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Aug 13, 2019, 16:51 PM

External url : https://www.forbes.com/sites/jennysplitter/2019/08/12/what-the-uber-of-tractors-means-for-the-future-of-agtech-in-africa/#6152102245b7

Source Name : Forbes

Date : Aug 12, 2019, 08:00 AM

“Capitalism in agriculture, within sub-Saharan Africa, is alive and well,” says Jehiel Oliver. Oliver is the CEO of the agtech company Hello Tractor, whose smartphone app connects smallholder farmers with tractor owners looking to rent. Dubbed the "Uber for tractors," Hello Tractor first launched in Nigeria in 2014, and then quickly expanded into Kenya. The company is now poised for even further expansion, with testing underway in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

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