Blue Gold Works

BLUE GOLD WORKS INC. (BGW) HAS A SIMPLE TRIPLE-BOTTOM-LINE BUSINESS PLAN We supply women with clean water. They earn income. African communities thrive. BGW sells their agriculture, including organic produce, honey, oil, and snails. We earn income. BGW thrives. CLEAR PATH TO SCALE Pilot sites in Oti Region, Ghana, operational and generating revenue. Low capital and modular water systems allow for profitable expansion to 5 additional sites within three years and 25 sites in 6 years. Each water system includes clean drinking water for 5,000 people, irrigation water for 20 acres, logistics for distributing agricultural products to a major city, and FDA certified commercial kitchen for honey filtering, oil pressing, superfood powder production and snail mucin processing. LOW CAPITAL, LOW OVERHEAD BUSINESS MODEL EASILY REPLICABLE TRIPLE-BOTTOM-LINE COMMITMENT ACHIEVED People: Community-based water systems provide employment, increased access to education (especially for girls), improved health for the community, and year-round farming income. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8) Planet: Safe, affordable, local drinking water produced using plant compounds and solar power. Organic regenerative farming techniques improve soil, reduce water needs, increase carbon sequestration, improve biodiversity, and assure climate resilience. (SDG 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15) Profits: Bootstrapping farm revenues to repay the investment in water infrastructure keeps the price of essential water low. Additional income streams from brokering African premium ingredients to global skincare firms assure BGW profitability. BGW’s FOOTPRINT GROWING IN GHANA, NIGERIA, SOUTH AFRICA, and SIERRA LEONE IMAGINE EXPANDING OUR MODEL TO 25 MORE COMMUNITIES.