Cameroon honours 10 top agritech startups
The winners will each receive cash prizes of up to $66 640, as well as technical support in the implementation of their business plans.
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Cameroon’s AgricFresh wins Camtel’s Blue Tech Challenge
All winners will be handed gadgets, mentorship/training, cash prizes, and national recognition during Camtel's 25th anniversary celebrations.
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Nigeria’s Winich Farms bids to transform agritech in Africa
The startup reports over 80 000 users on its platform, including smallholder farmers, agents, truck drivers, and off-takers.
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Nigeria’s NITDA partners Cisco to boost to AI, agritech
The agreement covers multiple areas of digitisation, including cybersecurity, AI and smart agriculture.
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Final call for entries in Global Startup Awards Africa 2024
The awards are aligned to tackling major global and African challenges, with categories such as agri-tech, green-tech, health-tech and fintech.
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Pitch AgriHack announces winners for 2023
Six winners in three open competition categories received $45,000 in prizes.
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Cameroon launches $100m digital project to boost agriculture
The World Bank-funded $100 million initiative will run until 2027 and is estimated to benefit at least 30,500 smallholder farmers.
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Agritech startup COOKO gets €800,000 pre-seed funding
The start-up says the funds will boost cocoa traceability in Cameroon and agricultural value chains – focused on cocoa.
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Agritech pitching competition opens
During Pitch AgriHack 2023, $45,000 in prizes will be awarded to winning start-ups in three open competition categories.
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Morgan Stanley’s tech accelerator opens 2023 applications
The company’s cash contribution is $250 000 to each company participating in the New York-based programme and £250,000 to each company participating in the London-based program.
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Flat6Labs launches new $95m fund to support African tech start-ups
Flat6Labs will invest in 160 companies that are in pre-seed up to pre-series A stage, with tickets ranging from US$150 000-US$500 000.
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Five startups from Africa compete for $500 000 in world’s largest emerging markets competition
The regional finalists for the Seedstars World Competition 2020/21 have been announced and five startups from Africa have been chosen to join the group of 20 winners advancing to the next stage.