FCMB teamed up with some Dutch development bank and HeaveVentures to wrap up their AgriTech Hackathon thing, where seven Nigerian startups pitched their farming tech solutions. Qiqi Farms walked away with the top prize, and Farm Monitor plus Tuplant grabbed second and third place. The other four companies each got a million naira as a consolation for showing up and trying.
The bank's agribusiness boss said they want to push innovation in agriculture by hooking startups up with funding and mentorship to make Nigeria's farming sector more competitive globally. HeaveVentures' CEO talked about how collaboration between banks and tech companies can actually produce decent results when everyone stops being useless and works together for once.
The bank's agribusiness boss said they want to push innovation in agriculture by hooking startups up with funding and mentorship to make Nigeria's farming sector more competitive globally. HeaveVentures' CEO talked about how collaboration between banks and tech companies can actually produce decent results when everyone stops being useless and works together for once.
