The MENA VC ecosystem witnessed a slow start in 2023, with funding declining by 13% YoY, and deals plummeting by 55%. In the first half of 2022, the highest funding deal was recorded in February with $375 million
iProcure, a leading African agricultural input supply startup based in Kenya, has partnered with Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA) to expand its operations into Tanzania. FtMA is a consortium of
Food insecurity and chronic hunger are major recurring problems that exist in developing countries. Several approaches, including biotechnology, have been explored to cope with emerging issues of climate change and
Ghanaian agri-tech firm, Farmerline has announced the launch of operations in the Ivory Coast as part of its expansion into the Francophone African countries.
Founded in 2011 by Alloysius Attah
SwiftVEE, pioneers in the South African livestock trade industry, has launched PrysWys, an app intended to lower farmers’ input costs. PrysWys is a retail business that connects farmers with input
With Nigeria’s population growing at a rate of 3.1% per year and expected to reach 400 million by 2050 according to UNFPA, enhanced agricultural productivity through the adoption
Stable Foods, a Kenyan-based agritech portfolio company of Pyramidia Ventures, an agrifood-tech venture studio has today announced receiving $600, 000 in investments from Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) and Mercy
Farmerline, a Ghanaian agtech startup has recently secured equity funding of One million Five hundred thousand US dollars ($1.5 million) from Oikocredit a Dutch impact investor. This is Farmerline’
Ironically, most African nations imports agricultural goods that it is capable of producing. Nigeria, for instance, produces cocoa and cotton but buys textiles and chocolates from other nations. Experts have
Millions of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa now have access to Mastercard’s Farm Pass, a digital platform that makes it safer and simpler for farmers to sell their produce
The parent company of South African Agritech startup Homefarm, PixelBlue, claims to have raised R1.7 million (about $104k) in seed funding to enable customers, communities, and enterprises to grow
A new yield management platform has been made available by South African Agritech startup Aerobotics, giving growers tools to monitor, control, and safeguard their harvests.
Aerobotics, a company founded in
