Archives Tag: Agritech Focus
Agritech Focus: All About EZ Farming
April 19, 2022
Nigeria’s agriculture space needs all the innovative solutions it can get. Demand for the products it puts out continues to increase, but the industry’s value chains remain largely underdeveloped and inefficient. Agritech startups are helping various portions of the agric ecosystem lift their performance. They are opening up new funding sources, providing output enhancing technologies, … Continue reading Agritech Focus: All About EZ Farming
Agritech Focus: All About Farmcrowdy
April 19, 2022
Farmcrowdy is Nigeria’s first digital agricultural platform, and a pioneer startup in the country’s growing agritech space. They exist to join two ends of the agro-funding spectrum: farmers who need to finance their field operations, and individuals willing to sponsor those operations and reap returns on their investment. When the startup was launched in 2016, … Continue reading Agritech Focus: All About Farmcrowdy
Agritech Focus: About Fresh Direct Nigeria
April 19, 2022
Nigeria’s farms currently struggle to feed over 200 million persons living within its borders. As the hungry mouths in the country multiply and the space needed to grow food for them expands, it’s becoming increasingly clear that our current land-based agricultural practices aren’t sustainable. Throw in a doubling of current population size by 2050 and … Continue reading Agritech Focus: About Fresh Direct Nigeria
Agritech Focus: All about Verdant Agritech
April 19, 2022
Verdant Agritech aims to become Nigeria’s biggest reservoir of useful agricultural data. It also wants to connect the country’s farmers, input providers, extension officers, NGOs, and financial institutions to create one large value-multiplying ecosystem. It’s a project ambitious enough to inspire the starriest eyed but daunting enough to shoo off the bravest hearts. The present … Continue reading Agritech Focus: All about Verdant Agritech
Agritech Focus: All about Kereksuk
April 19, 2022
Nigeria consumes more rice per annum than any other country in Africa. This isn’t just because it has more mouths to feed than others on the continent. The fact that it’s a staple for people in every part of the country and across all income strata, accounts for the rapid growth in per capita consumption … Continue reading Agritech Focus: All about Kereksuk
