| Open to all Africans and start-ups on the continent, the 7th edition of the RFI – France 24 Africa App Challenge rewards digital innovations (websites, apps, etc.) that improve agricultural practices in the service of sustainable agriculture.
The jury members selected three finalists from more than 800 entries received this year: > Rabeb Fersi for "Crop's Talk" (Tunisia): a mobile agricultural advisory application designed to help small farmers improve their productivity and resilience to climate change. > Adamou Nchange Kouotou for "OGPM" (Cameroon): a digital platform consisting of two applications: a mobile application for collecting information for analyzing technical agricultural risks, and a web application that recommends the best agricultural credit decisions and facilitates technical and commercial monitoring of farmers' production. > Pyrrus Oreste Kouoplong Koudjou for "Clinicagro" (Cameroon): an application that provides in-depth diagnoses of soils and plant diseases. It also provides various technical indicators related to soil. The winner, who will receive €15,000 in funding for the development of their project, will be announced on April 11 at 4 p.m. during a special program broadcast live on Facebook on the RFI and France 24 accounts, co-hosted by Anne-Cécile Bras (RFI) and Valériane Gauthier (France 24). Through this competition, RFI and France 24 aim to encourage and support innovation by stimulating and supporting young African companies and developers. Digital Africa, CIRAD, IRD, AIMS, 10,000 coders, and Fanaka & co are partners in the initiative. The first six editions focused on the areas of health (2016), girls' education (2017), sustainable development (2018), urban development and smart cities (2019), digital technology in the fight against pandemics (2020), and digital technology in children's education (2021). |
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RFI–France 24 Africa App Challenge – 7th edition
