The South African private equity firm’s second fund invests in the tech enablement of Africa’s SME agribusinesses – the backbone of the continent’s agriculture sector.
Kenya has emerged as a hotspot for agtech innovation in Africa, developing more than 100 solutions driving growth, productivity and sustainability in the agricultural sector.
The Ghanaian startup allows crowdfunders – which it calls ‘digifarmers’ – to invest in African smallholdings, and then digitalizes the ag value chain end-to-end.
The Rwandan company has experienced — and taken on — the full range of food production, manufacturing, and distribution challenges one would expect in a frontier market, says founder Lauren Nkuranga.
The Kenyan fund’s CEO talks about its own hard-learned lessons in everything from promoting tech as a tool, to fighting climate change on the continent.
E-grocers, online ordering, and door-to-door delivery have entwined how people buy and consume food with the gig economy. Mozare3 thinks how food is grown should be, too.
FMO is partnering with AFN to launch a dedicated Africa news edition, strengthening Africa’s agrifoodtech ecosystem through knowledge-sharing and research.
Tilapia farming can help feed sub-Saharan Africa’s booming population. But investment in everything from basic infrastructure to technology is needed first.
Talmond, Safi Organics, and Yanaya are among Africa’s women-led businesses identifying untapped resources to boost farmer incomes and cultivate healthy livelihoods.
The impact investor aims to prove the commercial “climate resilience” opportunity in African agtech ventures like Kenya’s SunCulture and Nigeria’s Tomato Jos.
The Kenyan startup is hoping its inventory management app can digitalize supply chains and mitigate financing challenges for food businesses across Africa.
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