How Flying Farmer is using drones to revolutionise agriculture in Africa
Femi Adekoya, also known as the flying farmer, is revolutionizing Nigeria’s agriculture by giving drone-powered solutions to commercial and smallholder farmers.
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Farmerline lands $12.9m pre-Series A funding to consolidate infrastructure
Farmerline delivers quality farm inputs and education on the best farming practices through partner agribusinesses.
Zero To Scale: Kenneth Obiajulu — Co-founder and CEO of Agricorp International
In this edition of Zero to Scale, Agricorp CEO Kenneth Obiajulu talks about the role of technology in agriculture and how Agricorp is different from other agritech startups.
The rise and pivot of agritech crowdfunding platforms
The financial debacle of agritech startups should have been resolved last year. But Agropartnership, Crowdyvest, Farmnow, Farmpower and other agritech crowdfunding platforms still owe investors millions of naira.
Agricorp International invests $9.7 million in poultry production
Agricorp is set to produce over 40 million birds in Nigeria by 2025, create over 100,000 jobs through its Poultry Development Program and commits to invest NGN 20 billion over the next four years into poultry production.
Exclusive interview with Rolake Rosiji: How Jobberman is closing the skills gap in Agri-tech
By harnessing and deploying the agency of the growing youth population, there is huge potential to accelerate the prosperity of the sector.
Twiga raises $50 million, early investors receive $30 million in a secondary sale
Kenyan startup Twiga Foods raised $50 million in a Series C round. And some of its early investors received little liquidity through a $30 million secondary sale.
Releaf secures $4.2 million to scale Nigeria's oil palm sector
Releaf has secured $4.2 million in seed funding and grants to drive the industrialization of food processing for Africa which will also enable Nigeria’s Oil Palm sector
Pula raises $6 million to scale agricultural insurance for farmers across Africa
Pula, an African InsureTech service provider startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a $6 million Series A fundraise.
Winners of African Development Bank AgriPitch Competition to share $120,000
The African Development Bank AgriPitch competition is open to youth aged 18 to 35 who hold African nationality or citizenship and who submit their application online by 23rd October