Nigeria’s ThriveAgric and Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture raised close to $100 million between them this week in a watershed moment for African agrifoodtech.
Rhishi Pethe interviewed 12 agriculture experts from around the world for his new charity e-book. Here are key takeaways from each conversation he had.
Kenya has emerged as a hotspot for agtech innovation in Africa, developing more than 100 solutions driving growth, productivity and sustainability in the agricultural sector.
The Kenyan fund’s CEO talks about its own hard-learned lessons in everything from promoting tech as a tool, to fighting climate change on the continent.
Swedish company Nick’s grabbed the biggest funding round of the week, while India’s cloud kitchen market grew and Twiga Foods got $50 million to expand across Africa.
The impact investor aims to prove the commercial “climate resilience” opportunity in African agtech ventures like Kenya’s SunCulture and Nigeria’s Tomato Jos.
The Kenyan startup is hoping its inventory management app can digitalize supply chains and mitigate financing challenges for food businesses across Africa.
Gro Intelligence CEO Sara Menker thinks that Covid-19’s continuing effects will see a ramping up of food protectionism this year – while climate change will also take a toll.
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.
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