Khula closes US $1.3M seed to scale its software-for-agriculture platform
South Africa’s Khula has announced a US $1.3million seed round to scale operations across the country. Khula provides small-scale and commercial size farmers with...
Nigeria to boost Namibia’s agriculture
Nigeria is set to assist Namibia boost its agriculture sector. National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) made the announcement and said they will be...
66 Farm machines handed over to farmers’ cooperatives in Liberia
66 Farm machines worth US $103,000 have been handed over to farmers' cooperatives in Liberia. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
MAG assists farmers to increase Taro production for sustainable livelihood
The Modernizing Agriculture in Ghana (MAG) Programme is assisting farmers in some selected areas in the Ashanti Region to acquire improved varieties of Taro...
New Bio-tech to boost rice production, reduce Import in Nigeria
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) working with relevant research institutions in Nigeria, has developed a new rice variety which could increase yield by...
Aldi funds vegetable packhouse to help smallholder growers in Kenya
Aldi UK has funded construction of a vegetable packhouse in Kenya to help smallholder growers. The project is part work of international NGO Farm...
First Ivorian innovation wins Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
Chemical Engineer Noël N’guessan has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation with a biowaste equipment innovation for smallholder...
IBM Cloud, IBM Watson selected to help African poultry farmers
IBM Cloud, IBM Watson selected by start-up company Omniolytics, which develops smart farming solutions to help African poultry farmers.Tech giant IBM, announced that start-up,...
Smart solutions in agricultural insurance
Boosting agricultural insurance based on Earth Observation data and blockchain technology
BEACON advances the inclusion of EO satellites within the AgI processes and adopts a...
AKILIMO digital platform improves potato yields in Rwanda
A digital platform has improved potato yields in Rwanda. The AKILIMO digital platform was launched in 2020 by CIP, RAB, and the International Institute of...