The Agriculture market in Africa is projected to grow to $1Trillion by 2030. It continues to be a catalyst of sustainable development primarily for enhanced food security, secondary, in the reduction of poverty and the overall growth of the continent’s economy. Technologies such as mobile telephony or blockchain have become enablers that can be used to solve some of the challenges plaguing the sector.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic could put approximately 265 million people globally at risk of starvation. How can technology (Agritech) can be…
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Webinar: Food Security in Africa, Scaling up in the time of COVID-19
As governments continue to put measures in place to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are mounting concerns as to how long the Agricultural sector can withstand the…
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COVID-19: Agritech & Building a Resilient Agriculture Supply Chain
A story of Women in Fintech, Cellulant's International Women's Day Campaign
On this Month in 1913, the 8th day of March was set aside to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. International Women’s day is a global…
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Seven Women Who are Defining the Face of Agritech in Africa
Participants of the Nigerian Youth Connect to work Workshop in Jigawa State
The Cellulant 'Nigerian Youth Connect to Work' program started its series of countrywide workshops at the end of January in partnership with GBF and Corporate Farmers International. This is a…
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Nigerian Youth Connect to Work Workshops to Cover Five States in February
A workshop delegate posing a question during the first Nigerian Youth Connect to Work workshop in Kano State
Last month, Cellulant Nigeria kickstarted the first of numerous youth workshops that will be held countrywide as part of its 'Nigerian Youth Connect to Work' joint program which seeks to…
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Cellulant’s ‘Nigerian Youth Connect to Work’ Program to Employ 1M Youth into Agribusiness
A worker at an Agrikore marketplace warehouse
Cellulant will this week, host it's inaugural partner summit that will bring together all key players in the Agriculture and payments sector in Nigeria with the aim of forge a…
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Cellulant Holds Inaugural Partner Summit, Aims to unlock the $50bn Agribusiness Opportunity in Nigeria
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Cellulant’s Agrikore – an online marketplace (e-marketplace) solution creating value for smallholder farmers, agricultural input and produce traders has been featured extensively in the recently published State of Digitalisation of…
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Cellulant’s Agrikore- A Marketplace for Farmers Taps into €5.3 Billion Agritech Market
The Cellulant e-Wallet platform implemented for the Growth Enhancement Scheme project in 2012 is today the largest mobile account platform in Africa with over 14 million Mobile-Accounts. This is the…
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Cellulant in Agritech; From using eWallet to power farming to Using Blockchain
In 2012, Cellulant implemented one of the largest and most impactful Agritech solutions in Africa through the use of a mobile wallet technology. The e-wallet which powered the Growth…
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Agritech in Africa: How an e-Wallet solution powered Nigerian Government’s GES Scheme