Hailing from Mali, Oumar Barou Togola wanted to give back to his home country in a way that empowered and subsequently increased incomes for the project’s benefactors – female smallholders. Thus the journey of Hello Savanna began.
Nile, a fresh produce marketplace connecting farmers to enterprise buyers, will use the funds to expand beyond the Southern Africa region.
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The F&A Next 2022 conference highlights 12 startups solving issues ranging from food wastage to providing alternative protein sources. Here are six.
The Singapore-based startup has acquired stakes in ag produce supply chain businesses in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam in recent weeks.
Agrifood SMEs in Europe could do with some additional support from investors and industry – especially in terms of help with scaling-up, the report suggests.
Kenya’s Tushop is scaling to allow communities to purchase groceries in groups, thereby getting wholesale prices for goods.
The Nairobi-based startup raised $1 million in pre-seed funding last year.
It will use the funding to launch into other countries through partnerships with local players.
The Chennai-based startup will use the Series D funds to expand into “aligned” categories including alt-protein, according to CEO Karthik Jayaraman.
E-grocery exploded during the Covid-19 pandemic. In Nigeria, Grocedy’s focus is on helping consumers save on rising food costs rather than shopping convenience.
The Lagos-based startup is aiming to make the country’s food supply chain much more predictable for stakeholders by using data, drivers, and loans.
The category continues to evolve as digital tools blur the lines between mealkits, virtual restaurants, and dark grocery stores.
The Singapore-based startup plans to launch into neighboring Malaysia and Indonesia during Q1 2022.
The e-commerce platform — which is reportedly exploring an IPO in the US in 2022 or 2023 — said it recently reached 20 million registered users.
It leans on the community group-buying model popularized in China, allowing consumers to form teams in order to make bulk buys on its platform.
Wolt CEO Miki Kuusi will become head of DoorDash International, leading its global expansion efforts and reporting directly to the US company’s CEO Tony Xu.
Nuro and Google will additionally “explore opportunities together to strengthen and transform local commerce,” the Californian startup said.
The US fresh produce platform will use the funds to “turbocharge our software and services growth and extend our e-commerce reach from coast to coast,” said CEO Mike Xu.
It links suppliers and buyers of fresh produce across the country, opening up more buy and sell opportunities while also facilitating timely payments.
I’m drowning in new food! Can someone please restructure me out of this mess?