Kenyan agri-tech business specializing in smart farming technology. It provides advanced agricultural means to enhance on farm best practices, thanks to the use of CropScan, a patented solar-powered IoT diagnostic device aimed at giving farmers a wide array of insights into crop health, helping to determine crop yield and receive weather prediction thanks to the use of satellite imagery.
Jacob Rugano Maina
CROPSCAN AFRICA
Major Achievements
- Over 10,000 successful tests completed using their device in 6 months,
- Over 2,000 farmers impacted every month
- Customers reported over 50% reduction in their fertilizer input costs and increase in their yield by over 35%;
- Selected for Brightest Young Minds in Africa;
- Listed in under 30 Forbes Africa 2021 and appeared in the Top 40 Under 40 list of the Nation Media Group
- Listed in the top 25 entrepreneurs by the Kenya College of Accountancy.
- Winner of the Global Startup Innovation Award in Rome and finalist for the World Food Forum Startup Innovation in 2023;
- Riceived several awards and recognitions among which: 2015 COMESA Innovation Award in Ethiopia, the prestigious Africa Impact Award in Ghana, and the Entrepreneurship for Impact Award for East Africa.
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Industry
Agribusiness
Country
Kenya
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CEO
MBA
2023-2024, Nairobi
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