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Agriculture entrepreneurs! There is US$45,000 up for grabs
Pitch AgriHack is a digital agriculture competition focused on accelerating entrepreneurial growth and job creation in the agriculture sector by leveraging advanced technologies and youth participation in Africa’s food security […]
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Local agriculture startup gets US$100 000 in funding
Congratulations FarmHut!!!
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Open call for Seedstars and Shell Foundation’s Energy, Mobility & Agriculture Innovation Challenge
Seedstars and Shell Foundation have called on African Startups in mobility, energy and agriculture to apply for their innovation challenge.
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UNDP Calls For Agriculture Startups To Participate In Cultiv@te Initiative
The United Nations Development Program has called for startups tackling challenges in Agriculture to participate in its Cultiv@te initiative. Cultiv@te is bringing together a “coalition of partners and stakeholders that […]
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EcoFarmer Launches Diaspora Agriculture Finance Plan
EcoFarmer recently announced that they will now be offering a Diaspora Agriculture Finance Plan that allows people in the diaspora to buy farming equipment and inputs for family and friends […]
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{Video} Strive Masiyiwa At Davos Talking About Entrepreneurship In The Agriculture Sector In Africa
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YouFarm is A Great Platform To Invest In Agriculture From The Comfort Of Your Home
Agriculture is a huge deal in Zimbabwe and opportunities that can come from it are endless. One of the biggest problems that act as a stumbling block for farmers, however, […]
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Command Agriculture? Wait, Go To School First
I have a friend who used to run an Agritech startup. Of course it was another app to teach farmers and to organise them into digital communities for shared learning. […]
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Seedco’s New App Is Probably The Best App For Agriculture In Zimbabwe Right Now
Agriculture professionals are working smarter, not harder, than ever before. Smart farming technologies have enabled them to reduce costs, maximize yields and profits, and still be incredibly efficient in the […]
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{Press Release} Agriculture Sector Urged To Embrace Technology And Leverage On Big Data
The agricultural sector has been encouraged to embrace technology and leverage on big data as a way of improving productivity in the sector. This was said at the Zimbabwe Agricultural […]
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Econet Sets Sights On Agriculture Industry As It Revamps EcoFarmer
EcoFarmer is not a new product. It’s been around for close to 5 years but today EcoCash introduced some new and interesting services that will no doubt push EcoFarmer into […]
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Farmvest: An Agriculture Investment Platform That Will Help Zim Farmers To Source Capital
You know the story in Zimbabwe, inadequate capital for farmers is disturbing the agriculture output of Zimbabwe. But Farmvest is here to make life easier for farmers while simultaneously offering […]
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Automating the Agriculture Contracting Value Chain in Zimbabwe
There are clear value drivers that should be achieved which include promotion of technology in contract farming in Zimbabwe The use of mobile technology has been extended to the agriculture […]
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From funding Agriculture to RBZ sentiment; Bitmari founder shares plans for Bitcoin startup
We managed to get some brief responses for the founder of Bitmari, Sinclair Skinner. In the following Q and A, he gave some insight on what Bitmari will be working on, including financing new farmers, and how much the service will cost.
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RoboFEST 2015: Zimbabwean children develop tech solutions for agriculture
The RoboFEST Challenge’s 2nd Edition held in Harare recently brought together 8 different teams of students to compete in creating a robot that solved a real problem in agriculture.
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EcoFarmer: Econet’s 4 pillared approach to tech for agriculture
Even though at launch, the most visible and touted component of EcoFarmer was the micro-insurance, the service is more than just that. The company discussed in detail the EcoFarmer offering […]
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Agriculture markets startup, eMkambo, responding flexibly to market needs
Yesterday we attended an ICT for agriculture conference held here in Harare. At the conference, organisations in the sector – Esoko type startups, private companies like Econet (who by the way […]
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ICT for Agriculture: Technology tips for you and your “farm”
Now that the rain season is earnestly upon us the farmer in some of us has been awakened. There are all kinds of farms from the little spot you poach […]
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I’m investing in Zim Agriculture, says African award winning telecoms exec
Last week, we received a press release on the winning of a Global Telecoms Business award by Norman Moyo, an exec at Tanzanian mobile operator called Zantel. We posted the story here. Moyo has worked for Celtel in Zambian and Nigeria, Econet Wireless in Zimbabwe and Zain in Bahrain. He was recognised as one of…
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Why the Harare Agriculture Show should have internet presence
Publicity for the show is abundant on traditional media platforms like TV, radio and local newspapers. There’s enough coverage of the exhibition on these media to attract paying show goers and (in-turn) to provide optimum business benefit to exhibitors. Attendance for the exhibition is always in the tens of thousands, and sometimes (likely the case…