Grace Ashiru
The second iteration of O-Farms, a Kenyan agri-circularity accelerator, has chosen ten entrepreneurs and will provide up to $24,000 in milestone-based funding to two peer-selected businesses.
Africa’s first agri-circularity-focused accelerator program, O-Farms, was launched in 2021 and is run by E4Impact Accelerator under the direction of Bopinc and Village Capital. Its goal is to make circularity a mainstream technique for improving sustainability and rural livelihoods.
We at E4 Impact want to help SMEs develop better products, strengthen their business plans, get access to capital, and build a foundational network that will advocate for better adoption of a circular economy as well as advantageous legislation and regulations. According to David Cheboryot, director of the E4Impact Entrepreneurship Centers, “we are anticipating the arrival of the second cohort of agri-circularity SMEs as we endeavor to firmly establish Kenya as an agricultural powerhouse in Africa.”
The firms that were chosen represent significant agri-circularity industry subsectors, such as biofuels, biodegradable packaging, animal feeds, fertilizer, and human food.
The chosen startups are listed below:
Solutions for the agribusiness.
Sustainable Solutions.
Agricultural Janabichi Solutions.
Traders in Korogocho Market.
Sbike Limited
Natural Fields
soil specialists
Sainti Seeds.
Vermitech Advisors.
Sweet Pot
The selected startups will take part in a customized circularity curriculum that will help them define their circular solutions, improve their business models, and be eligible for grants of up to $24,000
Meet the nine African startups that are graduates of the 2022 Winter cohort of Techstars Toronto.
