As smartphones have proliferated and technological advancements have enabled more transparency around agricultural products and pricing, farmers are gaining more trust in online tools as a means to do business and improve their finances.
FLORA will invest in early-stage agrifood startups via the launch of its $80 million fund backed by Israel’s Kibbutzim community.
We’re building our presence in Latin America, starting with our inaugural investment report launch in Brazil in two weeks’ time, and we’re looking for reporters and data analysts to help.
IPCC estimates that between 3.3–3.6 billion people live in regions highly vulnerable to climate change, threatening reliable access to food and water.
The soil carbon project which already has 2700 farmers on board will help farmers adopt climate smart ag practices while connecting them to carbon markets.
There’s still scope for innovation in boosting farmer producticity and efficiency as AFDB predicts 60% increased food insecurity.
Global public debt, the highest seen in 60 years, is causing a spike in food insecurity, according to a new iPES Food report that exposes a debt and hunger loop forcing countries to choose between feeding people and repaying debt.
‘Are GMOs the path to food security?’ A session turned debate on the adoption of GMOs in Kenya following the government’s decision to lift its ban sought to address this question.
Sustainable Planet works with smallholder farmers in some of the world’s most arid places to produce water lentils that provide both food and income.
Learn from other geographies with similar challenges, create room for blended financing and other snippets from the Africa-Korea Agtech Summit
BII plans to designate $250 million to African and Indian startups by 2026, including those developing solutions for smallholder farmers.
Pyramidia Ventures is taking an alternative approach to venture capital to help solve Kenya’s pressing food security and climate change challenges.
The just concluded African Agri Investment Indaba hosted ag stakeholders, chiming in on the sector’s state of financing, inclusion and productivity.
Eratani, an Indonesian startup providing digital farm management solutions has secured $3.8m in a seed round led by Singapore’s TNB Aura
Achieving food security and boosting smallholder farm incomes go hand in hand; Robert Madziva aims to do both with his digital agribusiness platform.
Nigerian agrifintech startups are taking up the challenge of addressing the 78% of Nigerian farmers who lack access to formal financial services.
The segmented and unstructured nature of Africa’s food and FMCG supply chains calls for interventions, which investors seem to be leaning into.
Sessions at the AfricArena Grand Summit had diverse panels discussing investments and changing narratives on the perception of Africa’s startup ecosystem.
The chosen six startups aim to bring regenerative, nutritious, and sustainably and equitably produced food to Sub-Saharan Africa.
FoodInsure’s Ahmed Umar wants to offer a path to food savings insurance while connecting Nigerians with smallholder farmers and cheaper food prices.
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