Apeel Sciences and Benchling are among the startups addressing the tools and services needed in the middle of the agrifood value chain.
War, climatic events, and supply chain strains are putting millions of tons of grain and roughly 1.4 billion people in vulnerable countries at risk.
The Australian startup has developed an AI-powered platform that can identify, pick, and pack different types of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Panelists on a recent webinar about Ukraine and the global agrifood industry didn’t mince their words when discussing the current dire climate situation.
SokoFresh provides a mobile cold storage solution for smallholders in Kenya, based on a ‘pay-as-you-store’ business model.
The Dakar-based startup is boosting linkages between smallholder farmers and small-scale vendors in Senegal’s informal retail sector.
Food retailers need technologies that can automate the supply chain to minimize disruptions and optimize inventory management.
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.
The Riyadh-based B2B marketplace said it’ll use the Series A funds for geographical expansion, and to launch new products and verticals.
Midstream Tech deals increased in response to the problems and inefficiencies in India’s agrifood supply chains highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Food Security Fund will be used to finance 250,000 hectares of commercial and smallholder farmland in Nigeria for climate-smart production.
Symbotic said it’ll use the proceeds to “accelerate its growth plans” and “efficiently deliver on its contracted backlog.”
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.
Trella, Capiter, and MaxAB are among dozens of startups that have raised funding of late to overhaul Egypt’s fragmented and inefficient B2B logistics space.
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 Rwandan company has experienced — and taken on — the full range of food production, manufacturing, and distribution challenges one would expect in a frontier market, says founder Lauren Nkuranga.
Supply chain, warehousing, and logistics solutions led the investment rounds for Midstream Technologies in the first half of the year.
Animal agriculture can become a more sustainable enterprise with the help of technology, investment, and entrepreneurialism.
“At Careem, we were barely scratching the surface. From tax filing [to] transportation, we realized no-one had tried to solve the problems of the retail industry.”
The Jakarta-based startup is relying on micro-fulfillment, refrigeration, and last-mile, ‘in-time’ delivery – as well as its 1,000-plus farmer partners – to do it.
I’m drowning in new food! Can someone please restructure me out of this mess?