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Agriculture 4.0 – Data As The Driver.
This article was first published in The Economist Intelligence Unit Food sustainability Index. Across the African continent, smallholder farmers contribute significantly to food security in their countries, accounting for the majority of the food consumed. However, the desire to produce more food on less land has resulted in these farmers transitioning into unsustainable farming…
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Multi-sided Business Models to Digitize Africa’s Agriculture
Myself and 2 other young entrepreneurs working in the digitalisation for agriculture sector have learned the hard way that delivering technology-driven solutions for smallholder farmers in Africa can present special challenges. Here, we share some of our insights, including a survival strategy that we think is critical to success – diversify or die. In…
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Taking on Africa’s Biggest Challenges
The Techstars Paris program welcomes startups from all over the world. One of them comes directly from Kenya: Hydrologistics. We interviewed its CEO, Brian Bosire, to know more about their activity and about Brian’s views on the Techstars program. 1.Please share with us a little bit about what your start-up specializes in? Over 50% of water…
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THE GAP IN AFRICAN AGRICULTURE
The Knowledge Gap In Kenya and across the continent, small holder farmers contribute highly to the food security in their countries, accounting to over 75% of the food produced. However, the need to produce more food in less land has resulted in these farmers transitioning into unsustainable farming practices that have affected the soils…