Products

Stabilized Soil Block Press

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Four workers using this heavy duty manual press can produce 500 rock hard building blocks a day, compacting a soil/cement mixture under high mechanical pressure. The press is adjustable for use with almost any soil type and just 1 bag of cement makes over 100 bricks. Blocks can be sold profitably to build walls at half the cost of the concrete block or stone walls.

Our MoneyMaker Block Press and MoneyMaker Oil Press are only available for distribution in the following East African countries:

Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Outside these countries, these products are only available for shipment by container load.
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Cooking Oil Press

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In 1992 the Kenyan government removed price controls on essential commodities and the price of cooking oil almost tripled in a few weeks. KickStart realized that the small-scale production and sale of cooking oil could be a very profitable small business opportunity if only the right technology was available to local entrepreneurs.

In 1993 KickStart engineers designed a manually operated oilseed press that is ideally suited for small-scale sunflower cooking oil businesses in East Africa. Called the “Mafuta Mali” (meaning “oil wealth” in Kiswahili), it was based on an original “ram press” design by Carl Bielenberg but was designed to be more efficient, durable and profitable to use. KickStart also developed and designed the first Gravity Bucket Filter to go with the press and developed a complete set of tooling for local mass production of both the press and filter. In 1994, KickStart trained four local engineering firms to manufacture the new presses.

The press extracts oil from sunflower, sesame, and other oil seeds. The filter produces clear, cold-pressed, nutritious cooking oil ready for sale or consumption. The seedcake by-product is valued as a high protein animal feed supplement.

Our MoneyMaker Block Press and MoneyMaker Oil Press are only available for distribution in the following East African countries:

Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Outside these countries, these products are only available for shipment by container load.

Products In Development

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At KickStart, our Technology Development department in Nairobi is constantly at work improving our current products and developing new money-making technology for people in the developing world.

For the foreseeable future, we will remain focused on irrigation technologies because we feel that this is where we can have the greatest impact on global poverty.

We are also working a Deep Well Pump that can pull water from sources deeper than 30 feet. As with our other pumps, the new design must also be able to pressurize water through a hosepipe, be portable, easy to install for an untrained person, and must be affordable for poor farmers. The list of criteria is long, but we have two possible versions in development currently. .

MoneyMaker Max

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The MoneyMaker Max (MMM) is a unique, high-quality, human powered treadle irrigation pump, designed by KickStart International in 2011 and launched in 2012. With the look of a modified Stairmaster, the easy operation and high flow rate of the MMM allows farmers to irrigate up to 2 acres of land per day. It is a lower-cost and more cost-effective solution than motorized irrigation pumps which are hard to fuel, maintain and repair in rural Africa and have a lot of recurring costs.

The MMM weighs just 16kgs, pulls water from depths of up to 7 meters, pushes it to the field through a pressurized hosepipe and produces a maximum pumping head of 16 meters. This enables the MMM to push water up a hill, power sprinklers and be used with a hand-held nozzle to efficiently deliver the water directly to the crops.

The MMM is an improved version of KickStart’s best selling Super-MoneyMaker (SMM) treadle pump. It is more durable, 22% lighter weight, more rust resistant and substantially easier to operate. And like the SMM; farmers can easily transport it to and from their farm, it uses no fuel, and its user-centric design makes it easy to operate using the natural movements of the body in a Stairmaster like motion.

Download a PDF version of our product brochure here.

MoneyMaker Hip Pump

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The MoneyMaker Hip Pump is unique to KickStart; developed to create a lower cost and lighter weight, portable pump. It debuted in stores in 2006. Sales and marketing efforts began in 2008. The pump sells for a bundled price of about $70, is very light (only 4.5 kg or less than 10 pounds), and can irrigate an acre. A great deal of work went into designing a super efficient valve box, but the genius of the design is a simple pivot hinge

By attaching a “Hand Pump” to a hinged platform, we’ve changed the body mechanics-- allowing users to use their leg, body weight, and momentum, rather than the small muscles of the upper back and shoulders. This allows the pump be easily used to irrigate an acre or more.

The Hip Pump can pull water from 7 meters and push water an additional 14 meters above the pump.

For more information on our pumps and technical specs, see our KickStart Pump Brochure.

As of , over have been sold.

Download a PDF version of our product brochure here.