Tech Front · Agriculture
Agriculture Front.
Yield, supply chains, climate adaptation and rural digitisation — co-scoped with the operators, ministries and cooperatives that own the problem.
The challenge
Why this Front exists.
Agriculture is the largest employer across most of Africa and one of the sectors most exposed to climate volatility. Productivity gains, input access and supply-chain visibility remain the binding constraints.
The Agriculture Front pairs sector partners holding live problems with builders capable of shipping field-ready solutions — not slideware.
Where we're focusing
Briefs we're scoping with partners.
Yield & inputs
Decision tools, advisory and input access for smallholder and commercial growers.
Supply chain visibility
Aggregation, logistics, traceability and price discovery from farm to buyer.
Climate adaptation
Drought, soil and water management technologies built for local conditions.
Rural digitisation
Connectivity, payments and identity rails that make every other tool work.
How it runs
Six to nine months, from brief to deployment.
Challenge brief
Co-authored with sector partners who own the problem.
Cohort build
Selected teams prototype in context — not in a slide deck.
Field trial
Solutions tested with real users in real settings.
Procurement bridge
Working products handed to the partners who can buy them.
Who we're looking for
Partners that can help us build this Front.
- Agribusinesses and cooperatives
- Ministries of agriculture
- Research institutes and universities
- Development funders
- Agri-tech operators