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Behind the Mission

ThreshWorks is driven by a founding team of passionate engineers and strategists united by one goal — building practical technology that makes a real difference for smallholder farmers in The Gambia and beyond.

Awa Badjie, Sally AB Manneh and Isatou AB Jallow — the ThreshWorks founding team
Founding Team
Awa Sally Isatou
3 Founders. 1 Mission.
COO. CMO. CEO.
Three disciplines, one shared purpose.
Founding Team

Meet the Founders

Three women driving agricultural innovation in The Gambia — combining executive leadership, operational excellence, and strategic marketing to build technology that matters.

Isatou AB Jallow — Chief Executive Officer (CEO), ThreshWorks
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Isatou AB Jallow
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

As Chief Executive Officer, Isatou sets the vision and steers the overall direction of ThreshWorks. She is responsible for shaping the company's strategy, developing its business model, and building the partnerships — with farmer cooperatives, NGOs, and government programmes — that give ThreshWorks its reach and credibility. A disciplined strategic thinker with a deep commitment to impact, Isatou ensures that every decision the company makes remains anchored to a single purpose: delivering technology that genuinely solves the challenges smallholder farmers face every day.

Areas of Focus
Strategic Planning Financial Management Partnership Development Agricultural Innovation Stakeholder Engagement

"Our goal is to build something that lasts — technology that farmers can actually access and that continues to serve communities long after the initial development phase."

Awa Badjie — Chief Operations Officer (COO), ThreshWorks
Chief Operations Officer (COO)
Awa Badjie
Chief Operations Officer (COO)

As Chief Operations Officer, Awa is the engine that keeps ThreshWorks moving. She oversees the operational backbone of the company — translating strategy into structured plans, managing timelines, and driving execution from the ground up. Where others see ideas, Awa sees processes, dependencies, and outcomes. Her rigorous approach to coordination ensures that ThreshWorks delivers on its commitments, and that the distance between concept and reality is always closing.

Areas of Focus
Operations Management Community Engagement Project Coordination Field Research Process Development

"The machine has to work in the field — not just in a workshop. My job is to make sure we stay connected to that reality at every stage of development."

Sally AB Manneh — Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), ThreshWorks
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
Sally AB Manneh
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

As Chief Marketing Officer, Sally is the voice of ThreshWorks. She leads the company's branding, communication strategy, and stakeholder outreach — crafting the narrative that connects ThreshWorks' innovations to the audiences and partners who need to hear them. With a sharp eye for positioning and a genuine belief in the mission, Sally ensures that the work happening inside ThreshWorks is understood, respected, and amplified far beyond it.

Areas of Focus
Social Media Public Communication Marketing Strategy Stakeholder Relations Outreach & Awareness Media Coordination

"People need to know what ThreshWorks is doing — and why it matters. My job is to make sure our story reaches the right people and that our innovations get the visibility they deserve."

Why This Team

Built for This Challenge

ThreshWorks was not founded by accident. Isatou, Awa, and Sally came together because they shared a recognition — that the challenges facing smallholder farmers in The Gambia were not going to be solved by importing technology designed elsewhere.

They understood the problem from the inside. Growing up in The Gambia, seeing the realities of smallholder farming firsthand, and combining that with formal education in engineering, finance, and operations gave the ThreshWorks founding team a perspective that few agricultural technology startups possess.

This is not just a project. For Isatou, Awa, and Sally, ThreshWorks is a commitment — to their country, to its farming communities, and to the idea that practical technology, designed with care and engineered with rigour, can genuinely change lives.

3
Women-Led
Founding Team
5+
Combined Years of
Experience
1
Marketing & Partnerships
on the Founding Team
The Gambia
Proudly Gambian
Built for Africa
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