AgroCenta to expand operations in Ghana after recently closed $650k round

Ghanaian agritech startup Agrocenta will use its recently closed $650 000 round to expand operations in Ghana — the company’s CEO and co-founder Francis Obirikorang revealed yesterday.

Seedstars World, NP Consulting and the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Fund participated in the round which was concluded last month.

The startup — which in April this year was crowned Seedstars Global Winner — connects smallholder farmers directly to an online market to sell their commodities and by doing so eliminates middlemen and brokers who often exploit the farmers.

Responding to questions from Ventureburn yesterday (20 December), Obirikorang (pictured above) said the new funding will be used to expand operations in Ghana to more smallholder farmers and to expand operations to two additional regions in Ghana, without disclosing the names of the regions. 

AgroCenta currently has operations in the Northern, Upper East, Upper West and Ashanti regions.

AgroCenta has operations in the Northern, Upper East, Upper West and Ashanti regions of Ghana

Last week, the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund announced 
that the Ghanaian startup had been selected, along with five other African startups, for the accelerator’s third cohort. A further five startups were selected from outside the continent to join the accelerator.

One of AgroCenta’s main investors, Greentec Capital Partners disclosed at the time that the firm had received a $250 000 GSMA Ecosystem Grant.

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Featured image: AgroCenta CEO and co-founder Francis Obirikorang (Supplied)