by Zach Deluca -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: DFC Approves $9m, 10-year Loan to Apollo Agriculture of Kenya

Kenya-based Apollo Agriculture, a technology company that works with small-scale farmers to boost their profits, recently agreed to borrow USD 9.5 million for up to 10 years from the government-backed US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). Apollo provides the following services in Kenya,

by Michelle Fleming -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Agri-Wallet, Apollo Agriculture, VanderSat Win $430k in NpM Geodata Innovator’s Challenge for Financial Solutions for Farmers

Netherlands-based “NpM, Platform for Inclusive Finance,” which was previously known as the Netherlands Platform for Microfinance, recently announced the winners of its Geodata Innovator’s Challenge, the goal of which was to encourage “technology companies to transform their geodata-based solutions for smallholder