Nigeria’s digital agriculture platform, Farmcrowdy announced that it has closed on additional seed funding of $1 million. This follows on from the company’s initial investments of $1 million in 2017. International investors Cox Enterprises and...
Kenyan innovation hub and tech accelerator iHub has recently partnered with Raise, a Bahamian and Kenyan technology company that has developed a company ownership platform to manage compliant digital securities in frontier markets. The announcement of this...
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has recently launched its fourth incubator and tech hub in Nairobi, Kenya. This will serve as its flagship East African space, joining hubs in Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. The incubator will...
August 8, 2018 •
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A new generation of socially conscious investors, comprising predominantly millennials, is driving a prolific trend in global investing. They want their money to do good in the world, while still realising a fair return. The trend, known as impact investing,...
On Tuesday 26 February 2018 Farmcrowdy, a Nigerian digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, was named as a recipient of a $325,000 grant from dedicated GSMA global team Mobile for Development as part of the...
February 27, 2018 •
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Technology has the potential to change the world. Nowhere is this more prevalent than in Africa, as the continent is not held back by legacy systems like its western counterparts. Technology could change many facets of life for Africans as things such as Big...
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first digital agriculture platform has announced that the company has introduced a new category of funding small-scale farming in Africa by allowing Nigerians to venture and sponsor agriculture. The company also simultaneously...
