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Africa Agri Tech 2020

February 18, 2020

Africa Agri Tech offers three days of unparalleled discovery, exploration and networking.

The event offers a multi-tiered expo and conference programme that will investigate the impact of the latest advances in science and technology, empowering agricultural producers to achieve greater efficiency, productivity and profitability going into the future.

We just invested in the fastest-growing agtech company and farmer network in the world

October 30, 2019

People often ask us if agtech will have a Facebook or Google and we’ve told them to look to marketplaces in emerging markets. It’s also important to us at AgFunder that startups have a clear mission and there’s no more noble mission than uplifting the fortunes of the world’s largest workforce.

Twiga’s $30m Goldman Sachs-led Series B towers over African agri-food tech like a friendly giraffe

October 29, 2019

The Kenyan B2B food distribution company's combined Series B equity and debt round represents the largest early stage investment in African agrifood tech in 2019 to date.

Checking in with Aerobotics

October 1, 2019

Word has been getting around about Aerobotics' incredible decision support technology for tree crops. Rob Leclerc shares some facts and figures about the startup's rapid growth to-date.

Kuli Kuli launches moringa products into 2,500 Walmarts

September 19, 2019

Kuli Kuli is driving the moringa products market in the US with over 50% of a segment that's now in 3% of US households.

How AgBiome develops microbial tech to help African farmers combat sweet potato weevil

September 12, 2019

The sweet potato weevil is a very difficult pest to control and it is a serious pest in Africa. So the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation asked AgBiome if they’d be willing to work on it. They're now entering phase 2.

Global Agripreneurs Summit

September 7, 2019

This year’s theme will be centered around “Defining the Future Farmer 4.0”. Envisioning how technology will transform the current role of the farmer and what this will become? What skills will be needed for the future farmer?

India’s CropIn and Dutch 20tree.ai Win Rainforest Alliance’s AgTech Developer Challenge

July 16, 2019

To mobilize the innovative power of the remote sensing sector for cocoa, the Rainforest Alliance recently announced the Ag-tech developer challenge – a call to remote-sensing, high-tech and earth-observation companies.

How a Track & Trace Tech Startup is Fighting Crop Input Fraud in Ghana

April 23, 2019

QualiTrace, a young Ghanaian startup providing a track & trace solution for agrochemical manufacturers and farmers, is trying to fight this battle that stems from the lack of proper government regulation on imports of agrochemicals.

Sidai Is Revving Up Kenyan Farming with Fleets of Motorbikes and a Fresh Round Of Funding

April 18, 2019

Many Kenyan farms struggle for access to quality farming products like vaccines, fertilizers or diagnostic equipment; the farmers also find it hard to attain or acquire sound veterinary or technical expertise, according to Sidai.

A closer look at the agrifood startup ecosystem in Ghana and West Africa

April 5, 2019

Editor’s Note: Maciej Bulanda is the partnerships & communications manager at SmartHectar Innovations, a German innovation hub focused on agrifood and water. Together with entrepreneurship mentoring organization enpact, SmartHectar launched a joint venture enable West Africa to accelerate agrifood and water tech innovations in this emerging market.

Launching of The Digital Farmer’s Platform TRITECH AGRIC

January 1, 2019

Tritech Business Solutions Limited shall be launching the their Digital Farmer’s platform called Tritech Agric on the 1st of January 2019 by 11am at the company headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria.

Tritech Agric is the digital farming platform provided by Tritech Business Solutions Limited to empower cooperators in the food and agribusiness value chain cooperative societies through project funding.

Agritech Startup Spotlight: Wefarm’s 1m+ African Farmer Information Network Extends to Ag Marketplace

December 11, 2018

Wefarm is a mobile phone-based farmer network and collective for smallholders farmers in Africa that's recently launched an online marketplace for ag products.

3 Ways Ag Startups Can Strengthen the Enabling Environment for their Businesses in Developing Markets

November 26, 2018

Here are three ways private sector agricultural businesses can engage to strengthen policies, regulations, and laws with benefits to both their business and the agricultural sector more broadly.

African AgriFood Tech Startups are not Waiting on Western Tech

August 8, 2018

Thought for Food founder and CEO Christine Gould said that since her competition looks for both impact and commercial viability, the finalists in the TFF Challenge offer much more geographic variety than other food and agtech competitions.

How Hello Tractor’s Digital Platform is Enabling the Mechanization of African Farming

July 4, 2018

In the wake of a deal with John Deere and the Nigerian government, we asked Van Jones, cofounder of Hello Tractor, to give us an update on the business after a small pivot in its strategy.

Village Capital launching East Africa FinTech for Agriculture Accelerator

10 Agtech Startups for Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa

May 25, 2018

There is a groundswell of startups and technologies emerging to help smallholders increase efficiencies and hopefully move many from subsistence farming to farming for profit.

Bayer, Netafim, Swiss Re, and IFC Team-Up to Bring New Tech to Smallholders

April 24, 2018

A new coalition of agriculture and finance industry players is working together to find new ways to get technology into the hand of smallholders farmers

Wefarm Raises $5m from Skype, WordPress Founders for Smallholder Farmer Network

March 13, 2018

Wefarm uses AI technology to connect small-scale farmers to crowdsourced information by enabling them to share techniques and advice on anything from how to battle a disease to how to increase their income, through SMS or online in their own languages.

Ag Industry Brief: Bowery Opening Second Farm, JUST Eyes Africa, Dan Barber Starts Selling Seeds, more

March 2, 2018

Indoor farming startup Bowery is opening a second farm while chef Dan Barber starts selling seeds and JUST creates a product just for Africa, plus more in our weekly brief.