wasted. Of this, 60,000 tonnes of waste has been transformed into organic fertiliser to grow fresh food and 300 kilograms of methane is mitigated each day.
In the next year, Frank plans to expand Akatale On Cloud’s e-mobility system by designing motorcycles to carry heavier loads for farm distribution. He also hopes to create five million jobs in sustainable agriculture over the next eight years, providing people with practical skills and steady income.
