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Unlocking Africa Podcast on transforming the continent’s food systems
Are Africa’s farmers leading a data revolution that is transforming the continent’s food systems and building resilience to climate change? This week on the Unlocking Africa Podcast, I spoke with Brian Bosire, CEO and Co-Founder of UjuziKilimo, an agri-tech company using data science, machine learning, and IoT to empower smallholder farmers with real-time, field-specific…
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Precision Agriculture in Africa
Dive deep into the future of African agriculture with RootsToFoods podcast’s latest episode on Precision Agriculture! Listen here: Spotify Link Apple Podcast YouTube Join our host Ovidiu Bujorean and esteemed guests for an insightful conversation featuring: Brian Bosire, CEO of UjuziKilimo: Uncover the cutting-edge technologies transforming agricultural practices in Africa. LinkedIn Paul E. Schickler, Former…
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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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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…