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Africa’s Agrifood Sector Eyes High-Tech Transformation, Report
Africa’s agrifood sector is entering a pivotal era of growth as scalable technologies and digital innovations begin to redefine productivity…
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The Winners of the Orange Social Ventures Prize 2025: Why Africa’s Next Billion-Dollar Solutions are Built on Blood Banks and Desert Farms
Orange’s fifteenth Social Ventures Prize drew a field of seventy finalists from seventeen African countries, and the results say something…
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BUSINESS
2024 VALUE4HER Women Agripreneurs of the Year Awards finalists announced
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has announced the top 15 finalists for the 2024 VALUE4HER Women…
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Kenyan agritech startup Shamba Pride raises $3.7M
Shamba Pride, the Agri SME based in Kenya has raised $3.7 million from EDFI AgriFI – the EU Agriculture Financing Initiative…
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Nigeria’s Agritech ThriveAgric to provide 125,000 smallholder farmers with access to financial inclusion services
Nigeria’s agritech startup ThriveAgric has launched a new project to empower 125,000 smallholder farmers with financial inclusion access. Know as…
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Startups
Uganda’s agritech startup Emata raises $2.4 million seed funding
Ugandan agritech startup Emata has raised $2.4 million in seed funding comprising $800,000 in equity and $1.6 million in on-lending…
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Twiga Foods suppliers yet to benefit from the Ksh.300M Hustler Fund promised by the government
Agri-tech startup Twiga Foods has revealed that its suppliers are yet to benefit from the Ksh.300 Hustler Fund promised by…
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Tanzania’s NovFeed named overall winner of the $1M Milken-Motsepe Prize in Agritech
NovFeed, a biotech company based in Tanzania is the overall winner of this year’s Milken-Motsepe Prize in Agritech. The startup…
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SA agritech startup FarmTrace raises funding to scale its solutions
South African agri-tech startup FarmTrace has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Secha Capital and Hassium Capital. The company…
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Kenyan agritech Victory Farms raises $35 million Series B funding
Victory Farms, a Kenya-based aquaculture startup operating around Lake Victoria has raised $35 million in Series B round. Previously the…
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India’s Food supply chain startup WayCool Foods is expanding its tech arm CENSA to Africa
WayCool Foods, India’s leading food and agri-tech platform is expanding its tech arm CENSA into the African market. The strategic…
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Heifer International’s $1.5M agritech challenge winners announced
Three African startups have been selected winners of the 2022 AYuTe Africa Challenge which supports agritech innovators and is organized…
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Tupande app by One Acre Fund to help farmers buy seeds and fertilizers online
Kenyan-based social enterprise One Acre Fund has launched Tupande, a mobile app that aims to help smallholder farmers order and…
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Kenya’s agri-tech startup Stable Foods has raised $600k in funding
Stable Foods, a Kenyan agri-tech startup offering a host of solutions to small-scale farmers has raised $600k in funding. The…
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Ghana’s Agritech Startup Farmerline has Raised $1.5 Million in Series A Funding
After netting $13 million in April this year, Ghanaian agritech startup Farmerline has raised another $1.5 million in pre-series A…
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Sasini to start using drones for fertilizer application and chemical spraying on its Kipkebe tea farm
Sasini will soon start using drones for fertilizer application and chemical spraying on its Kipkebe tea farm. The firm has…
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GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize is Awarding $50k to African agri-tech startups
The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize is inviting African agri-tech startups to apply and stand a chance to win US$50,000 in cash…
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Startups
Milken Institute and Motsepe Foundation Announce Milken-Motsepe Prize in AgriTech Finalists
The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation today announced the 25 teams from across Africa receiving Finalist prizes for the Milken-Motsepe Prize in…
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EFAYOMI CARR: Africa’s youth hold the key to the expansion of agritech across the continent
The Covid pandemic has focused global attention on the drastic need for food systems to change and become more efficient,…
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Microsoft affirms its commitment to support Kenya’s agricultural sector
At a time where industries are called to relook operation models to survive, the agricultural sector has emerged as key…
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Microsoft partners with AGRA to support digital transformation in agriculture
Microsoft has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to…
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Startups
Two Tanzanian agritech startups win US$100,000 Generation Africa GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize for 2020
Generation Africa has announced the two grand prize winners of the US$100,000 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize for 2020. The winners were…
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Agritech startup WeFarm secures $13 Million funding to scale its Smallholder Agricultural Ecosystem
London-based farmer-to-farmer digital network WeFarm has raised $13 million in a Series A round of funding. The round was led…
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Startups
Kenyan AgriTech Startups can now apply for the MTFC Innov8Agric Challenge
Kenyan and other African startups in the Agriculture sector have been asked to apply for this year’s edition MTFC Innov8Agric Challenge.…
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