Agritech

UON, ELGON Kenya Construct Agritech Center to Bridge Farmer-Academic Divide

The University of Nairobi and Kenya’s largest agri-input supplier, Elgon Kenya Limited, have begun constructing the state-of-the-art Kantaria Agricultural Technology and Innovation Centre (KATIC) at the upper Kabete Campus, Faculty of Agriculture. According to the university, “The center’s overarching goal will be to bridge the gap between industry, academia (research and innovation), and the farming …

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Standard Chartered launches incubator program for women in agritech

By George Munene Standard Chartered Bank Limited has launched the Women in Technology Cohort 5 Incubator Program, an initiative that seeks to fund Kenyan women in tech offering solutions to challenges in agriculture, healthcare, education, manufacturing, IT, financial services, and logistics. The incubator program for female-founded businesses helps improve diversity in technology and entrepreneurship. The …

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Kagoka Foods

Agritech startup giving market to small-scale banana, pumpkin, sweet potato, arrowroot & yam growers

By George Munene Kagoka Foods, an Agritech startup and social enterprise is partnering with small-scale farmers to promote the growing of tuber, root and banana crops in Kenya by giving them a market for yams, arrow roots, pumpkins, sweet potato and bananas. The company has a focus on promoting the growing, processing, value addition, packaging and …

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Eldoret company develops tea picking device halving production costs

By George Munene Mobile Edge, an Eldoret based Agritech firm has introduced a new portable tea picking machine, M-Chai, into the Kenyan market that promises to be a game-changer for Kenyan tea farmers, enabling them to save on half their production costs, time expense, as well as improving the quality of tea they pick. The …

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