Agribusiness platform Agrizy secures $9.8m to connect India’s small food processors with global markets
Agrizy provides a fully managed B2B marketplace with a variety of digital tools connecting food producers and local and international buyers.
Agrizy provides a fully managed B2B marketplace with a variety of digital tools connecting food producers and local and international buyers.
Via an irrigation-as-a-service platform, Stable Foods tackles the prevalent challenge of food insecurity and poverty in East Africa.
Venture builder Enviu has released a report after surveying Kenyan farmers to get their take on the regenerative ag movement.
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.
‘Building an Africa that feeds itself’ is what RiceAfrika says it’s out to accomplish. Ibrahim Maigari its founder and CEO believes that if we’re serious
Operating both a B2B and B2C marketplace, Mayani has nearly 140,000 fish farmers on its platform.
“Our work has always been at the intersection of climate tech and agri,” says Devendra Gupta, CEO of Ecozen.
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.
Indian farmtech startups raised $1.5bn in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, which was around 30% of total funding but 60% of deal count.
Attendees to the AgriTech 4.0: Crops, Seeds & Soil conference discussed the need for sharing research and access to financing between academia and industry.
FoodInsure’s Ahmed Umar wants to offer a path to food savings insurance while connecting Nigerians with smallholder farmers and cheaper food prices.
Ghana’s Wangara Green Ventures is an impact and climate focused fund supporting small and growing climate-friendly businesses.
Taimba, a Kenyan B2B agritech startup, has expanded its marketplace to offer transportation, cold storage, fintech solutions and is now eyeing up input procurement too.
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