Agri-tech
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Funding
SunCulture Closes Oversubscribed Series B Funding Round with $27.5M Raised
Kenya’s SunCulture, a provider of solar-powered irrigation solutions and agricultural technology to smallholder farmers, has raised a US$27.5 million Series…
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Apollo, Kenyan agri-tech firm Agriculture Secures $10M debt funding
Kenyan startup, Apollo Agriculture, a commercial farming platform that helps small-scale farmers maximise their profits, has raised US$10 million in…
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Start-ups
Three African Agri-tech Startups Wins $1.5m AYuTe Africa Challenge
Three African agri-tech startups – ThriveAgric of Nigeria, Kenya’s DigicCow, and Botswana-based Brastorne Enterprises – have been named winners of…
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Nigerian Agri-tech Startup Secures $3.3m in Pre-Series A Funding Round
Releaf, a technology company that makes it easier for consumer goods manufacturers in Africa to access high-quality supplies (and ingredients)…
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Kenyan Agri-tech Startup Shamba Pride Raises $1.1m Funding Round
Kenyan agri-tech startup Shamba Pride has raised a US$1.1 million funding round to support its expansion across the country and…
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Ghana’s Agri-tech startup, AgroCenta secures funding to help improve & expand Agri-tech eco-system in the country
AgroCenta, the Ghanaian agri-tech startup has commenced efforts aimed at scaling up its agri-tech ecosystem and secure crop purchases from smallholder farmers with…
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Kenyan Agri-tech Startup Farmers Pride Raises $220k From Gray Matters Capital’s CoLABS
KENYA – Kenyan startup Farmers Pride, a one-stop e-commerce platform that connects village level farmers to quality inputs, services, and information through women-owned DigiShops powered…
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Nigerian agri-tech startup Farmcrowdy’s impact platform CrowdyVest has launched a bus-hailing service
Nigerian agricultural crowdfunding startup Farmcrowdy, through its general investment platform CrowdyVest, has launched bus-hailing service PlentyWaka. Formed in 2016, the Farmcrowdy platform…
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