CloudFarm.

Make milk a more reliable business.

Proposed dairy infrastructure built around Rwanda’s farmers and their cows.

It starts with farmers
and their cows.

We have the farmers. We have the cows. And the cow already holds an important place in how we think about food, family and prosperity.

Through Girinka, Rwanda has spent years putting cows into more households—not simply to produce milk, but to improve nutrition, create income and provide manure for the land.

We’re starting with what Rwanda already has: farmers, their cows and generations of farming knowledge.

What do they need
to thrive?

Cows need enough feed every day, clean water, shelter and care. Farmers need help they can count on, buyers for their milk and clear information about their earnings and costs.

These needs go together. When cows are healthy and well cared for, farmers have a better chance of earning a dependable living from them.

CloudFarm aims to build the infrastructure that helps make that possible.

From grass
to the factory.

That means water to grow grass, storage to keep feed for when it is needed, and a dependable supply of drinking water for cows.

It also means places to care for cows and milk them, equipment to cool the milk, and collection centres and transport that get it to the factory on time.

This is the work at the heart of CloudFarm: building and improving the facilities that farmers and their cows depend on.

Start where
the milk is.

We would start in one area, working with farmers, cooperatives and the collection centres already there. Together, we would find out where feed, water or milk collection falls short, then plan the improvements needed.

Feed could be grown nearby and stored as hay or silage—preserved green feed—for dry periods. Rainwater could be collected in tanks, with irrigation where enough water is available. Cows and milking teams would need clean water every day.

Farmers need collection points they can reach. There, milk can be tested and cooled before pickup. Reliable power and agreed delivery routes would help keep it in good condition on its way to the factory.

How we would put it into practice

First, work with willing farmers, a local cooperative and potential milk buyers to establish seasonal supply, collection times, quality requirements and the costs of running the service. No partnership or site is confirmed.

Plan fodder plots around available land and food crops. Assess shared chopping equipment, hay stores and silage pits or bags so feed can be preserved rather than lost when grass is plentiful.

Check dry-season water availability before choosing tanks, pumps or irrigation. Size storage for animal drinking, hygiene and fodder needs, with water quality, permissions, drainage and manure handling assessed locally.

Inspect the existing collection centre before adding capacity. Match cooling tanks, testing equipment and power to actual milk volumes. Assess solar or other backup power against refrigeration demand and maintenance costs.

Agree collection schedules, hygienic transport, processor pickup and payment terms. Assign responsibility for cleaning, repairs and daily operation. Start at a manageable scale and measure milk accepted, losses, uptime and operating costs before expanding.

One connected
dairy business.

Once those facilities are in place, simple digital tools can help people work together: keep track of cow care, record milk quality, arrange pickups and track payments. That’s the cloud in CloudFarm—connecting farmers, their cows and the facilities around them into one dairy business.

Not just
more cows.

Healthier, well-cared-for cows producing good milk. Owners earning more reliably from them. Dependable collection. Less milk lost. Factories that can count on supply. And more milk reaching Rwandan families.

That’s what CloudFarm is working toward.

We start with the cow and work outward—because if we can make dairy more productive and dependable, the benefits don’t stop at the farm.

Food security
starts at the farm.

Food security is part of national security. It depends on local production people can sustain, and on the infrastructure that keeps food moving from farms to families and markets.

CloudFarm starts with milk: connecting irrigation, grass and feed storage, cow care, cooling, collection and delivery around the people and cows expected to produce. More dependable dairy can support household nutrition and income, crop production through manure, and steadier planning for processors.

The same questions of water, storage, power, transport and operating discipline matter across other food chains. Any future work in feed crops or staple grains would need its own evidence, partners and feasibility assessment.

Coffee and tea
show what’s possible.

Coffee and tea show what can happen when what we produce becomes an organized industry—connecting production, processing, quality and markets.

Agriculture generated more than $1 billion in export revenue in 2025/26, with coffee and tea among the sectors Rwanda has deliberately built around.

We think milk deserves that same seriousness.

The cow
is already here.

Let’s build the industry around it.

Where the project stands

CloudFarm is Ingoga Fund’s first proposed investment project and is in pre-feasibility. Sites, fees and opening dates are not confirmed.

The foundational proposal explores shared dairy facilities. Cow owners would retain their animals and pay recurring access and service fees. Water, herd capacity, care standards, costs and milk demand still need to be validated.

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