Company

Closing the gap between the lab and the factory gate

We are a small team in Kampala building an indigenous bioprotection platform for East African agriculture.

Our corporate mandate

Bridging laboratory nanotechnology & local industrial supply chains.

KaaraGen exists to close the gap between elite laboratory nanotechnology and the real-world industrial supply chains of East Africa. Founded by biotechnology professionals who understand both the molecular mechanics of plant viral replication and the practical bottlenecks of local factory gates, we are building an indigenous platform capable of protecting Africa's industrial future from the ground up.

We are not here to sell chemicals. We are here to establish a dynamic, responsive genetic shield that keeps African agricultural production robust, securing industrial raw material supplies against the silent pathogen threats of today and tomorrow.
KGKaaraGenKampala, Uganda

Team

Who is building this

A small technical team, backed by advisors who have spent careers on plant virology and RNA delivery. Select anyone to read their full profile.

Advisors

The name

Kaarange. Imara. Gen.

Three languages, one promise.

The name is not decorative. Each part states a different half of what we do: the outcome we promise, the conditions it has to survive, and the method that delivers it.

Kampala, Uganda. Building for the East African starch corridor.

KaarangeWolof· Immunity
The outcome we deliver to every crop we treat: lasting protection against viral threats. It is the promise we make to the grower.
ImaraSwahili· Strength
The quality of the technology: field-ready, built to survive 35°C heat, UV load and tropical downpours. Protection that does not break when conditions do.
GenGenomics· Method
Genetics, RNA interference and nanomaterial delivery. It is how we keep the promise.

Backers & partners

The organisations supporting KaaraGen as we move from computational design into the lab.

Open roles

We hire slowly and specifically. If you work on RNA delivery, nanomaterial formulation, or agronomy in East Africa, we would like to talk even when nothing is posted.

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Where we are based

Kampala, Uganda. Work happens between the bench, the outgrower blocks of the north-eastern cassava corridor, and the weighbridges of the processors we build for.

Get in touch

Secure your supply corridor before the next harvest.

If you run a processing facility, fund early biotech, or work on cassava in East Africa, we would like to hear from you.

Request the technical brief