11 Sep
To eradicate post-harvest losses, which accounts for over 40 per cent of the country’s harvests, Ecotutu – a cleantech company, has launched a new solar cooling technology – SelfChill Cold Rooms – to preserve perishable fresh agric produce from rot.
11 Sep
The Pitch AgriHack (https://apo-opa.info/3Zaz0kE) 2023 results are in, capping an inspiring journey celebrating Africa’s most exciting agritech visionaries. Applicants from 39 African countries went through a rigorous selection process until six winners were crowned at the Youth Innovation Awards on the final day of The Africa Food Systems Forum hosted at the Julius Nyerere ICC, in Dar…
12 Sep
With the recent licence revocation of some microfinance institutions, the Nigerian economy is currently being serviced by about 700 microfinance banks. Matched with the estimated 36.9 million existing micro businesses, there are an average of 53,000 businesses competing for funding from each available micro-lender. But the nagging poor access to funding for micro businesses is…
