[kictanet] How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa

[Ali Hussein]

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the world population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050, and to feed that number of people, global food production will need to grow by 70%. For Africa, which is projected to be home to about 2 billion people by then, farm productivity must accelerate at a faster rate than the global average to avoid continued mass hunger.

Kenyan Startups FarmDrive and UjuziKilimo get honorable mentions in this HBR Article.

Read on:-

https://hbr.org/2017/05/how-digital-technology-is-changing-farming-in-africa


Ali Hussein
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