Dar es Salaam - Tuesday 11 June. AGRIinsight has entered into a strategic partnership with the Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Organisation TIRDO (www.tirdo.or.tz) in collaboration with our partners at Twigalpha and are building T-Hub which is a tech incubator in Dar Es Salaam that will accelerate the success of tech innovators within the country. …
Meet the Ubia Soko field team on their stopover in Chisano today: Frédéric, Jesko and Joshua. Fred is our CIO and has lived and worked in Tanzania for many years; he has in-depth knowledge of the region. Jesko is one of the larger commodity traders in the Morogoro region and has been central to creating …
In each village we come to there is enthusiasm. The farmers' questions mainly revolve around prices, passwords and packages. Farmers are keen to understand the specifics of the inputs packages offered on Ubia Soko. Our message here today in Milmba focuses on matching inputs packages to particular commodities as well as how the platform can offer …
In July a few of the Agriinsight team visited Mbalaji village. When we returned today we were encouraged to see that the farmers had kept their passwords and wanted to continue to use the Ubia Soko service. We worked with farmers who were keen to train and learn more and some helped new farmers to …
Farmers are keen to learn and incredibly patient as long as what they learn fits with what they already know. Then they can integrate the new knowledge and use it. Frederic shows farmers the Ubia Soko app and then trains them to use it. These lessons are more practical than theoretical. Farmers make very basic …
Although diesel powered toll milling is less powerful, in off grid locations like Magombera it's necessary for local farmers to find a way to dehusk rice. Ubia Soko is helping farmers to trade rice collectively and increase revenues.
Mwaya is in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania where our colleague Frederic is training farmers in using our Ubia Soko app. The app is designed to help farmers order inputs and trade their commodities.
