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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>An agricultural capacity-building firm, Farmer on Fire Limited has launched a training programme for Agritech entrepreneurs on persuasive grant-writing proposals in a bid to increase investments in the sector.<\/p>\n

According to the firm’s founder and CEO Wangari Kuria, the agriculture sector is attracting a lot of funding but very few scalable ideas are being funded in Africa largely driven by the inability to persuade investors.<\/p>\n

She explained that after Fintech, Agritech is the next funded industry with billions of grant money available for people with problem-solving scalable ideas in Africa.<\/p>\n

“We are planning to train over 1000 entrepreneurs in Africa for a subsidized fee of Sh2500,\u201d she said in a media statement.<\/p>\n

The online training will equip the agritech entrepreneurs with grant-winning skills that include ways of improving grant application quality and budget writing.<\/p>\n

Others are expenditure alignment with the grant amounts, how to use narration to create grant applications that resonate with the funder, among other skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will also train on how understanding your funder will help entrepreneurs align their goals with the funder’s objectives<\/p>\n

Applications are ongoing for the first cohort that will take place on July 24.<\/p>\n

According to the latest report by Africa, The Big Deal, In 2022, 23 African agri-tech firms attracted $133 million in investment, a figure up 39.7 per cent from 2021.<\/p>\n

By comparison, the segment saw $50,000 in funding as recently as 2015.<\/p>\n

Two companies accounted for over 80 per cent of these funds: Kenya\u2019s Apollo Agriculture and Nigeria\u2019s ThriveAgric.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the scale of climate change-driven natural disasters increasing and the population of many emerging markets set to expand significantly, agri-tech start-ups are working to provide food security for the future,” the report reads.<\/p>\n

This is done by revitalizing supply chains, tapping into artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, and providing resources to farmers to help them respond effectively to disasters.<\/p>\n

Kuria was recently among three Africans recognized in the New York Global CItizen Prize Award 2023.<\/p>\n

Kuria was recognized for profoundly impacting local communities by providing information to farmers across Africa in the fight against food insecurity.<\/p>\n

Farmer on Fireworks with vulnerable single mothers from pastoralist communities who are affected by severe climate change.<\/p>\n

Most of them are trained on how to produce mushrooms, black soldier fly larvae and azolla.<\/p>\n

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