"Virtual City" an Agricultural Data Management service

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 12:00, by Emeka Okafor
An Acumen Fund portfolio company:
Virtual City (VC) is a mobile technology services provider that makes an affordable data management service marketed to agricultural cooperatives and processors. VC’s Agrimanagr product tracks agricultural output from farmer to processor, coordinates mobile payment to farmers, and facilitates extension services such as veterinary visits and agricultural input management, thereby better connecting smallholder farmers to markets.


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Emeka Okafor

Emeka Okafor is an entrepreneur and venture catalyst who lives in New York City. (Read on!)He is the curator of Maker Faire Africa. He was the director for TED Global 2007 that took place in Arusha, Tanzania. In addition he is a member of the TED fellowship team. His interests include sustainable technologies in the developing world and paradigm breaking technologies in general. His blog, Timbuktu Chronicles seeks to spur dialogue in areas of entrepreneurship, technology and the scientific method as it impacts Africa. "Timbuktu is a city unsullied by the worship of idols...a refuge of scholarly and righteous folk, a haunt of saints and ascetics, and a meeting place of caravans and boats" -Al-Sa'Di

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