BayKart Communications • Dec 8, 2025

BayKart Papaya Lumo Launch

The BayKart Papaya Lumo Launch introduces a blended physical + digital marketplace for papaya farmers, schools, and agripreneurs across The Gambia, honoring local "lumo" traditions while unlocking tech-enabled trade.

Summary: Papaya Lumo is BayKart's new sales channel—linking Papaya4Schools growers, youth agripreneurs, and community farmers with buyers through a live pop-up market and a dedicated module inside the BayKart Mobile App.

The BayKart Papaya Lumo revives that energy and extends it beyond geography by combining:

Physical mini-market: A curated pop-up where schools, students, and smallholders showcase fresh papayas, seedlings, and value-added products.
Digital marketplace: A new Papaya Lumo lane inside the BayKart app that lets buyers browse lots, reserve quantities, process payments, and track impact from anywhere.

Event objectives

The launch has five focus areas, each tied to BayKart's vision for inclusive, climate-smart commerce.

Official marketplace debut: Formally unveil the Papaya Lumo platform and connect early adopters so papayas from students, community plots, and agripreneurs can sell locally and digitally on day one.
Celebrate school agripreneurs: Showcase Papaya4Schools achievements—nursery set-up, orchard planting, youth business clubs, and hands-on training that keeps learners invested in agriculture.
Connect farmers to buyers: Facilitate direct conversations between producers and hotels, juice companies, restaurants, market vendors, and export aggregators to secure forward contracts.
Showcase digital agriculture: Demonstrate how the BayKart app lists papaya batches, verifies quality, processes orders, and logs traceability data to prove impact.

Who should attend?

The Papaya Lumo Launch is built for demand-side partners ready to source sustainably and tell a youth-impact story:

Hospitality groups: hotels, ecolodges, and resorts seeking consistent fruit supply
Juice and beverage processors looking for traceable inputs
Restaurants and culinary incubators showcasing Gambian ingredients
Local market vendors expanding premium produce offerings
Export aggregators and logistics partners connecting papayas to diaspora markets