Agritech
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Mariseth Farms backer, SEFAA secures $10m to ramp up investment in Africa’s agribusinesses.
The Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA) — one of Ghana’s most active agribusiness investors and a backer of Complete Farmer, Mariseth Farms, Oyster Agribusiness, Kuapa Kokoo, and Idan Agro — has secured $10m from the Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund. Managed by Sahel Capital, SEFAA plans to deepen its reach across 13
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Complete Farmer bags $5m debt deal to scale its agritech platform.
Ghana’s agriculture sector is vast , contributing nearly 20% to GDP and employing almost a third of the population but it’s also deeply fragmented. For the majority of smallholder farmers, inconsistent crop quality, volatile incomes, and weak market linkages remain daily realities. Now, Accra-based agritech startup Complete Farmer has secured $5m in debt financing from
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10 female-led startups selected for Standard Chartered’s Women in Tech Accelerator Program.
Ten women-led startups have been selected to join the fifth cohort of the Standard Chartered Futuremakers Women in Tech (WiT) Accelerator Program, an initiative by Standard Chartered Bank. Launched in 2020 and implemented in partnership with Village Capital and the Ghana Climate Innovation Centre, the incubator equips women-led or owned tech-enabled businesses with the essential
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EATO secures funding from Nubia Capital to build the digital rails for African cuisine.
EATO, the AI-powered foodtech platform, has secured an undisclosed funding from Nubia Capital to accelerate its mission to build the digital infrastructure powering Africa’s food economy. Founded by Margaret Kyerematen-Debrah in 2023, EATO is an AI-powered digital marketplace that connects African food entrepreneurs—chefs, processors, small businesses, and informal traders—with global consumers, markets, and financing opportunities.
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25 impact-driven ventures selected for the UNICEF Startup Lab Accelerator.
Twenty-five tech-enabled startups, spanning industries such as education, health, nutrition, WASH, climate action, financial inclusion, and youth employment, have been selected for the 5th cohort of the UNICEF StartUp Lab accelerator programme. Participating startups will go through a structured curriculum of six venture-building modules, covering areas such as product development, business modelling, finance, marketing, and
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Five Ghanaian ventures named semi-finalists in the $50,000 GoGettaz Agripreneur Competition.
Five Ghana-focused startups have been named among the top 75 semi-finalists in the prestigious 2025 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition. These ventures are now in the running for the coveted $50,000 grand prize, which will be awarded to two exceptional founders who are pioneering the future of Africa’s food systems. The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize, a flagship
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Agro Innova selected for the Endeavor-FMO African Agritech Scaleup Program.
Agro Innova, the Ghana-focused agtech, has been selected for Endeavor South Africa’s African Agritech Scaleup Program. Funded by FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, the program aims to address the growth challenges faced by African agri-ech startups and help these high-impact companies scale and raise private capital. At the forefront of digitizing African agriculture, Agro
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Milkywire backs Carboneer and Planboo’s biochar project through a pre-purchase carbon credit deal.
Milkywire’s Climate Transformation Fund has backed Planboo and Carboneers’ biochar project in Ghana through a pre-purchase agreement for carbon removal credits, helping to scale their biochar initiative. Selected from a pool of more than 280 global applications, the project is one of just 15 chosen for funding, demonstrating its potential as an effective and scalable
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Complete Farmer secures €2.2 million to scale fulfilment centres and reach more smallholder farmers.
Complete Farmer, the agritech company improving market access and productivity for smallholder farmers, has secured €2.2 million (USD 2.5 million) from the European Union-funded AgriFI facility, managed by EDFI Management Company. The EU financing will support the construction of six new fulfilment centres – hubs for aggregation, quality control, and logistics in the northern regions.
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Kodu Technology nabs $50,000 as winner of NBPA x UM6P Innovation Challenge.
Kodu Technology, the Kosmos Innovation Centre-backed cleantech and femtech innovator, has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the inaugural “Jump Shot: The NBPA × UM6P Innovation Challenge,” a new initiative by the One Court Africa program. After a competitive pitch event held in Benguerir, Morocco, the startup secured the top spot and a $50,000