Episode 12 Michael Ocansey, Co-founder at Agrocenta, Using technology to manage 1000 farmers, 1000 hectares of farmland in Ghana
On the podcast today, we have Michael Ocansey, the CTO and Co-Founder of AgroCenta. Michael runs an interesting business. Agrocenta aggregates small holder farmers in rural farming communities, and give them access to market, capital and resources.
Agrocenta aim to sign up 1000 farmers and working on 1000 hectares in Ghana. And they are barely scratching the surface of opportunity!
On the podcast today, we have Michael Ocansey, the CTO and Co-Founder of AgroCenta. Michael runs an interesting business. Agrocenta aggregates small holder farmers in rural farming communities, and give them access to market, capital and resources. Agrocenta aim to sign up 1000 farmers and working on 1000 hectares in Ghana. And they are barely scratching the surface of opportunity! On This Episode You’ll Learn: How Agrocenta is using technology to make the sale and transportation of produce seamless Agrocenta’s fool-proof way of onboarding farmers How Agrocenta is helping farmers access credit from financial institutions, as well as educating them so they can cultivate better produce. More about Swappaholics, Michael’s first startup, and how it pivoted into Agrocenta Some thoughts on the Ghanaian startup ecosystem and the opportunity for growth And much more Selected links from this episode