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ghtazi

Ghanaian agri-tech startup AgroCenta raises $790k pre-Series A funding - Disrupt Africa - 0 views

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platfrom Ghana Merchanting

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  • “The demand for agricultural raw materials from offtakers in the brewery, manufacturing and consumer sector is increasing exponentially because of the easing of the COVID-19 restrictions that were put in place by the government of Ghana, hence this capital injection will help to secure purchases at fair and transparent prices from smallholders — a much needed lifeline for many who are at the proverbial bottom of the pyramid.”
    • aminej
      aminej on 12 Feb 21
       
      This is an issue we also used to have in Morocco in period of crisis. Farmers start increasing prices because of the high demand and people start complainning. It is important to Regulate prices in the Market in order to avoid a civil war in period of crisis
  • AgroCenta will use the funding to further develop its smallholder farmer inclusion programmes and procure crops at transparent and fair market prices to service offtake contracts. The startup’s chief executive officer (CEO) Francis Obirikorang and co-founder Michael Ocansey said the investment was vitally important.
    • tahaemsd
      tahaemsd on 12 Feb 21
       
      having the support of leading institutions, particularly with the covid backdrop, can be a significant milestone for Agrocenta
  • This is a significant milestone for AgroCenta, having the support of leading institutions, particularly with the COVID-19 backdrop, underlining the strength of AgroCenta and the importance of its mission,” they said. 
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      this excerpt is important because it shows the solidarity between companies during a crisis time. Plus we can see the efforts to help smallholder farmers to fight this crisis. this is another approach for economic growth even during a pandemic
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  • Founded in 2016, AgroCenta operates a mobile merchanting platform which provides market information, storage and delivery solutions, and financial services to smallholder farmers in Ghana.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      agrocenta It operates a mobile merchanting platform that provides smallholder farmers in Ghana with market information, storage, and delivery solutions, and financial services.
mehdi-ezzaoui

Kiva.org: Crowd-Sourced Microfinance and Cooperation in Group Lending by Scott E. Hartl... - 1 views

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KIVA Fintech Trainning

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  • he “Kiva.org: Crowd-Sourced Microfinance and Lending Team Cooperative Behavior” study focuses on evaluating the extent to which Solidarity as a design-lever impacts social behavior. Looking specifically at Kiva.org as a prominent community for peer-to-peer lending, this study seeks to evaluate the advent of “Lending Teams,” their subsequent impact on group lending behavior, and the extent to which group openness, size, and categorization substantively alters online cooperative behavior.
kaoutarchennoufi

Businesses With Impact: Kiva.org | HuffPost - 0 views

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Network Community Communication Solidarity Love

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  • Kiva connects your American dollars with a female Palestinian farmer looking for capital to invest in fertilizer, or a Peruvian motorcycle business that needs money to buy tires to resell. On Kiva’s web site right now, Samar from Jordan is looking for a loan to buy a sewing machine to support her embroidery shop, and Julius in Kenya is seeking funds for flour and oil for his catering business. These are real people with real stories, and by investing in them, you help make the world a smaller place.
    • kaoutarchennoufi
      kaoutarchennoufi on 13 Feb 21
       
      Kiva's real value relies on the fact that it works hardly to connect funds with people in need all around the world. It allows people to communicate and shares ideas and inspirations all around the world.
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