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. …
The AGRIinsight Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Mihayo Wilmore as a Director of the Company from immediate effect. As Director, Mihayo will provide leadership to our initiatives specifically in Tanzania and to further the development and rollout of our Ubia Soko application. Mihayo will consolidate and build on our …
Our early stage field registration saw 30% sign ups coming from women. This is very encouraging as currently women are more likely to be denied access to agricultural services including inputs and finance. Although there is still some gender bias towards access to mobile phones (women are 10% less likely to own a phone), access is improving …
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In Itete, situated in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, farmers queued to register for our new app, Ubia Soko. We've been delighted with the turnout, and many farmers were keen to start using AgriInsight technology. What is Ubia Soko? Here is Ali Chikomela, who travelled by bicycle to register. Ali is part of the Mbaraji …
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Full turn out today! We are in Itete today and it was standing room only at the local farmer association. The strength of #ubiasoko and opportunities that farmers can gain is being by seized by smallholder farmers.
The next phase in farmer registration has begun. We have had good farmer turnout at the demonstration events in the villages. Here is a clip of farmer registration in Minepa yesterday - with queues forming as farmers waited patiently to be registered and get access to the Ubia Solo services.
This afternoon the #Twigalpha Team met Justo Linga from Dicklukala Ltd. He took them on a tour of the company's rice mill operations and warehouse. They then met the CEO Dickson Lukala who was excited to see them. He explained there were approx 6000 farmers, in 6 association that they are currently working with. The goal …
One of the key areas of focus for AGRIinsight is to make sure that the field and technology teams work closely together. With good open communication between the two we can ensure that what we are building is relevant, useful and addresses some of the day-to-day challenges farmers face. Today Julius (in red shirt), Commercial Manager …
Last Saturday we organised a training session in Dar es Salaam with our partners at Twigalpha. We ran through the main functions of Ubia Soko and agreed on how we will register a further 1,000 plus farmers onto our platform. The feedback from our last field work has proved extremely valuable and allowed us to …
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The planning for farmer training and registration takes time. We are lucky that we are working with partners like Petrobena and Dicklukala, who have logistics experience particularly in the regions where we are operating. Knowledge of farmer behaviour is incredibly valuable when we are planning the Ubia Soko rollout; plus a clear understanding of what …
