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Tanzania’s MazaoHub Raises $2 Million to Expand AI-Powered Climate-Smart Farming in Africa
Tanzanian agritech startup MazaoHub has secured US$2 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round to accelerate its mission of transforming smallholder farming through a blend of artificial intelligence and hands-on agronomy.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya’s SunCulture Raises USD $5 Million to Scale Solar-Powered Irrigation in Africa
SunCulture offers solar-powered irrigation pumps, providing smallholder farmers with a sustainable and affordable alternative to diesel or manual systems.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Social Enterprise, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rwandan Farmers and Private Sector Join Forces to Improve Maize and Soybean Value Chains for 4,000 Smallholders
Activities with farmers include carrying out an inclusive business analysis, setting up demonstration plots, investing in equipment, and conducting joint training by public and private partners.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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A New Green Revolution in Indian Agriculture: How Satellite Remote Sensing is Quietly Transforming the Sector
Satellite remote sensing involves the use of satellite-based sensors to capture data about the earth’s surface. According to Sat Kumar Tomer at Satyukt Analytics, this technology is increasingly being used by Indian farmers and the businesses and organizations that serve them, generating data on vegetation health, soil moisture, irrigation patterns and other key drivers of agricultural productivity. He explores how satellite remote sensing is enabling a data-driven revolution in Indian agriculture, and how the sector can overcome barriers to wider adoption.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance, Technology
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A Field-Based Perspective on Sub-Saharan Africa’s Agriculture Crisis: Exploring the Four Critical Dimensions that are Driving Food Insecurity
Food insecurity is no longer just a humanitarian concern in sub-Saharan Africa: It is a business issue. According to Asamoah Oppong Zadok, a researcher and entrepreneur specializing in sustainable agriculture, it constitutes a fundamental business risk with far-reaching implications for the region's economic growth, supply chain stability and geopolitical resilience. He explores the multifaceted structural factors that are driving Africa's agriculture and food security crisis, exploring how business innovators, funders and policymakers can respond.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
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Ghana’s Complete Farmer Secures $5 Million Funding From Symbiotics to Strengthen Smallholder Farming
Swiss impact investor Symbiotics has provided a USD 5 million debt facility to Complete Farmer, the Ghanaian agritech startup focused on strengthening agricultural value chains in West Africa.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mastercard Foundation Continues Africa Push with $10 Million for Sahel Capital
The investment is directed to the Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA), a vehicle designed to finance small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that support smallholder farmers across the continent.
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- Agriculture, Social Enterprise
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Degas Limited Pledges $100 Million to Make Ghana Africa’s First AI-Powered Agricultural Hub
Degas’ platform combines AI-driven satellite monitoring and agriculture techniques. The results, according to Makiura, are drawing strong interest from Japanese investors.
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- Agriculture, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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