Houses for workers
Homes for the people who work on the group’s farms and in its factories.
Stefan Maier Gleixner / Steff Agritec (K) Ltd
Steff Agritec (K) Ltd · The power of nature
Irrigated farming and food production in Kilifi County.
Steff Agritec (K) Ltd is a Kenyan agribusiness, active since 2021 and led by CEO Stefan Maier Gleixner. It farms 50,000 hectares under full irrigation, grows maize, beans, sunflower and barley, and processes them in its own factories into plant oil, flour and animal feed.
Based inMtwapa, Kilifi County
1.2M tFood a year, target for 2029
$340MPlanned investment, Steff Agritec
3,500Jobs planned
50,000 haFarmland under full irrigation
What we grow and make
From field to factory, in one company.
Growing and processing in one company keeps the value of each harvest in Kilifi County. The plan builds on eight years of field trials at the group’s test farm in Singida District, Tanzania, from 2012 to 2020.
Research
Test farm
- Singida, Tanzania
- 2012–2020
Eight years testing modern farming practices in the East African climate.
1 · Grow
Field crops
- Maize
- Beans
- Sunflower
- Barley
50,000 hectares under full irrigation.
2 · Process
Own factories
- Plant oil
- Flour
- Animal feed
From the company’s own harvests.
3 · Move
Electric transport
- Electric truck fleet
Planned, to move produce from farm to market.
Target
1,200,000 t
- Food a year by 2029
The company’s production target.
Planned investment
USD 340 million and 3,500 jobs.
Alongside the farm, Steff Agritec (K) Ltd plans to build the housing, education, health care, clean power and electric transport that a workforce of 3,500 and their families need. Financing is being arranged now.
Children in one school
A school with places for 6,500 children from workers’ families and the surrounding community.
Modern hospital
A modern hospital providing health care for workers, their families and the region.
Solar power plant
A 40-megawatt solar plant to supply clean power to the group’s operations.
Truck fleet
Electric trucks are planned to move the produce from farm to market.
Annual food production target
The target is to produce 1,200,000 tonnes of food a year by 2029.
Working with
Partners in Kenya
Kenya Investment AuthorityThe national agency that promotes and facilitates investment in Kenya.
County Government of KilifiLocal government, including the Regional Commissioner, in the county where the farm is located.
Leadership
Who leads Steff Agritec
Stefan Maier GleixnerCEO, Steff Agritec (K) Ltd
Chacha Lucas MatikoManaging Director and Board Member
Charles Matano MwanziaProject Manager, Fleet
Company facts
At a glance
- Company
- Steff Agritec (K) Ltd
- Active since
- 2021
- Location
- Mtwapa, Kilifi County, Kenya
- Farmland
- 50,000 ha under full irrigation
- Crops
- Maize, beans, sunflower, barley
- Products
- Plant oil, flour, animal feed
- Group
- Steff Group of Companies (formerly Steff & Meg)
- Contact
- info@stefanmaier.africa · +254 712 326 911