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- 5 Feb 2020
Farmcrowdy Acquires One of Nigeria's Largest Meat Processors
Farmcrowdy has announced the acquisition of Best Foods (L&P) to offer a wider livestock production and processing solution to the meat market. The acquisition will see Farmcrowdy owning majority…
- 16 Nov 2020
Farmcrowdy Marks Four Years of Transforming Lives of more than 300,000 Farmers with Technology
Farmcrowdy Nigeria’s first and leading Agritech company founded in 2016 by 5 young Nigerians led by Onyeka Akumah, with the aim of empowering farmers by connecting them to alternative financing and…
- 19 Dec 2017
Farmcrowdy Closes on Seed Funding of $1m
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, has announced that it had closed on seed funding of $1 million from…
- 21 Mar 2019
Farmcrowdy Closes on Additional Seed Funding of $1 Million
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to invest in agriculture, has announced that it has closed on additional seed funding of $1 million. This…
- 14 Nov 2017
Farmcrowdy Launches Mobile App for Agritech in Nigeria
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform has introduced a new category of funding small scale farming in Africa by allowing Nigerians to venture and sponsor agriculture;…
- 19 Nov 2017
Farmcrowdy Launches Mobile App for Agritech in Nigeria
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform has introduced a new category of funding small scale farming in Africa by allowing Nigerians to venture and sponsor agriculture;…
- 5 Apr 2018
Farmcrowdy Bolsters Farmland by 175% with Launch of 7,500 New Acres
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, has announced the launch of 7,500 acres of new maize and rice farms…
- 16 Jul 2018
Farmcrowdy Wins Digital Business of the Year Award in Africa
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform has won the Digital Business of the Year (2018) award in Africa. The award was granted at the annual Global African Business…
- 1 Mar 2018
Farmcrowdy Gets $325,000 Grant from GSMA
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, has been named as a recipient of a $325,000 grant from dedicated…
- 3 Mar 2021
Crowdyvest Raises New Investment, Exits EMFATO Holdings
Crowdyvest is following up on new investments into the startup to grow as a digital savings company in Nigeria, as EMFATO Holdings (owners of Farmcrowdy and investors in Plentywaka) have announced…
- 21 Oct 2018
Nigerian Farmers Log on for Cash in Hi-Tech Networks
It looked like the end had arrived for Adewale Fatai’s chicken farm. Money was running out. Built to house 30,000 chickens, the farm was producing fewer than 2,000 chicks. His family had no…
- 20 Jul 2020
Crowdyvest Holdings Renames to EMFATO Holdings
Crowdyvest Holdings an investment company based in Lagos, established to build technology solutions that meet the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development goals in different sectors will begin…
- 27 May 2022
Alerzo Believes they Can Build Another Lagos in Ibadan
By Sam Adeoye At this moment in time, long, hot traffic jams are becoming a thing in Ibadan. The folks who live in that city are half-proud of this congestion because it sorts of presents them with a…
- 24 Apr 2018
#VPTourOfTech: NITDA Is Paying Close Attention
By Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, PhD When the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo SAN, gave his steering speech at the 2016 e-Nigeria International Conference…
- 26 Jun 2018
Startup Leaders, Others to Meet @ #StartupSouth4 in Owerri
Owerri the capital of Imo State will play host to #StartupSouth4 - arguably the biggest Startup and Entrepreneurship conference in the South-South and South-East in November. Every year,…
- 10 Oct 2018
Publiseer Emerges Finalist for The 4th AppsAfrica Innovation Awards
The finalists for the 4th AppsAfrica Innovation Awards have been announced, with Nigeria's digital publishing company Publiseer emerging a finalist for the 'Media & Entertainment' category.…
- 21 Nov 2019
Lagos FI Chapter Graduates 21, Changes to Stanbic IBTC-Founder Institute Lagos
Founder Institute, Lagos Chapter , in its maiden edition of Velocity, graduated its first cohort of entrepreneurs, after a rigorous 14-week class. The graduation ceremony which took place, on…
- 4 Sept 2020
MTN to Partner Cloud Service Providers to Support SMEs
MTN Nigeria has revealed willingness to collaborate with cloud technology service providers in order to provide support for small business enterprises in Nigeria as part of its response to the effect…
- 9 Oct 2020
FG Sets to Partner with Private Sector to Bolster Agricultural Sector
Efforts to boost growth in the agricultural sector have been ramped up by the federal government of Nigeria, together with the private sector, in a bid to assure food security for the future. …
- 26 Oct 2020
Nigeria Innovation Summit 2020: Stakeholders Seek for Robust Technology Ecosystem
Stakeholders and technology enthusiasts at the 2020 Nigeria Innovation Week have emphasised the need for robust technology ecosystem in the country, noting that we cannot do without innovative…
- 23 Nov 2021
Crowdyvest Launches New App with New Investment Opportunities
Crowdyvest Limited, a fast-growing Nigerian fintech company marked as the go-to digital wealth management and savings platform, has today re-launched its mobile app. The refreshed mobile app offers a…
- 9 Mar 2017
Sidmach, First Nigerian Company to Host ‘Un-Influx Hackathon’
For the first time Nigeria will host United Nations-Influx Hackathon, Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited, has been chosen as the camp for the three-day event commencing Friday, March 10, 2017. For…