Meet the Farmers’ Conference is an annual agro event that aims to enhance economic diversity, promote technology in agriculture to catalyze output, and create a sustainable agro-economy for global food security by promoting trade relationships between Africa and the Middle East.

Innov8Agric Challenge is a major highlight of Meet the Farmers Conference – an initiative of Crenov8 DMCC, a multinational digital and management consulting firm. The Challenge is aimed at promoting innovative ideas for early stage Agric entrepreneurs from all sectors of the agriculture ecosystem who are applying creative and innovative methods to improve the state of agriculture across Africa. As part of its goals, the challenge will help the participants raise funds from investors, pitch their solutions to a global audience and open investment opportunities for Agritech startups in Africa.

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The startups selected to pitch at the Grand Finale are Crop2cash; a Nigerian- based startup that connects farmers to capital and profitable markets, Acquameyer Drone Tech; a Ghanian- based AgTech startup that provides farmers with drones to spray, plant, and analyse soil and crops in real time and Lentera Africa; a Kenyan- based AgTech startup enabling farmers adapt to climatic changes through technology.

Over 1000 startups submitted applications for the 2019 edition of Innov8Agric Challenge and the selected finalists will get all-expense paid trips to Dubai for the Grand Finale of the challenge and an opportunity to grants, access to further funding opportunities, business expansion and access to experts and mentors in the business of Agriculture. This pitch competition will take stage during Meet the Farmers’ Conference which is scheduled to hold on 27th and 28th November 2019 at the Address Hotel Marina, Dubai, UAE.

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Held at Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. AgriQ & Automations emerged the winner after an intense pitch with other Agri-tech start-ups such as Agrifor, Dophia, Agronomy Plus and Vinis.

AgriQ & Automations is an automated solar-powered evaporative cooler that offers a convenient, affordable and efficient way of extending the shelf-life of perishable farm produce in off-grid areas.

The start-up was picked based on its innovation, originality, and the viability of its ideas which was vetted by top-notch entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders across Africa.

AgriQ & Automations will now compete for $ 5,000 grant price at the international Meet the Farmers Conference which will hold In Dubai on the 4th – 5th November 2018. It is a two-day conference which includes an all-expense paid trip to Dubai for the Grand Finale of the challenge and an opportunity to get funding, investment opportunities from African and GCC investors, business expansion opportunities and access to experts and mentors in the business of Agriculture.

The Challenge is designed to promote ground-breaking ideas for early stage Agric entrepreneurs from all sectors of the agriculture ecosystem using creative and innovative methods to change the landscape of the agriculture value chain in Africa. 

Qualitrace, a Ghana-based traceability and anti-counterfeiting start-up that uses track and trace technology to authenticate product farm inputs and outputs won the Ghanaian edition earlier this year.

Meet the Farmers Conference (MTFC) is an initiative of Crenov8, a leading conglomerate consulting & Digital Media firm in the Middle East, Dubai, and Africa.

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Qualitrace, a traceability and anti-counterfeiting start up that uses track and trace technology to authenticate product farm inputs and outputs has emerged winner of the Ghana edition of Innov8Agric Challenge of Meet the Farmers Conference, MTFC 2018, and will now compete at the grand finale of Meet the Farmers Conference, Dubai for up to US$5,000 grant price.

The event took place during the maiden edition of Meet the Farmers Conference Ghana which was held at the Kempinski Hotel, Gold Coast City, Accra. Skylink Agro, GraCom Tomatoes, Osado, Apam Farms and QualiTrace pitched at the event, with Qualitrace emerging as the winner.

Qualitrace will be participating at the main Meet the Farmers Conference, MTFC taking place in Dubai in November 2018. It is a two-day conference which includes an all-expense paid trip to Dubai for the Grand Finale of the challenge and an opportunity to win the cash prize of $5,000 grant, funding, and investment opportunities from African and GCC investors, opportunities for business expansion and access to experts and mentors in the business of Agriculture.

The Challenge is designed to promote ground-breaking ideas for early stage Agric entrepreneurs from all sectors of the agriculture ecosystem using creative and innovative methods to change the landscape of the agriculture value chain in Africa. The competition will guide Agritech entrepreneurs around their way in the industry and open them up to funding and investment opportunities in Africa and the Middle East.

Meet the Farmers Conference (MTFC) is an initiative of Crenov8, a leading conglomerate consulting & Digital Media firm in the Middle East, Dubai, and Africa. The Ghana edition of the event held today at Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel, Accra with high profile dignitaries in attendance.

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The Challenge is designed to promote ground-breaking ideas for early stage Agric entrepreneurs from all sectors of the agriculture ecosystem using creative and innovative methods to change the landscape of the agriculture value chain in Africa. The competition will guide Agritech entrepreneurs around their way in the industry and open them up to loads of opportunities in Africa and GCC region.

Why You Need To Apply For The Challenge

This is a golden opportunity from every agritech entrepreneurs to embrace. See reason(s) why you should apply for the competition.
• Cash Prize of $5,000 Grants to The Winning Start-Up
• Fully sponsored trip to Dubai for the MTFC Conference grand finale
• Funding and Investment Opportunities from African and GCC Investors
• Opportunities for business expansion
• Access to experts and mentors in the Agribusiness
• Validation and Visibility to the participating agribusinesses
• Access to a large network of corporate partners, industry relationships and lots more.

How to Apply

Interested applicants can apply via the MTFC website here. The winners will be selected based on innovativeness, originality and viability of the idea by top-notch entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders in Africa. The regional finale will hold during the Meet the Farmers Conference in 4 African cities – Accra Ghana on 4th July, Nairobi Kenya on 2nd August, Kigali Rwanda on 5th September, Abuja Nigeria on 4th October while the Grand Finale will hold on 4th November 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
N/B: Deadline for the application is 30th June, 2018.
This a golden opportunity for Agric entrepreneurs in Africa to meet up with their contemporaries across the globe.

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Crenov8, organizers of the Meet The Farmers’ Conference (MTFC) 2018 calls upon entrepreneurs and startups in the Agriculture Sector to submit their innovative ideas for maiden edition of MTFC Innov8 Agric Challenge.

The pitch competition is open to early stage Agric entrepreneurs from all sectors of the ecosystem and is aimed at promoting innovative ideas and enterprises that focus on food production, agro processing, agric financing, farm health, farmers’ education, soil protection, agri-technology, agri-produce warehousing and distribution and any other service that uses that uses creativity and innovation to improve the agriculture value chain.

The program will guide farmers and agribusinesses around their way in the industry and open them up to opportunities in the regions yet untapped. The challenge will hold in Accra Ghana, Nairobi Kenya, Kigali Rwanda, Abuja Nigeria between June and October while the Grand Finale will hold on 4^th November 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

From Friday June 1^st 2018, Interested entrepreneurs can apply via: https://mtfc.crenov8.com/innov8agric and will be selected based on innovativeness of the idea, originality and feasibility.

Selected businesses will have the opportunity to exhibit and participate in the regional satellite conferences. Winners will emerge from each region and then go on an All-expense paid to Dubai to participate in the MTFC grand finale and pitch for the top prize of 5000USD as well as follow-on funding and investment opportunities.

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