A Kenyan ICT4Ag application showcased at the regional finals of the CTA Agrihack Championship has proved a winning idea, with commercial potential. Farmdrive, 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
In November 2013, Gerald Otim of Ensibuuko and Peris Bosire of FarmDrive were two of the 20 participants competing in the first ever regional agri-hackathon. Fast forward nine months to July 2014, and these two are back at CTA’s 2014 international conference, Fin4Ag, but this time they are as part of Plug & Play Day and as speakers in the
CTA organised the first edition of the Agrihack Championship in the framework of the ICT4Ag 2013 Conference, in collaboration with partners including MINAGRI and MYICT (Rwanda), mLab East, kLab and the support of AGRA and Microsoft Africa. The three regional winners were Ensibuuko, AgriVAS and Agrinfo. The Agrihack Championship is a several weeks’ regional coding
Team name Horizon Telemetry Name of the company/start up Horizon Telemetry, www.horizontelemetry.kbo.co.ke Firstname, family name and contact details of team members Ernest Ekajja, Cyrus Baraza, Country Kenya Supporting hub Ihub Name of the product developed Horizon Automatic Weather Station Description of the product developed for Agrihack We have developed an automatic weather station
Team name Farmdrive Firstname, Family name and contact details of team members Caroline Mbithe Muteti, James Kimani Macharia, Elton Kipkosgei Maiyo, Rita Wangari Kimani, Peris Nyaboe Bosire, Supporting hub C4DLab, Kenya Name of the product developed Farmdrive Description of the product developed for Agrihack Farmdrive aims to increase access to financial
The ICT for Agriculture (ICT4Ag) International Conference and its parallel hackathon (dubbed “Agri-hack championship”) will take place from 4th – 8th November 2013 in Kigali Rwanda. The conference seeks to examine how ICTs are truly empowering producers and consumers along the entire value chain. Earlier this year, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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