#26: African AgriTech - Early opportunities for technology to scale Agriculture across Africa

Afrobility: Africa Tech & Business

เนื้อหาจัดทำโดย Olumide Ogunsanwo & Bankole Makanju, Olumide Ogunsanwo, and Bankole Makanju เนื้อหาพอดแคสต์ทั้งหมด รวมถึงตอน กราฟิก และคำอธิบายพอดแคสต์ได้รับการอัปโหลดและจัดเตรียมโดย Olumide Ogunsanwo & Bankole Makanju, Olumide Ogunsanwo, and Bankole Makanju หรือพันธมิตรแพลตฟอร์มพอดแคสต์โดยตรง หากคุณเชื่อว่ามีบุคคลอื่นใช้งานที่มีลิขสิทธิ์ของคุณโดยไม่ได้รับอนุญาต คุณสามารถปฏิบัติตามขั้นตอนที่อธิบายไว้ที่นี่ https://th.player.fm/legal

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Overview: Today, we discuss the opportunity for Agriculture technology to make a difference in Africa. We'll start with some context of African Agriculture, discuss AgriTech in developed and emerging markets, analyze Agritech players across Africa & end with our overall outlook. This episode was recorded on Apr 4, 2021.

Companies discussed: Twiga Foods, Pula, SunCulture, Releaf, FarmCrowdy, DeHaat, Arya, WeFarm, Aerobiotics, Gro Intelligence, SwiftVee, Agroop, Pure Harvest, Naspers & Agrocenta

Business concepts discussed: Agriculture technology (AgTech, AgriTech or AgroTech), Agribusiness marketplaces, farming financing, Farmer market access opportunities & Agriculture insurance strategy

Conversation highlights:

(00:30) - Why we’re talking about Agriculture & AgriTech
(05:20) - AgriTech in developed markets
(08:50) - AgriTech in emerging markets countries
(11:30) - AgriTech startups in India - DeHaat, Arya
(15:30) - AgriTech in China
(16:50) - African Agriculture - background, challenges
(26:50) - AgriTech in Africa
(28:06) - AgriTech startups in East Africa
(40:40) - AgriTech startups in Southern Africa
(45:55) - AgriTech startups in Northern Africa
(48:44) - AgriTech startups in West Africa
(58:20) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook
(1:07:55) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook
(1:14:35) - Recommendations and small wins

Olumide’s recommendations, small wins & open questions:

Recommendations: Skip the Line (James Altucher) & Green Book (2018)
Small win: Day off work to re-energize
Other content: Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (World Bank) & US Agricultural workers data in 1900 (11M out of 76M population)

Bankole’s recommendations, small wins & open questions:

Recommendation: Readwise.io
Small win: Set up wiretamers for my WFH space. The Art of the Desk Setup
Other content: Planet Money Episode 454: The Lollipop War & Blues Wireless

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