AI & AUTOMATION
Feedback from farmers and the supply chain The response from leading food manufacturers across Africa has been encouraging .
“ Our customers are happy because we ' re reliable ,” says Ayogu . “ We communicate well and our quality is excellent , it ' s been cited . We ’ ve had US $ 75m in bookings for this year ! The demand is absolutely there , and we ' re excited about what we ' re doing .”
When Releaf started its health insurance programme , the farmers weren ’ t familiar with the concept of paying upfront for something that they might not even get value from . A lot of people were sceptical , so they subsidised it at first-week pay when they signed people up .
“We ' re placing food processing closer to farmers so we can increase food quality , while decreasing the cost of food ”
UZOMA AYOGU CTO , RELEAF
84 October 2022