Aftrak

Where we work

Where an AFT-e1 can be had today, and where it is already working. Malawi is where the system was proven; South Africa is where assembly and regional distribution sit; the UK is supplied direct.

Availability

Where you can get one

Available today
United Kingdom

Direct from Aftrak, with the full attachment range.

Through a distributor
South Africa

Assembled and distributed by GMA, with sales, service and training.

Through a distributor
SADC region

Covered by GMA from Cape Town.

Coming soon
Malawi

Programme deployments running today with Tiyeni. Commercial supply to follow.

Coming soon
Zambia

A site is identified and written up in the spotlights.

Coming soon
Kenya
Coming soon
Europe

Delivery on enquiry while the dealer network is set up.

On the ground

Where the machines are working

Manufacturing hubLive sitePlanned
The Aftrak tractor ploughing with a solar panel mounted over it, throwing up a plume of red dust, onlookers to one side
Demonstration site · live

Emisizini, Malawi

4Solar modules1Community tractor22People connected
Pupils in blue uniforms gathered beside a large ground-mounted solar array in the school yard
Community installation · live

Ehlekweni Full Primary School, north of Mzuzu, Malawi

A ground-mounted, fenced solar array powering lighting, phone charging and internet across the school buildings and teacher accommodation. Over 400 pupils attend in two daily sessions, some walking up to 15 km. Before the array there was no electricity on the site.

Solar panels installed on the roof of Ngolowindo Hospital, Salima, Malawi
Community installation · live

Ngolowindo Hospital, Salima, Malawi

6Solar panels3.6 kWPeak output

Six panels on the hospital roof power the Starfish maternity clinic and the nurses' homes beside it, with Deep Bed Farming training for the community around it.

Manufacturing hub · in progress

Manufacturing hub, Blantyre, Malawi

The first manufacturing hub for micro electric tractors in sub-Saharan Africa. Blantyre was chosen for its highway and rail links, its technical labour pool and its proximity to key agricultural zones.

Read about the hub →
Assembly & distribution

Cape Town, South Africa

GMA assembles and distributes the AFT-e1 for South Africa and the wider SADC region, and leads market development there.

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The problem, in numbers

Why the work is concentrated where it is.

800m+
People across Africa without reliable electricity
8.9%
Of Malawi's population connected to the grid
85%
Of Malawian households depending on subsistence agriculture
$100m+
Initial accessible market in Malawi alone
Figures from the Blantyre manufacturing-hub feasibility study.