About WARC
A social enterprise reshaping the first mile.
From a single farm in Sierra Leone in 2011 to 250+ people across West and East Africa, WARC exists to connect smallholder farmers to global markets — and to lift them out of poverty in the process.
The story so far
From one farm to an integrated first mile
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2011
One farm in Sierra Leone
WARC begins with a single farm and a simple conviction: fix the first mile and you fix the supply chain.
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2017–19
Trading Hubs & first capital
The Trading Hub model spreads across Ghana and Sierra Leone; Acumen invests as first institutional backer in 2019.
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2021
Into East Africa
Operations extend to Uganda; the advisory practice deepens across the continent.
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2024
$7.5M Series B
A $7.5M Series B led by Kielder Agro backs the next phase — more farmers, more hubs, more impact.
Our mission
To build the new African farm — prosperous, regenerative, and connected to the world.
WARC by the numbers
The scale of the first mile
Who we are
WARC, in the field
Meet the people behind WARC
See the leadership and board, the investors backing WARC, and the roles we're hiring for.