Agritech startup, EZ-Farming has won $5k at the 2019 Georgetown African Business conference New Venture Competition organised by the Young African Professionals in Washington DC.
The New Venture Competition is for early-stage startups that have raised less than $250,000 and it aims to showcase the diversity of entrepreneurs making a difference on the continent to the world.
Ez-Farming is a modern agrictech investment company connecting investors and commercial farmers with ease. The agrictech startup connects investors around the world with local African farmers to provide a platform for everyone to invest and earn great returns from commercial farming.
Ez-Farming also works with the next generation of farmers equipping them to access resources and utilize industry expertise to scale their operations and ensure a seamless transition in the agricultural workforce.
In his remark on the win, the founder of Ez-Farming Dr. Adewale Oparinde said the win was a reward for perseverance and hard work invested in growing Nigeria’s agrictech sector.
“We are really delighted to have won the contest here in Washington DC. It is our first outing after several months of inventing our business model to meet the demands and dynamics of the market. We took our time since 2015 to conduct thorough research in designing our business model.”
Oparinde added: “It is one thing to design a website or an app with a proposition connecting farmers to sponsors; it is another thing to fully and technically understand the agricultural space. As you will notice on our website, our team members have vast experience in the space. It is important to us that we build a sustainable business that is most trusted by our investor community and which can last beyond the current era of hype.”
