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Meet the 9 startups selected for the Village Capital Agriculture Africa 2019 Accelerator
Village Capital’s Agriculture Africa 2019 Accelerator is focused on solutions that improve outcomes for small farmers and address food security …
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Pitch AgriHack 2018: The finalists, the prize giving ceremony and the winners
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA) concluded a five-day Pitch AgriHack final, with the awarding of best startups in th…
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Announcing 12 ventures part of Ashoka’s African Social Investment Accelerator
Ashoka is excited to launch the African Social Investment Accelerator to support social entrepreneurs across the continent to refine their business mo…
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Test and taste your assumptions: developing business solutions for post-harvest losses
If there’s one word to describe the participants of the Food Connection Challenge in Benin and Nigeria, it is dedication. The 2018 Food Connection
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Food Connection Challenge Nigeria & Benin harvest big interest from local SMEs
The Food Connection Challenge (FCC), a business incubation initiative focusing on solving post-harvest losses together with local SMEs, has selected a…
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Young and female entrepreneurs: Win Pitch AgriHack 2018 and grow your start-up!
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) is launching Pitch AgriHack 2018. The theme for this year’s edition is “Women entrep…
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The Food Connection Challenge is back: Next stops, Nigeria and Benin
The Food Connection Challenge calls upon SMEs in Nigeria and Benin to submit their innovative ideas to reduce post-harvest losses. Building on the exp…
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CcHub and Nailab announce cohorts of the first Make-IT Accelerator
The Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) in Lagos, Nigeria, and NaiLab in Nairobi, Kenya, have announced the startups that will take part in the Make-IT Accelerato…
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GreenFingers Mobile Secures Seed Capital from The Hivos Food & Lifestyle Fund
GreenFingers Mobile, a technology platform provider for managing and financing smallholder farmers in Africa, recently launched out of beta stage and …
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Vivus Limited: A holistic approach to accomplish energy and food security in Ghana
Vivus Limited has developed a rural transportation system that enables the efficient collection of crops and agricultural waste. They then market crop…