Over the years, the procurement of government subsidised farm inputs that include fertiliser has been riddled with corruption, with the products ending up in the hands of undeserving farmers and traders....
Pretesting and training has begun on an eVouchering system for small holder farmers in Kirinyaga County in Kenya today. This marks the beginning of a two-year contract Safaricom has secured with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives (MoALF) in Kenya....
On the eve of the United Nations’ Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises day, the importance of SMEs has never been more critical to the economic and social fabric of African nations. ...
Rachel Bor’s neighbours chatted, laughed and shared milky tea from her tarnished kettle as they celebrated their most bountiful maize crop yet on her half-acre plot in Kenya’s Rift Valley....
A recent poll discovered that over 65% of South Africans would choose to farm their land if they were to be recipients of such land via a land redistribution program implemented by the South African government. This seems surprising because farming is hard. It’s an...
DigiFarm, Mezzanine and Safaricom's award-winning Agriculture solution in Kenya, struck Gold at the 2018 Africa & the Middle East Loerie Awards ceremony. The Golden Loerie was awarded to Safaricom in the "Shared Value" category at the event held on 17 August 2018 in Durban, South...
Agri Technovation (AT) and Mezzanine have announced a partnership regarding AT’s proprietary MyFarmWeb platform. This platform allows farmers to easily access all their information needs in one consolidated cloud-hosted platform. ...
Mezzanine's flagship agriculture product, DigiFarm, is the winner of the "developing world technology" category at the Fast Company’s 2018 World Changing Ideas Awards....
Fred Kiio, Head of Commercial Operations and Segments at Safaricom, is passionate when he talks about his company’s role in Kenya. When we look at the company’s ongoing achievements in the field of technology and innovation...
When preparing for an interview with Wynand Malan – Business Developer, Agriculture and product owner of Connected Farmer at Mezzanine – one expects to have a conversation of a highly technical nature, probably entwined with software-related jargon. ...