Rooftop farmer Khaya Maloney was on cloud nine when Soul Barrel Brewing in Cape Town used his hops to create their rustic country larger — SA Pils. 

Khaya Maloney a roof-top hop farmer aims for nothing but the best for his enterprise, Afrileap. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

Maloney’s passion for farming, agriculture and technology stemmed from an episode of Carte Blanche in 2017, which featured rooftop farming. As a civil engineer, he thought that rooftop farming could be an ideal solution that his country needed to deal with social dilemmas among young people such as unemployment and poverty.

Although he has found his place in agriculture, farming hasn’t always been his dream.

“I grew up in a family of five. My mom was in the National Assembly between 1994-2009 as member of Parliament, my dad was in business and I’m the eldest of three boys.”

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