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How agribusiness startups are pointing farmers to international markets

Kenyan farmers especially smallholders are now accessing international markets thanks to the growing number of agribusiness companies and startups which are pointing the farmers who have been growing traditional crops and selling them to local markets to high value crops for export. According to a last year report by Africa’s start-up portal, Disrupt Africa, Kenya […]

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Fresh produce buyer seeks to offer services in local languages for easier communication with farmers

Selina Wamucii’s staff at work. Photo courtesy. Selina Wamucii, a Kenyan social enterprise that in four years of operation has assisted over 7,000 small scale food producers access markets is now seeking to render its services in local languages as opposed to using English alone for easier communication with its contracted farmers. In its network,

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Kenya social entrepreneur wins Prestigious Commonwealth Award for connecting farmers to global markets

John Oroko Co-founder Selina Wamucii Limited. Photo courtesy. A Kenyan social entrepreneur whose company is connecting smallholder farmers across Africa into global supply chains has won the Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation Award for Sustainable Development. John Oroko, the co-founder of Selina Wamucii, received the recognition for the work his innovative company is doing in integrating smallholder

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Agri-Entrepreneur: How I have used technology to connect 7,000 Kenya smallholder farmers to global markets

John Oroko Co-founder Selina Wamucii Limited. Photo courtesy. A personal drive to change the fortunes of rural farmers and an interest in technology have been the driving force for John Oroko, the co-founder of Selina Wamucii, a Kenyan social enterprise that in 4years of operation has assisted over7,000 small scale food producers access markets in

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Kenya overtakes South Africa, becomes biggest exporter of avocados in Africa  

NAIROBI, 14 August 2018 – Kenya’s impressive volumetric growth rate per year and access to new markets have helped the country to overtake South Africa as the number one exporter of avocados from Africa. The East African country became the largest exporter of avocados in Africa in 2017, exporting a record volume of 51,507 tons

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Fresh produce supplier receives $100,000 grant from global social impact programme Expo Live to grow farmers’ reach

Photo courtesy Selina Wamucii, a mobile platform that shortens the agricultural supply chain in Kenya, reducing food wastage and boosting farmers’ incomes, is set to get a $100,000 (approximately Sh1m) major boost from global social impact programme Expo Live, run by organizers of the next World Expo, Expo 2020 Dubai. Some 60 per cent of

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