Archives Tag: Agriculture
Brands We Love: Value Seeds
April 19, 2022
Nigerian farmers often struggle to make the most of the spaces they cultivate. While they might receive help with fertilizers and extension services (if they’re lucky), they still can’t harvest as much as they would want from their relatively small farmlands. The country appears to be producing less per square meter of farmland for many … Continue reading Brands We Love: Value Seeds
AFPE 2019 News Story And Picture
April 19, 2022
Mr John Bray, the U.S. Consul General in Lagos has urged Nigeria to leverage on its vast agricultural potential to create wealth and boost its economy. Bray said this on Friday in Lagos during the African Food and Products Conference and Exhibition (AFPE) with the theme, “Sustainability and Innovation: Pathway to Business Success for SMEs’’. … Continue reading AFPE 2019 News Story And Picture
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Brands we Love: Babban Gona
April 19, 2022
When Kola Masha founded Babban Gona, the space for privately run agriculture focused on social enterprises wasn’t a thing. And millions of farmers had to go it alone in the tough, unstable Nigerian market. Farming in Nigeria is no light-weight occupation. While there’s always the potential to reap bountiful profits from it, the conditions are … Continue reading Brands we Love: Babban Gona
Farmcrowdy Closes on Additional Seed Funding of $1 Million
April 19, 2022
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to invest in agriculture, today announced that it has closed on additional seed funding of $1 million. This follows on from the company’s initial investments of $1 million in 2017. International investors Cox Enterprisesand Techstars, along with local investor Ajayi Solutions have participated in the round … Continue reading Farmcrowdy Closes on Additional Seed Funding of $1 Million
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Everyday Heroes- Nasir Yammama
April 19, 2022
Agricultural Extension revolves around dissemination of innovations to relevant consumers-with farmers heading this end-users’ group. Innovations vary in Agriculture, and their adoptions are dependent on a whole lot of factors but the most important thing is that communication must be very clear and lucid. The place of Agriculture in Nigeria cannot be over emphasized. Especially … Continue reading Everyday Heroes- Nasir Yammama
By jeremiah
SMW Lagos 2019: Day 3 Highlights
April 19, 2022
I was unsure of what to expect at the SMW Lagos even after reading through Samuel Achem’s highlights. However, attending the event on Wednesday at the Landmark event center I got a very clearer picture of why Achem would choose to “almost live there.” The atmosphere was simply charged, with very interactive discussions on multiple … Continue reading SMW Lagos 2019: Day 3 Highlights
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Did You Know? When Nigeria Produced Half the World’s Palm Oil Exports
April 19, 2022
There aren’t very many food ingredients as essential to local Nigerian cuisine as palm oil. The red liquid drained out of tough oil palm fruits is the fluid without which most indigenous soups, stews and snacks simply cannot exist. You couldn’t possibly have been born and bred in a southern Nigerian home and never tasted … Continue reading Did You Know? When Nigeria Produced Half the World’s Palm Oil Exports
Websites We Love: So Fresh
April 19, 2022
Think of hygienic, freshly prepared and healthy food delivered to your doorstep and you have ‘So Fresh’. So Fresh was born out of the need to cater to the growing audience of health-conscious Nigerians who are in need of fresh supplies of fruits and organic produce on a regular basis. Since its launch by Abimbola … Continue reading Websites We Love: So Fresh
FarmCrowdy Named Agritech Company of the Year at the Nigeria Technology Awards 2018
April 19, 2022
Nigerian startup Farmcrowdy has recently added two more awards to its growing haul of accolades. The company was named agritech platform of the year at the 2018 edition of the Nigeria Technology Awards, which held on Saturday, November 1. Its CEO, Onyeka Akumah, also won the tech entrepreneur of the year award. Members of the … Continue reading FarmCrowdy Named Agritech Company of the Year at the Nigeria Technology Awards 2018
Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: Beau Haven Farms
April 19, 2022
Somewhere in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, an entrepreneur is spreading the word about organic farming to her community. She’s teaching women to grow bulky, nutritious cassava, potatoes and plantain, and placing the basic materials they’ll need to do this in their hands. And she says that this is just the start of a project … Continue reading Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: Beau Haven Farms
App Of Week: FarmCrowdy
April 19, 2022
In order for Agriculture to thrive in Nigeria, there must be a playing field for farmers and sponsors. Farmcrowdy is that playing field and is giving everyone the opportunity to participate in Agriculture. The app has over 50,000 installs and decent reviews on Google Play store which shows how relevant it is becoming in the … Continue reading App Of Week: FarmCrowdy
Vetsark, 3 Other Startups Emerge Winners of Google Impact Challenge Nigeria
April 19, 2022
The future just got even brighter! Yes! Brighter for the 12 tech startups that are marching home with a total of $2 million in grant funding from Google. These 12 Startups came out tops in the just concluded Google Impact Challenge Nigeria- an initiative by the search giant to support the growth of local businesses. … Continue reading Vetsark, 3 Other Startups Emerge Winners of Google Impact Challenge Nigeria
Did You Know? Nigeria is the World’s Second Largest Producer of Ginger
April 19, 2022
When farmers in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna dig up ginger from their farmlands, they do so with an expectation that it will be worth their duel with the soil below and the scorching sun above. And it usually is. The stocky rhizome helps put food on the tables of thousands across the state … Continue reading Did You Know? Nigeria is the World’s Second Largest Producer of Ginger
Did You Know? Some Exotic Vegetables And Fruits Are Only Commercially Produced In Jos, Plateau?
April 19, 2022
When one says ‘Nigeria is a blessed land’, it is not just a ‘positive confession’. It is a statement of truth; a statement that can be taken literally. Take for example, the Nigerian soil is so blessed that one could eat up a mango fruit, carelessly throw the seed on the ground and return some … Continue reading Did You Know? Some Exotic Vegetables And Fruits Are Only Commercially Produced In Jos, Plateau?
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How FarmCrowdy Became Nigeria’s Top Agritech Startup
April 19, 2022
The vast majority of Nigeria’s 38 million farmers grow crops and rear livestock and poultry on a relatively small scale. For them, the seasonal nature of agriculture is a big constraint. Revenues come in at specific periods of the year, but these periods are often too far apart, and the funds from the previous season’s … Continue reading How FarmCrowdy Became Nigeria’s Top Agritech Startup
