[Transcript] #26: African AgriTech - Early opportunities for technology to scale Agriculture across Africa
Transcript for podcast originally recorded on April 4, 2021
😉 Hello Afrobility readers and listeners!
In April 2021, we explored the potential impact of Agricultural technology in Africa. Given that Agriculture is a crucial sector, employing 50-70% of Africans and contributing 20-40% to the GDP, I’m optimistic that technology will eventually empower farmers and enhance the overall value chain.
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
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Transcript starts here
[00:00:00] Olumide Ogunsanwo: Welcome to Afrobility, a conversation about African business and technology. Today, we're going to talk about the opportunity for agriculture technology to make a difference in Africa. We'll start with the context of African agriculture, discuss agritech in developed and emerging markets. We'll also analyze architect players across Africa, and then we'll end with our general thoughts and overall outlook.
This episode was recorded on April 3rd, 2021. Bankismo what up man?
[00:00:27] Bankole Makanju: Bankismo I love it. I'm good, man.
[00:00:29] Olumide Ogunsanwo: How are you? That's the Italian version. You're wearing glasses today. That's like a blue, blue light filter or yeah, blue light glasses, man.
Blue light glasses. Okay. What are you talking about today? Act tech, agriculture. Ag tech. We're talking about agriculture in, in Africa, agriculture tech, AKA a agritech AKA agro tech, AKA ag tech, I think aro tech just sounds weird. I think we'll just skip back and forth. You call it agritech and AgTech.