The Kenyan retail platform connects small-scale merchants with FMCG brands and financing options so that they can grow their businesses.
Ghana’s nascent agrifoodtech sector is active, but investors lack familiarity with the market while entrepreneurs are cautious of raising capital too soon.
Vertical farming and alt-protein saw sizable financings this week, with companies like GrowUp Farms, Novameat, and Wildtype closing significant rounds.
The year-long program is designed to prime Africa’s agrifoodtech VC pipeline by supporting early-stage startups with investment and business readiness.
The Dakar-based startup is boosting linkages between smallholder farmers and small-scale vendors in Senegal’s informal retail sector.
Equip scored $58 million while Tindle parent company Next Gen Foods raised the largest Series A round to date for plant-based protein.
Nearly two-thirds of the world’s largest meat, fish, and dairy suppliers present a “high risk” of spreading zoonotic disease from livestock to humans.
Local language services for farmers, enhanced capital access, and regenerative ag are just some of the options.
As Michael Nash prepares to start filming Climate Refugees 2, we caught up with him and Leonardo DiCaprio’s father George to discuss his novel approach to covering the climate crisis that the DiCaprios are executive producing.
Check out AFN’s list of corporate climate commitments, net-zero pledges, and regen ag initiatives.
Protix bagged big bucks this week for its insect protein; while Cooks Venture secured capital to breed slower-growing chickens.
It’s the startup behind grain trading and logistics platform CropChain and financial services provider LendIt.
The woman-led fund has raised $5.7 million to help the country’s ag sector embrace technology, improve climate resilience, and empower women.
Fresh off its $110 million funding round, Nigeria’s TradeDepot is pushing the boundaries of digitalization and financing for Africa’s small food businesses and retailers.
Meanwhile, it has been forecast that the plant-based protein sector needs to invest $27 billion in production capacity by 2030 to meet demand.
A few months ago, Bayer and Microsoft announced a partnership. Our article about it went quasi-viral and spurred a number of responses. Here’s what the industry said.
SwiftVee is helping farmers secure fairer prices for their animals amid both drought and increasing global meat prices.
Chicago-based impact investment fund VestedWorld has supported more than 20 African startups addressing critical social and market needs, like improving cost and value chain for food.
The Kenyan agtech venture is helping small farmers shift toward sustainable commercial farming with access to seeds, finacing and markets.
US hospitality software provider Flipdish raised $100 million in a Tencent-led round, while UK indoor farming startup Vertical Future scored $29 million.
