The Tullow AgriVentures Programme (TAP) has awarded ten promising small and growing agribusinesses $10,000 each to expand their businesses.
The program being implemented by Innohub identifies and supports entrepreneurs in setting up and growing their businesses. TAP aims to generate approximately 600 new agriculturally linked ventures and support 30 existing businesses to grow and create more than 1,500 jobs.
From a pool of hundreds of applicants, the incubator shortlisted 40 startups, out of which 15 finalists were selected for the Pitch Competition. These businesses had the opportunity to pitch their innovative agribusiness solutions to a panel of three esteemed industry experts, ensuring the highest standards of evaluation. In addition to the cash prize, the winners will receive technical and market access support to expand.
Meet the Chosen Ones!
- Tropical Snacks produces natural and nutritious snacks from whole fruits, tubers and vegetables sourced from smallholder farmers through sustainable and innovative food processes.
- Vicca Juice manufactures and produces over 20 organic fruit juice and local drink varieties for juice lovers and health-conscious people.
- Fafas Breakfast offers innovative alternative snacks catering to various dietary needs using local grains and fruits.
- Entofarms is a sustainable agro-processing company that provides farmers with a cost-effective solution for feed and fertilizer.
- H.A Farms is an integrated agribusiness that produces healthy and affordable poultry products and food crops.
- Wami Agro develops tech-enabled solutions to secure sustainable sourcing, improve farmer’s quality of life and protect the environment.
- Vokia Farms is a fully integrated farm-to-fork agribusiness which produces, processes and distributes cereal-based products.
- Defarmacist Group promotes sustainable greenhouse farming practices by providing agriculture support services to greenhouse farm operators.
- Minana Services manufactures high-quality edible oils that are sustainably sourced and produced, ensuring environmental responsibility.
- Madolf Ventures is an agro-processing company which produces nutritious baby food from local rice and soybeans.
