Africa Technology Summit’s Agritech Panel will hold in Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos today.
Organised by Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), it will train, mentor and invest in world-class tech entrepreneurs and African startups from Ghana and Nigeria.
Expected as special guest is Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh.
In a statement, MEST ‘s Communications and Recruitment Manager, KelechiUdoagwu said one of the panelits is the Founder/CEO, Fresh Direct Produce, Angel Adelaja, who is the winner of this year’s Chivas’The Venture.
Others include: Founder/CEO, Verdant Agritech Limited, Nasir Yammama, a creative technologist; Head of Investment and Business Development (Africa) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s CAVA Project, Imoudu Alexander Osikhena and Chief Executive/Cofounder Farmline Alloysius Attah, a platform focused on smallholder farmers which uses technology to link farmers to markets, finance, input and equipment services.
During the two-day summit, there will be a demo day where MEST’s top portfolio companies will pitch in front of a range of investors, celebrating the truest peak of innovation that comes from Africa.
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