A Kenyan ICT4Ag application showcased at the regional finals of the CTA Agrihack Championship has proved a winning idea, with commercial potential.
, a platform that connects farmers and lenders, has attracted the interest of a Japanese investor, who was present at the hackathon, held in November 2013.”He approached us at the event and said he found the idea interesting,” explains Caroline Muteti, one of the four young Kenyans who developed the app. “Since then, he has been working with us to perfect it, so we can see if there is scope for applying the same idea in Japan.”
Also helping the team to develop and modify their prototype is Kenyan innovation hub , together with mentors for agriculture and finance, all based at the University of Nairobi, where the young app developers are studying computer science.”It has been fundamental to have this kind of support from other sectors,” says Muteti, who, like her team mates, is 23-years-old. Three of the four inventors of Farmdrive are women.The idea for the app came from the team members’ own background. All their parents are farmers, and it soon became clear that accessing credit was a common problem….
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