Earth Day: In Africa, agtech is Earth tech, even during a health crisis
April 22, 2020
Agtech adoption in Africa is limited. But where new technologies are gaining traction, there is often a clear connection to climate impact.
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It’s time for investors to embrace nutritious foods
December 18, 2019
Most ag investment flows to high-income countries, and currently very little reaches the food systems of low-income regions like Africa, with virtually none going to support highly nutritious foods, according to GAIN.
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.
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
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.
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.
An Unconventional Ag Deal: Why AgDevCo Invested in a Tanzanian Hydropower Plant
March 1, 2018
AgDevCo recently made an unconventional investment that could have great impact on the rural, agricultural economies in Tanzania.
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