Apollo Agriculture
@apolloagri
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Apollo helps farmers in emerging markets maximize their profits.
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined August 2016
So grateful for the opportunity to partner with amazing farmers like Doris ⭐️
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As a Field Sales Manager at @apolloagri, Evans interacts with many farmers on a daily basis. He told me farmers who've received certified seeds, quality fertilizer, agronomy support & insurance have one thing in common…Press play! Sign up today via https://t.co/30KY4j4sBf
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Farmers in Nyandarua County, under the @apolloagri were awarded a compensation of Kshs 18,189,832 by @APAInsuranceKE for crop losses that they incurred as a result of unfavourable weather conditions during the 2022 Long Rains Season. More farmers should sign up!
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After getting financing for certified seeds, fertilizer, agronomy training & crop insurance from @apolloagri, Mr Wanjala moved from harvesting a yield of 7 sacks to 22 sacks of maize per acre! Sign up today via https://t.co/30KY4j4sBf & enjoy #MavunoTeleBilaStress
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Farmers across Kenya are not only facing a severe drought, but high cost of farm inputs like seeds & fertilizer that are threatening livelihoods. @apolloagri has an innovative financing model for smallholder farmers that’s revolutionizing Kenya’s Agricultural space.
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Last week, we had the pleasure of being represented by Benjamin Njenga @njengatwo at the Dakar 2 Summit in Senegal during key roundtable conversations, chaired by his Excellency the President of Kenya, and attended by investors, experts & policymakers in the Ag Sector in Africa
I was excited to represent @apolloagri at this session on Feeding Africa by empowering smallholder farmer to improve their productivity through access to credit and quality inputs.I have no doubt that Kenya will lead the way, exactly the same we did on mobile money @WilliamsRuto
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Great work @wangerekaharun 🥳🥳
Happy to share that I'll be speaking at @kotlinconf 2023 for the first time🥳🥳. I will discuss how @apolloagri in Kenya relies on two #Android apps and how it has made a difference.
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To deliver climate adaptation and resilience in sectors such as agriculture, it's vital to invest in innovative solutions. Great to catch up with @EliPollak @apolloagri @Chemonics on this topic at #COP27. More on how Apollo supports smallholder farmers ➡️ https://t.co/0ojqrSdVCp
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Three African agtech start-ups to watch 🧑🌾📱🇿🇦🇰🇪🇬🇭 Read more: https://t.co/TvsDbmNyhN Mentions: @aerobotics_intl @apolloagri @farmerline
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.@EliPollak founded #agtech platform @apolloagri to help small-scale farmers in emerging markets get access to necessary resources. He shares his startup journey and learnings for all founders in the new episode of The Future Fountain. @NYUFutureLabs
orrick.com
Eli Pollak, Founder and CEO of Kenyan-based agtech platform Apollo Agriculture, talks about his startup journey and learnings for all founders.
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Amazing to see the @apolloagri logo up on Times Square as part of the @norrsken_org Impact100
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Honored to be listed as one of the 100 most promising impact startups!
It’s time to get excited about the future. Today we’re announcing Impact100 - our annual list of the world’s most promising impact startups. 100 ideas that can change 1 billion lives. View the full list at https://t.co/PcG2psa2tl
#impact100
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Head of Leaps, Juerg Eckhardt, writes about our #Kenyan portfolio company, @apolloagri, that helps #AfricanFarmers to unlock their land's potential and build a more resilient #foodsupply, in line with our #Leap09 "Prevent crop and food loss." Read more in his latest op-ed:
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Super excited for this. Can't wait to share the stage once more with my colleague @_jumaallan a very amazing android engineer to share the amazing android stuff we're working on at @apolloagri
We're thrilled to announce a joint talk by Harun Wangereka & Juma Allan at #dcbln22 📣 @wangerekaharun & @_jumaallan will discuss how Apollo Agriculture in Kenya relies on two #Android apps and how it has made a difference. Read the full abstract here: https://t.co/iB6FIRnwLS
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Clusterf*ck: A practical guide to Bayesian hierarchical modeling in Pymc3 with Hanna van der Vlis #PyDataLondon #PyData #agritech
#Pymc3
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And help us scale 1000x! 😊
I asked one expert how to scale #climate #adaptation. He said, “Build a hundred Apollo Agricultures .” Looking forward to talking with @apolloagri’s Benjamin Njenga @njengatwo on today’s #AgentsofImpact call @ImpactAlpha .
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Eli Pollak, Earl St Sauver, Benjamin Njenga and Apollo Agriculture team, what you are building is incredibly beautiful, for the impact it creates for our farmers as well as how you all try and achieve it each day. It continues to be an honor to work with… https://t.co/QgpIrWZi99
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Excited to announce our $40M Series B financing, led by Softbank Vision Fund 2! Our mission at Apollo Agriculture is to ensure that every farmer has the tools they need to farm profitably and sustainably. Onwards 📈 https://t.co/rPPf9SYQEJ
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Kenya-based agritech Apollo Agriculture, which helps farmers access high-quality farm inputs, financing and markets, plans to double the number of farmers
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We ❤️ @webguy
This use of the ORDER BY <target-column-number> is a very clever syntax to both get the distance and KNN order on it while only calculating it once and only having to provide the reference geometry literal once. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
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Excited to announce that the Co-Founder of portfolio company @apolloagri, @njengatwo, will be taking part in The #nytclimatehub session; ‘Moonshot Inventions: Staying True to the Needs of People and the Planet’. Sign up for free to the @nytimesevents: https://t.co/CDheGNCvDs.
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"Agriculture is the backbone of most countries across sub-Saharan Africa. ... Yet farmers struggle to access the basic financing and tools they need. ... How do we rebuild with technology the approach to reaching small-scale farmers?" - @EliPollak of @apolloagri. #SOCAP21
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