Village Capital, US-based venture capital firm, has announced Atikus Insurance of Rwanda and Farmerline from Ghana as the winners of its business development and mentorship programme, East Africa: FinTech for Agriculture 2015
Technology
Pöttinger launches new centre-swath rake
German agricultural manufacturer Pöttinger has announced the release of a new centre-swath rake
Volvo Penta in AVR partnership
Volvo has continued to make headway into the agricultural sector after a deal with Belgian firm AVR
Namibia progressing on agri-tech infrastructure
Inaugurated in late January this year, The National Agriculture Technology Centre (NATC) in Rundu is about to start operations soon
Focus on agriculture financing in Uganda
A new agriculture finance programme has been launched in Uganda to establish a finance programme conducive to local farmers