Expansion to accommodate other verticals can be one way of identifying companies with a high growth potential. Farmcrowdy, a digital agritech startup that makes use of technology to connect farm sponsors with real, mostly rural farmers has launched its first subsidiary, Farmgate Africa. This move by Farmcrowdy to ...
Over the years, Nigeria's economy was solely dependent on agriculture. However, the huge revenue from crude oil production in the late 70's and 80's made agricultural productivity fall drastically. However, because of the crash in global oil price in recent times, Nigerians have began to turn back to agriculture. Because ...
Isn't it impressive how much technology is going into Agriculture these days. I think it is. ProbityFarms is one of such platforms that have decided to leverage technology to improve the agricultural sector. And trust me, they have been doing a great job thus far. You'd find out in this ...
One of the Sustainable development goals set for the hear 2030 is "Zero hunger". Well, before you can achieve zero hunger, you must have had food security to a very large extent. I must say I'm quite happy to see that some tech start-ups in Nigeria are taking up this ...
Very recently, in the African continent, AgriTech start-ups have been placed under the spotlight. This isn't unconnected to the realization that technology can play a highly central role in improving and achieving food security in our continent. Emeka Nwachinemere, who founded and heads and AgriTech company, Kitovu was our guest ...
Highlights... The journey so far Farmcrowdy's new app - Download here. From a farmer's perspective Beyond just sponsoring a farm I was fortunate to attend Farmcrowdy's one year anniversary and app launch event at the four points Sheraton, Lagos. What blew me away most was not the exotic venue, or ...
Over the weekend, we chatted with Abraham Omani Quaye, a Ghanaian entrepreneur. He is the founder of Farmart, an agri-marketplace that allows you to shop farm produce at a very cheap price, and right from the source. So far, he has been helping over 1000 smallholder farmers cut their post ...
In a time where the only Agricultural practice people understand is farming, this startup has decided to take a different turn. In Ghana, and even Africa at large, farmers run the risk of losing their farm animals, especially when they wander away. This would lead to a who lot of ...
Machine learning intelligence farmer-to-farmer digital network Wefarm has reached over 300,000 farmers in Kenya and Uganda and is currently seeking its next round of funding to build a new digital ecosystem of products and services. Current investors include LocalGlobe and Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV). Saul Klein, Founder of LocalGlobe and ...
Everyone loves fruits and veggies right? But not everyone can get great ones delivered to their doorsteps. Well, YesHarvest has come to close that gap. This Agritech startup, founded by Nwosu Friday delivers fruits and vegetables to consumers upon order. Their mission, simply put, is to let people eat healthy. ...
Kenya's Agri8 is currently developing an intelligent SMS bot that will empower farmers to have accesses to information, resources, and a personal assistant for their unique farm minus the need for internet access. Through the bot, farmers will have access to real-time and future weather analysis with suggested information based on the weather and ...
Kenya's FarmDrive, a mobile marketplace for loans and insurance for smallholder farmers has been declared of the Thomson Reuters Africa Startups Challenge taking home $10,000 as cash prize. The Thomson Reuters Africa Startup Challenge aims to empower Africa’s success by providing solutions that will see the continent move from aid-based ...
