by Muthoni Mugo | Jun 1, 2020 | All, Data & Tech Acceleration, Farmer Capability & Smart Farming, News and Features
In a unique Global Philanthropy course at Columbia Business School, graduate students analyzed the “Top 100” proposals from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition and, based on criteria developed by Rockefeller Philanthropy...
by Muthoni Mugo | May 15, 2020 | All, Data & Tech Acceleration, Digital Financial Services, Distribution Channel Logistics, Farmer Capability & Smart Farming, Market Access, Women & Youth
In 2015, Mercy Corps launched the AgriFin Accelerate (AFA) Programme; a six-year, $24 million project funded by the Mastercard Foundation. AFA had the goal of reaching one million farmers with digital financial services across Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia, whose...
by Muthoni Mugo | Apr 17, 2020 | All, Data & Tech Acceleration, Digital Financial Services, Distribution Channel Logistics, Farmer Capability & Smart Farming, Market Access, News and Features
While official programming in Oxford for the Skoll World Forum was cancelled this year, public events that surround the Forum went virtual. AgriFin coordinated and hosted a successful online webinar, “Scaling Climate Smart Agriculture: Tech, Wins, Fails,...
by Muthoni Mugo | Apr 2, 2020 | All, Data & Tech Acceleration, Farmer Capability & Smart Farming
Around the world, people are experiencing both the subtle and stark effects of climate change. Gradually shifting weather patterns, rising sea levels and more extreme weather events are all clear and devastating evidence of a rapidly changing climate. In Kenya,...
by Agrifin | Mar 5, 2020 | All, Farmer Capability & Smart Farming, Women & Youth
Once losing their crops to increased drought, one farming community in Kenya is now using a simple set of tools to grow their livelihoods and take on climate change. When farmers and business owners in Kenya see rain clouds, they see rows of productive crops, food...
by Rachel Short | Feb 20, 2020 | All, Data & Tech Acceleration, Farmer Capability & Smart Farming, News and Features
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced on February 19, 2020 that the global organization Mercy Corps is one of the highest-scoring proposals, designated as the Top 100, in its second 100&Change competition for a single $100 million grant to...
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