Shaba’s Innovation
The Shaba is a social impact design brand pioneering a digital supply chain for rural communities making sisal craft products.
Tech in Use
Shaba’s tech is a Social Innovation that makes markets accessible to rural communities to the farmers and artisans - Creating infrastructure for communities in rural areas.
Demand informs Supply and vice versa.
We Make it.
Our solution applies the principles of a virtual factory allowing a decentralized, small-scale manufacturing system for handmade sisal products. Artisan Community groups through a smartphone are able to access our portal to receive orders and check on payment through the Shaba App all in real-time.
You Order it.
What’s New
Retailers section
Anyone in the retail space who stocks the shaba bags is able to log onto the Shaba retailers App and directly place orders. This new App accounts for the complexities of consignment, commission, and wholesale orders for handmade products as well as tracks payment.
Why is this important
This is especially important for handmade products because of the lead time needed to produce and in the best quality. Not to mention our supply chain Maximizes production capacities and optimize the best distribution channels per season and per location.
The market informs the community on what to produce and in what quantities on the other hand the communities inform the retailers on the best timing to place bulk orders or special orders using a simple smartphone.
