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A father with thirty years of locust biochemistry. A son shipping containers across the Gulf and Southeast Asia. We document it as it happens — research notes, production runs, sales pipeline, press hits, and the podcast in between.
What you get
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About once a month, Nabil writes directly: what we shipped, what broke, what's in the funnel, what the lab is testing next.
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Every new Hamdaoui × Hamdaoui episode delivered the day it goes live. Father and son on locust protein, halal science, and Moroccan research.
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First orders to a new geography, halal re-certifications, new SKUs, press coverage — the things that actually move the company.
The Podcast
A standing conversation between Nabil and his father, Prof. Ahmed Hamdaoui (PhD, Strasbourg, 1986). Locust protein, halal food science, the Moroccan research ecosystem, education — and what an African applied-science company looks like when you actually try to build one.
The Journal
Every meaningful event in the build. Newest first. No retrospective storytelling — these entries go up the week they happen.
Published the non-gated /dataroom: 12-slide deck, press archive, scientific bibliography, and the podcast. The thesis is unchanged — demand is no longer the bottleneck, capacity is. $300K SAFE open to Moroccan and international funders.
Every sample request now triggers an AI extract → branded PDF offer → Gmail dispatch in under 90 seconds, with the lead landing in the admin pipeline tagged and searchable. CAC per qualified RFQ is tracking under $40.
Whole, powder, and meal SKUs all re-certified under the updated Moroccan halal protocol for insect protein. The certification letter ships with every quotation.
Father and son on the state of scientific research in Morocco — what 30 years inside Cadi Ayyad taught us about why African applied research rarely makes it to industry.
Quotation issued for a 1-tonne pilot order, FOB Casablanca → Jebel Ali. Buyer due-diligence handled directly by Nabil; food-safety questions routed to Prof. Hamdaoui within the same day.
Thirty years of locust biochemistry from Marrakech becomes a company. Production line stood up; first batches run through the third-party microbial, heavy-metal, and nutritional panel that now ships with every pallet.
Nothing else. If you'd rather see the numbers, the deck, and the bibliography first — visit the data room.