SwiftVEE Turned Online Livestock Auctions Into a $100 Million-a-Year Platform
A tech lawyer who 'bet his whole law career' on digitizing African cattle sales built the continent's largest livestock-trading platform after a drought exposed how badly undervalued isolated auctions were leaving sellers.
Agriculture
Uganda's Honey Industry Is a Fraction of What It Could Be, Beekeepers Say
The sector already contributes an estimated $61 million a year and supports over a million livelihoods, but industry figures say Uganda is producing a tiny share of its theoretical capacity because most beekeepers operate at micro-scale.
Agriculture
Angola and Mozambique Chase a Faster Version of Brazil's Farming Boom
With cheap uncultivated land and billions spent yearly on food imports, investors are betting Angola and Mozambique can repeat Brazil's agricultural transformation in a fraction of the fifty years it took.