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Kenyan Agritech company bags 2nd place in the 2024 AYuTe NextGen Challenge

[Paul Mbugua, Standard]

The world got a taste of the future of agriculture in Africa on Tuesday when the winners of the 2024 AYuTe Africa NextGen were announced on June 11, 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda. Three young agritech entrepreneurs were honoured after triumphing in a youth-focused competition aimed to spur a tech-led revolution in Africa's agriculture.

Kenya's Eliud Rugut the founder of Silo Africa an agritech company that serves smallholder farmers with digitized grain silos which mitigate post-harvest losses and safeguarding the farmers from the effects of climate change emerged second place.

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