It owns a large port silos terminal, with the capacity to unload over 2000 tonnes per hectares. The company is also known for its expertise in vegetable oil production, quality product, high mechanical capacity and the competitive market price it places on its product. 

Cevital currently leads the exportation of sugar, margarine, and oils in Algeria. As of 2015, Cevital exported over 500,000 tonnes of white sugar to the European Economic Community. It has also exported about 3 million tonnes of sugar to 40 other countries.

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Although Cevital has its base in North Africa, the company’s products are currently sold in West Africa, Middle East, Maghreb, and European Market. 

Cevital’s profit turnover is worth $3.5 billion and has a client base of companies like Coca-Cola, Kraft food, Danone, Ferrero, Barry Callebaut, etc.

Cevital Agro Industrie is a subsidiary of Cevital Food Company, founded in 1998 by Isaad Rebrab, the current CEO. The mindset of think big, start small and move fast spurred the expansion of Cevital Food Company to over 8 countries and global markets.

Isaad also has the habit of purchasing smaller companies and transforming them into powerhouses for commercial production. This results in employment opportunities, economic boom and serves as a means of youth empowerment and Corporate Social Responsibility.

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As a five-year-old boy, Alloysius lived with his aunt, who is a smallholder farmer in a rural community in Ghana. The 15 years he spent with her, fueled his dream to establish a farm in the future.
Alloysius founded Alloyworld, a photography and video production company and iCottage Networks, a software company, after graduating from college. In 2013, he co-founded Farmline with Emmanuel Owusu Addai, an agritech startup that supports smallholder farmers in Ghana.

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Farmline has served over 200,000 farmers and mapped out 70,000 hectares of farmlands across 11 countries. Alloysius has received several awards for leading the overall strategy and vision of the company. Some of the awards received include the 2017 CNBC Africa’s Young Business Leader Award, the Echoing Green Global Fellowship, and the Cordes Fellowship.

At the Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership, he emerged finalist of the HRM Prince of Wales and Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneur Award

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Qualitrace (Ghana), AgriQ & Automations (Kenya), Spiderbit (Rwanda) also pitched at the event with SmartFarm (Nigeria) emerging the winner. These four start-ups that pitched at the Grand Finale had all won the regional pitch competitions which was held in Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda and Nigeria.

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SmartFarm provides commercial farming hub where busy professionals and beginning farmers can get access to land, modern farming facilities, professional management and market so they generate income from a passive investment which does not distract them from their regular jobs. This start-up provides a ‘co-working space’ for farming where mechanization, ICT tools, Irrigation facilities are accessible and affordable to maximize productivity.

The Startup jury panel at the pitch comprised of Sanjay Sethi, Director of Sustainability, Phoenix Group DMCC; Khaleel Summers, Co-Founder & MD, TK Consulting; Prof. Mohamed A. Badawi, General Manager, Emirates Bio Fertilizer Factory and Par Soderlund, Founder and CEO of Peritius Farm DMCC drilled the audience and combined their wealth of knowledge and experience to select the winner.

SmartFarm will also get an opportunity to get funding, and investment opportunities from African and GCC investors. The start-up was picked based on its innovation, originality, social and the viability of its ideas which was vetted by the judges.

MTFC is an initiative of Crenov8, a leading conglomerate consulting & Digital Media firm in the Middle East, Dubai, and Africa. Last year, Crenov8 embarked on this mission to create a platform where the African agricultural producers will meet with off takers in the Middle East and beyond, to translate business deals and network, collaborate, and form potential business partnerships across borders, to promote food security in the Middle East and promote agribusiness in Africa.

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The challenge is scheduled to hold during MTFC Kenya, Nairobi where they would compete for a chance to win the $5,000 grant prize at the maiden edition of the Agric Innovation Contest.

Qualitrace, a Ghana-based traceability and anti-counterfeiting startup that uses track and trace technology to authenticate product farm inputs and outputs won the Ghana edition of Innov8Agric Challenge.

The challenge is aimed at promoting ground-breaking ideas for early stage Agric entrepreneurs from all sectors in the agricultural ecosystem, using creative and innovative methods to change the landscape of its value chain in Africa. The competition will guide Agri-tech entrepreneurs around their way in the industry and will open them up to funding and investment opportunities in Africa and the GCC region.

The winner from Kenya will get an all-expense paid trip to Dubai for the Grand Finale of the challenge, a $5000 grant, as well as investment opportunities from African and GCC investors, opportunities for business expansion and access to experts and mentors in agribusiness.

The Kenyan edition of the Innov8Agric will bring together innovative ideas across East Africa during the Meet the Farmers Conference, holding at the Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya on 21st September 2018.

The chosen start-ups are;

Agrifor

Agrifor is a social enterprise committed to empowerment and poverty eradication one farm at a time by bridging the existing gaps in supply of high quality seed and seedlings. They provide affordable integrated solution of high value dryland seed, seedlings and crops such as mukau (Melia volkensii), and legumes for smallholder farmers.

Dophia

They aim to train farmers on sustainable methods through climate-smart techniques. The Dophia idea involves setting up of a productive and integrated demo farm where farmers are trained.

Agronomy Plus

It is a web-app, USSD based platform that provides; on demand extension service (agronomists) to small holder farmers closest to them at half the cost and provide traceability report for off-takers.

Vinis

Their idea is centred around a Plant-derived bio-pesticide by the name Molepse Bio resource that will help curb post-harvest losses of maize and other grains. The product is not only a repellent, it is also toxic to all major post-harvest pests.

AgriQ & Automations

An automated solar-powered evaporative cooler that offers a convenient, yet affordable and efficient way of extending the shelf-life of perishable farm produce in off-grid areas. The design details the replacement of charcoal with briquettes in the traditional cooler to make the cooler greener and more effective.

One winner from the shortlisted candidates will go on to pitch before a global audience at the MTFC Grand Finale which will hold on 4th & 5th November 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The five start-ups were selected based on the innovation, originality, and viability of their ideas and were vetted by top-notch entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders across Africa.

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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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