Safaricom, through the M-agri Business branch, has introduced two new initiatives to target farmers and enhance the food security sector of the country. Food security, which is also part of President Kenyatta’s Big Four Agenda has been a vital sector in the Kenyan economy. According to Daily Nation, Shs 400 billion has been allocated to Big Four Agenda with Shs 20.25 …

Jumia has launched a new category, Jumia Fresh. Jumia Fresh comes with a promise of delivering fresh farm produce such as fruits and vegetables within a period of four hours. The time frame (four hours) put the service in a better position to flourish in the market. One of the greatest challenges Kenyan farmers face is the risk of their …

Launched in 2015, Selina Wamuciii is a Kenyan Agri-tech mobile-driven B2B startup for sourcing and distributing Fruits From Small-scale farmers. SelinaWamucii made the announcement of the grant it received from Dubai-based Expo Live‘s Innovation Impact Grant Programme. With an Aim of improving its mobile platform and recruitment of 2000 more farmers.  He added that the startup intends to further develop its platform by …

The World Bank AgriTech Challenge, powered by Nest, is the region’s first open innovation programme focused on agribusiness. Facilitated by the World Bank and Nest, selected teams will work closely with one of the region’s leading agribusiness companies to conceptualise, co-develop and prototype a product to alleviate acute challenges in the Kenyan agribusiness value chain. NEST challenge, for which applications are …

Reel Gardening an Idea born in  2002 by Claire Reid at the age of 16 is one of the successful agri-startups in south Africa, with such a great history of  Reel gardening, finally, the fruits of the garden are being eaten. Reel Gardening was designed to be the simple solution to gardening – and simple is the best word to describe …

The overall performance of the Tanzanian economy remains strong with a high rate of growth, and a low rate of inflation over the past five years and agriculture is the main contributor to the value of Tanzania’s economy, while tourism is the leading sector in terms of foreign exchange earnings. Agriculture on its own is contributing a whooping USD 13.9bn …

GreenFingers Mobile, a South-African based agri-tech startup which focuses on providing a technology platform for managing and financing smallholder farmers in Africa has secured an equity seed investment through Hivos Food and Lifestyle Fund an impact investor based in the Netherlands to expand its services across Africa. The mobile-first software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology platform combines an Android app, alongside a web based …

Launched in 2015 Zazu a digital marketplace connecting farmers to buyers. Farmers with extra produce are able to connect with new markets, while buyers are provided with a more sophisticated and easy way to order more produce for less. Zazu now launched in Zambia, where it currently has secured eight partnerships with small traders, luxury hotels and multinational companies looking to …

Two companies come together namely The Hershey Company and  Village Capital  (which finds, trains, and invests in entrepreneurs solving real-world problems and help build communities around entrepreneurs and their ventures to improve opportunities for growth and success) introduce the Village Capital Affordable Nutrition Forum which will be held in Accra, Ghana on April 27, 2016 . Up to 10 entrepreneurs …

The Agriculture society in Kenya is the real mainstream, I mean that sector continuously grows either technologically or productively, a lot of innovations now seem to help farmers meet their demand and markets easily either big market or small market. 2Kuze a mobile platform that’s helping the east African Countries monetize and meet their markets quicker and easily is creating a big impact in …