Heliponix in Central Africa
Scott Massey’s trip to Cameroon, Africa introduced him to an amazing group of students, engineers, tradesmen, teachers, and farmers laying the foundation of the new African economy which was funded by the United States Department of State through the Mandela Washington Fellowship.
Heliponix has open sourced a design manual in multiple languages that shows how anyone in Africa can build their own low-cost ($300) hydroponic system from readily available materials, uses only 4 square meters, and can produce 250 kg of vegetables annually for urban and rural environments.
After Scott’s entrepreneurial workshops and lectures at the Universities in Douala, Ngaoundéré, and Yaoundé Cameroon, He then began to build hydroponic farms at orphanages of children displaced by regional conflict. The video assembly instructions are shown below!
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How to build a low-cost hydroponic farm from local materials found in Africa.
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FOOTNOTE:  We were featured in the Institute of Food Technologists April 2019 Newsletter! Heliponix has been selected as one of the five finalists for the final pitch event taking place at IFT19 in New Orleans on June 4th!  Heliponix won $5,000 at the Crossroads pitch competition in Bloomington, Indiana at the Dimension Mill.
Scott Massey will be speaking on a panel discussion at the Agrinovus Stakeholder meeting on April 17 at 2 PM EST at 642 N Madison St, Bloomington, IN 47404, USA
Scott Massey will be a judge in the PNW Big Sell Pitch Competition 1 PM CST on Saturday, April 27 at Purdue University Northwest Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center 7150 Indianapolis Blvd. Hammond, IN 46324.
CEO, Scott Massey was nominated for the Rising Entrepreneur Award through Techpoint. The GroPod won the Best New Tech Product award at the 2018 Mira Awards.
