J Palm's work to empower rural farmers in Liberia has won multiple awards and funding, including from Johnson&Johnson Innovation Africa.
Liberian Social Entrepreneur Transforms Palm Oil Producers' Lives
J Palm is a Liberian social enterprise founded in 2013 by Mahmud Johnson - who returned to help rebuild Liberia after he completed a university degree in the United States. The company pioneered a new model of processing and purchasing palm kernel oil from rural farmers, many in remote, hard to reach areas. J Palm brings mini-mills to farmers who have difficulty processing and transporting their palm oil harvest. The machines allow processing in one-sixteenth of the time required to do it manually, and extract additional oil from the hard, inner kernels, which normally are thrown away. The company buys oil on the spot, for farmers who choose to sell, and uses it to make a line of personal care products.
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Liberia: Social Entrepreneur Mahmud Johnson Envisions a New World through Palm Kernels
allAfrica, 31 December 2020
Mahmud Johnson is among a group of young Liberians who attended university in the United States and, rather than settling abroad, returned to their country to help rebuild it.… Read more »
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1 March 2020
Inside J-Palm Liberia: Episode 1
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An insider's look into company operations - from the farm to the store. see more »
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