Solar Foods is a pioneer in the dried foods industry in Sudan producing a variety of organic dried food products through solar drying, packaged in environmentally friendly packaging catering for both the retail and wholesale market.

Alaa Salih Hamadto
Solar Foods
Major Achievements
- Increase in suppliers from 30 to 56 supermarkets in Khartoum within a period of 1 year.
- Entered the B2B market with 2 meat factories and 1 ketchup factory to purchase dried garlic and dried onion powder within 6 months.
- Manufactured 9 solar food dryer units and 9 solar food cooking units for 9 communities in South Kurdofan including capacity building.
- Increased the product range to a total of 22 with the new introduced brand Doqa in 2023 that contained 5 new products.
- Reestablished the business in Sudan (Kassala) and Egypt (Cairo) after the breakout of the war.
- Launched the brand Doqa with 1 product in Cairo in 11 supermarkets.
- Currently build capacities in marketing & branding for 13 vegetables groups in Kassala (supported by a grant)
- 1 grant enabled them to rebuilt our solar drying factory in Kassala.
- Solar Foods won 3 prizes in the past 3 years.
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Industry
Agribusiness
Country
Sudan
Title
CEO
MBA
Global MBA in Impact Entrepreneurship in Sudan, 2019/2020



