Vallis continues to be certified as compliant with the requirements of ISO 9001, having successfully undergone a recertification audit at the end of January 2020.   The Vallis Quality Management System has been certified as being up to the ISO 9001 standard since 2013. We were in the vanguard of companies and organizations to become compliant with the 2015 version of the standard (ISO 9001:2015). ISO 9001 certificatiRead More

Vallis partners with AgSpace to deliver affordable agri-tech solutions for farmers GRID is the unique digital service helping farmers and their financial partners grow together, by establishing trust at a distance, and by adopting technology to grow more. An affordable solution for monitoring farm performance in real-time, designed for farms of all sizes. Comparisons of budgeted and actual yield predictions help to bRead More

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) The AfCFTA is an agreement that could stimulate Africa’s standing in international trade if certain embedded hurdles can be overcome.  The fundamental hurdles surround the coordination of existing trade blocs (AMU, CEN-SAD, COMESA, EAC, ECCAS, ECOWAS, IGAD, and SADC), largely inadequate infrastructure, and a large disparity in the GDPs of its members. Dr. Tedd GeRead More

African Agribusiness The World Bank report that Africa as a continent is holding 45% of the world’s uncultivated agricultural land, combined with enough untapped water resources to support farming. The rise of agribusiness in more industrialized countries is linked to characteristics of competitiveness. Innovation, trade agreements, and infrastructure. Broadly, agribusiness workers require skills and training tRead More

Mali is nestled between 7 other countries providing a strategic advantage for inter- and intra-African trade.  As the third-largest landlocked country in Africa, and the second-largest country in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after Niger, planned infrastructure projects offer significant potential for Mali’s future: The Trans-Sahelian highway linking Bamako and Senegal Roads to the portRead More

Following the ousting of Omar al-Bashir in April, the appointment of a ‘sovereign council’ may improve the country’s socio-economic woes through political stability. Sudan’s new Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, has assigned 18 members of his cabinet to facilitate a shift from authoritarianism towards democratization. This government will lead a three-year transition under a deal between the milRead More

What is menstrual hygiene? Menstrual hygiene products (also known as feminine hygiene products) are personal care products used by girls and women during menstruation, vaginal discharge, and other bodily functions related to the vulva and vagina. These products are either disposable or reusable.  Disposable products include sanitary napkins (American English) or sanitary towels (British English), tampons, and pantyliRead More

We have been operational in Guinea-Bissau for just over a year on a seasonal basis. However, at the beginning of 2019, the decision was taken to establish a permanent base in the country with the setting up of a new office in the capital: Bissau. In early July 2019, His Excellency, George Hodgson, the British Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau visited the new Vallis office. He had the opportunity to meet staff aRead More

To accommodate the growth of our live reporting service, Vallis has been developing a bespoke application named Vallis Live. Innovative live reporting monitors stock in real-time. Live reporting allows rapid response to operational challenges, saving time and money. Customers have control of their operations from anywhere in the world.   Vallis is in the process of transposing its current live reporting method tRead More

Vallis sent two teams to this year’s Cumbrian Challenge for Walking with the Wounded: the ‘VGL – Just got Tougher’ and ‘Vallis Ladies: The Young and the Breathless’.  The event presents an opportunity to raise awareness for veterans struggling to integrate back into society. The men’s team fell just short of Andrew Barr-Sim and his fellow ‘Lowlanders’ with a time Read More