Farm equipment

Equity & John Deere agreement to improve farm equipment quality

Equity Group Holdings and farm equipment maker John Deere have signed a comprehensive agreement to offer tractors to the Kenyan market through affordable finance programs for both large-scale and small-scale farmers. The deal was signed during US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman’s investment roadshow series to the United States by John Deere Head of Business …

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Tractors For Africa T4A

Nonprofit introduces cheaper Pay-As-You-Go model of tractor ownership

By George Munene Global nonprofit Heifer International has partnered with Hello Tractor to introduce a Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) rent-to-own tractor financing program. Dubbed Tractors 4 Africa (T4A), it will enable Kenyan and Nigerian agri-entrepreneurs to become tractor owners at a reduced cost and without requiring any security given they have a farmer network. The financing model will …

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