By BUUMBA CHIMBULUCOLDHUBS and Hello Tractor have been selected as the winners of the inaugural US$1.5 million Heifer International AYuTe Africa Challenge.Founder Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu of ColdHubs, a Nigerian business that provides solar-powered, walk-in coolers for smallholder vegetable farmers and founder Jehiel Oliver of Hello Tractor, a Kenyan company that has become known across Africa as the Uber have been named 2021 AYuTe Africa champions.According to a statement issued in Lusaka yesterday, the winners were chosen from an impressive field of young agritech innovators from across the continent and were announced at the 2021 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) summit.Heifer International senior vice president of Africa programmes, Adesuwa Ifedi, said across Africa, young creative professionals were deploying tech innovations, reimaging farming and food production.“We want to do our part to help companies like Hello Tractor and ColdHubs as they provide Africa’s smallholder farmers with much-needed products and services to develop sustainable, profitable business,” Ms Ifedi said.She […]
HEIFER NAMES AGRO INNOVATION WINNERS
