Agritech

Agricorp International invests $9.7 million in poultry production

Agricorp is set to produce over 40 million birds in Nigeria by 2025, create over 100,000 jobs through its Poultry Development Program and commits to invest NGN 20 billion over the next four years into poultry production.

Exclusive interview with Rolake Rosiji: How Jobberman is closing the skills gap in Agri-tech

By harnessing and deploying the agency of the growing youth population, there is huge potential to accelerate the prosperity of the sector.

Twiga raises $50 million, early investors receive $30 million in a secondary sale

Kenyan startup Twiga Foods raised $50 million in a Series C round. And some of its early investors received little liquidity through a $30 million secondary sale.

Releaf secures $4.2 million to scale Nigeria's oil palm sector

Releaf has secured $4.2 million in seed funding and grants to drive the industrialization of food processing for Africa which will also enable Nigeria’s Oil Palm sector

Pula raises $6 million to scale agricultural insurance for farmers across Africa

Pula, an African InsureTech service provider startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a $6 million Series A fundraise.

Winners of African Development Bank AgriPitch Competition to share $120,000

The African Development Bank AgriPitch competition is open to youth aged 18 to 35 who hold African nationality or citizenship and who submit their application online by 23rd October

How Thrive Agric plans to steady its coronavirus-rocked boat

Thrive Agric, the presently embattled agritech investment company, has released a statement detailing its plans for paying subscribers.