African Women in Technology are transforming agriculture on the continent. They are making a difference to African Farmers by delivering AgriTech and FinTech solutions. At the KIC (Kosmos Innovation Center) in Accra (Ghana) 16 start-up pitched their ideas. Here are a few that stood out as rising stars of Agricultural innovation, business, and technology.
GHALANI
This is a web & mobile-enabled farm management system (e.g. farm work allocation, budgeting, yield management, and revenue tracking), that enables farmers to control costs and increase operational efficiency.
Ghalani helps you to manage your farm records so as to increase your productivity while reducing your costs. With Ghalani, a farmer or an agribusiness can organize their workers, monitor the flow and use of money on their farm(s), and keep track of the yields and incomes, all from their mobile device.
NVOICIA
Nvoicia assists small businesses with unpaid invoices, gain access to working capital loans in order to efficiently run their businesses by using these invoices as collateral. A Web, Mobile & Machine Learning-enable trade financing solution aimed at increasing access to working capital for SMEs, by helping them get their invoices paid faster.
TRO TRO TRACTOR
IoT driven technology platform that facilitates affordable access to tractors for Small Scale farmers. The result is increased efficiency & productivity, as well as a reduction in post-harvest losses.
TECHSHELTA
Revolutionizing green-house farming and support services using IoT driven technologies. TechShelta is a service-oriented company that builds suites of software’s and hardware’s to impact the Agricultural and Agribusiness Industry.