Our Vision
Our motto is we love what we do and you will too! This is because our activities to generate income are designed to solve major waste problems and allow all who care for the environment to generate profit out of organic waste. Our vision is therefore, to remove organic waste from landfill and thereby reduce greenhouse gas emissions and remove the risk of pollution of ground and surface water.
We believe that our customers and employees should all benefit from our technology such that we create employment, develop and mentor our employees and generate profits for customers whilst solving a major waste problem and contributing to a cleaner and better environment for all people.
Simultaneously we want to provide high quality and innovative insect-derived products for agriculture, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and bio-energy industries.
Our Mission
We strive to enable a decentralised approach for the treatment of organic waste by developing mobile growing and processing units together with the intellectual property that enables the mass rearing of insects to valorise the organic waste at or close to its source. We will further develop commercial processing technology and methods for the development of valuable products derived from the insects grown on waste.
Meet the Team
Elsje Pieterse| Scientific Consultant and Director Research and Development
Elsje Pieterse has a PhD in Animal Sciences and has 30 years of experience in the insect industry. She lectures undergraduate students in research methodology and non-ruminant nutrition and management at Stellenbosch University. She has supervised, circa, 70 MSc and PhD students and has authored and co-authored over 65 peer reviewed, and numerous popular articles. In addition she holds several patents on methods of BSFL fractionation and mass rearing. She has developed BSF based products for animal and pet food and she has formulated and has extensive research and practical experience in the mass rearing of insects. She has researched several different waste diets for optimum nutrition for black soldier flies and is an expert in this field.
Brendes Gresse| Director Technology and Operations
Brendes Gresse is a Mechanical engineer with 5 years of experience in the insect industry. He has 37 years’ experience in all life cycle phases of systems and operates comfortably in both developing and operating environments. A versatile Systems Engineer with experience in cross-functional leadership during implementation, validation, and deployment of large complex systems . He was responsible for the design, construction and and commissioning of a pilot commercial scale black boldier fly farm where he developed and patented the technology behind the MAGICCC Units that form the foundation of Amesect's business proposition.
David Stewart| Business Development, Admin and Finance
David Stewart has and MSc in Entomology and Post Graduate Diploma in Management (WITS Bus. School). He worked in Locust research in Pretoria for four years before founding an accountancy business in London which he grew to 350 clients in 8 years. He returned to Zimbabwe where he co-founded several mining business ventures in copper, gold and chrome in Zimbabwe and developed mines from brown field prospects to operational going concerns. He was involved in all aspects of mining development and management from feasibility and establishment finance to the development of accounting and administrative systems including the planning and commissioning of the mine plant and overseeing operations, production and human resources.
Monetise Your Waste and get genuine Green Credentials
The upcoming laws regarding waste management are increasing costs and putting major responsibility on the waste producers. However, we can turn this around and turn your waste into profit, help you earn carbon credits and gain genuine and marketable green credentials.
