- Only startup in Africa chosen to participate
Farmcrowdy, a digital agriculture platform in Nigeria, has been selected by Techstars Atlanta as one of the members of the 2017 Class to participate in its accelerator program in partnership with Cox Enterprises.
The digital startup which was founded in 2016, was named in an announcement made by Techstars on Monday, July 17among the 114 tech startups worldwide participating in the accelerator program.start-ups worldwide participating in the accelerator program.
Techstars is a Worldwide Network that helps entrepreneurs succeed through different avenues and partnerships. With applications from 42 different companies, Farmcrowdy is the only African company which was selected as part of Techstars’ accelerator program.
In his remark, the CEO of Farmcrowdy, Onyeka Akumah who was at Techstars Atlanta on Monday said: “We thank God for the progress He has shown us so far. We are super excited about this opportunity and will be looking forward to learning more from the Techstars Community on how we can scale our efforts from 1,000 currently engaged small-scale farmers to about 10,000 small scale farmers in the next 12 months.
“We also hope to learn about building more relationships with key agro-players in and outside Nigeria in addition to the ones we have while taking advantage of, and amplifying the government’s efforts to grow the Agriculture space in Nigeria.agro-players in and outside Nigeria in addition to the ones we have while taking advantage of and amplifying the government’s efforts to grow the Agriculture space in Nigeria.
“With the knowledge acquired, Farmcrowdy can encourage more youths and middle-class Nigerians to participate in Agriculture while being ‘farmers without a farm’ for the purpose of creating impact and getting returns.”
The Q3 2017 class will now commence an intensive, bootcamp-style program, with weekly mentor meetings, classes and training on various subjects ranging from marketing to sales to funding, and technical and business support.
All participants will be working out of Techstars Atlanta’s Ponce City Market space bootcamp-style program, with weekly mentor meetings, classes and training on various subjects ranging from marketing to sales to funding, and technical as well as business support.
Farmcrowdy, which was voted Top 25 Most Innovative Companies & Institutions Awards 2017 by BusinessDay and won The Agro-Innovator of the Year Award 2016/17 by the Nigeria Agriculture Awards, aims to end poverty one farmer at a time.
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