Scaling digital Agriculture Innovations through Start-ups (SAIS)

Scaling digital Agriculture Innovations through Startups (SAIS) supports tech start-ups from the agri-food sector in Africa. SAIS aims to scale digital innovations from the agri-food sector that have the potential to contribute to increasing users' income. As of today, the digital innovations of the start-ups supported by the project have reached around 1.1 million users. So far, SAIS has worked with over 80 start-ups from over 21 countries. The focus is on African start-ups in the seed and growth phases. Over the course of a year, start-ups receive a tailored Investment Readiness Programme (IRP) to build capacity in areas such as marketing, financial management, or legal to become more attractive to investors and business partners, and receive further funding. Since the start of the project, participating start-ups have raised more than $55 million in investments.