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In this episode of the podcast we welcome Peter Burke - a jovial and seasoned entrepreneur  and Christopher Fox, also a successful entrepreneur who both had a love of books!Between them they bounced around topics such as humanity, innovation, purpose, and profits. We ended up at a conclusion worth progressing further!Here's a summary of what we discussed:11:41 - where social media was 13 years ago14:35 - fast morphing technologies17:00 - the 6 Star Business evolution20:32 - complexities of tech we take for granted23:44 - without marketing, then what?31:45 - 6 stars and passionand lots more...enjoy!Here's some information about our guests:Peter BurkeCEO & Founder, Conker GroupCo-founded Logobrand, an outsourced field sales & marketing agency, in 1990.   Stepped back after 20 years  by promoting a colleague to the MD role, but 3 years later created Conker - an apps and data business - due to boredom.  In parallel to Conker, I helped take Wefarm from concept to over 1 million African farmers using the service; we raised over $15m in grants and VC funding.   Now I'm focused on the bunny.money startup - I've been advising them for over 5 years.  After bunny.money gets VC funding, I expect it will be Audacity next for VC funding.  Contact:W: conkergroup.comLI: https://linkedin.com/in/peterburke/T: @tweeterburkeChristopher FoxCEO & Founder, SyncresisChristopher G. Fox, PhD, Managing Partner, Syncresis®. Fox has a career-long history helping people translate their ideas into clean, clear communications. He is a visionary communications and marketing executive who is passionate about ideas, while at the same time committed to getting things done.As Managing Partner of Syncresis, a strategic communications firm focusing exclusively on financial services and fintech, Fox focuses on thought leadership, content marketing, communication strategy, and online marketing program management. He helps companies and their top thought leaders raise their public profile by putting their best thinking forward via effective messages, compelling stories, and transformational conversations. Fox's work helps financial service innovators position themselves as thought leaders by clearly answering why, when, where, and on which topics they should be present to be a leader in their market segment. He then delivers on that plan by developing content that captures his clients' unique value and expertise.Contact:W: www.syncresis.comLI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophergfox/LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/syncresis/Here's some information about the 6 Star Business Roundtable:6 Star Business roundtable - https://community.6star.business/plans/189607?bundle_token=640ccd36a30e51696fbfd312ab87ed9a&utm_source=manualThe purpose of the 6 Star Business is to bring together purpose-minded business owners who want to create more impact in the world, live with more purpose, and rise above traditional 5 star reviews.  We are empowering businesses to create a better future.  If you'd like to get in touch please contact us at contact@6star.business  Your host,  Aveline

Overview: Today, we discuss the opportunity for Agriculture technology to make a difference in Africa. We'll start with some context of African Agriculture, discuss AgriTech in developed and emerging markets, analyze Agritech players across Africa & end with our overall outlook. This episode was recorded on Apr 4, 2021. Companies discussed: Twiga Foods, Pula, SunCulture, Releaf, FarmCrowdy, DeHaat, Arya, WeFarm, Aerobiotics, Gro Intelligence, SwiftVee, Agroop, Pure Harvest, Naspers & Agrocenta Business concepts discussed: Agriculture technology (AgTech, AgriTech or AgroTech), Agribusiness marketplaces, farming financing, Farmer market access opportunities & Agriculture insurance strategy Conversation highlights: (00:30) - Why we’re talking about AgriTech (05:20) - AgriTech in developed markets (08:50) - AgriTech in emerging markets countries - India (11:30) - AgriTech startups in India - DeHaat, Arya (15:30) - AgriTech in China (16:50) - African Agriculture - background, challenges (26:50) - AgriTech in Africa (28:06) - AgriTech startups in East Africa (40:40) - AgriTech startups in Southern Africa (45:55) - AgriTech startups in Northern Africa (48:44) - AgriTech startups in West Africa (58:20) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook (1:07:55) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook (1:14:35) - Recommendations and small wins Olumide’s recommendations, small wins & open questions: Recommendations: Skip the Line (James Altucher) & Green Book (2018) Small win: Day off work to re-energize Other content: Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (World Bank) & US Agricultural workers data in 1900 (11M out of 76M population) Bankole’s recommendations, small wins & open questions: Recommendation: Readwise.io Small win: Set up wiretamers for my WFH space. The Art of the Desk Setup Other content: Planet Money Episode 454: The Lollipop War & Blues Wireless We’d love to hear from you. Please email info@afrobility.com to share feedback or propose topics you’d like to hear. Join our insider mailing list where we get feedback on new episodes & find all episodes at Afrobility.com

If you like Lost Terminal and want bonus episodes and other perks, please support us on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/lostterminalpodToday's signal is the experimental track, 'Sapphire River', by NAMTAO, streaming here https://soundcloud.com/namtao/sapphire-river.The season 3.0 background music was from the album 'Supervised Learning', also by NAMTAO.▶️ FOLLOW US HERE ▶️Twitter http://twitter.com/lostterminalpod▶️ LISTEN TO MORE NAMTAO MUSIC ▶️Spotify http://oat.sh/namtao-spotifyiTunes http://oat.sh/namtao-itunesGoogle Play http://oat.sh/namtao-google-playBandcamp http://namtao.bandcamp.com/And everywhere else! Just search for NAMTAO.▶️ STUDIO EQUIPMENT ▶️Recording mic: Røde ProcasterAudio interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2Music software: Bitwig on Ubuntu Linux▶️ CREDITS ▶️Credits narrated by Lucy StringerThe voice of Ana is Oriel Winslow and Dan Yilmaz (@danyilmaz)To learn about Dissociative Identity Disorder,visit FirstPersonPlural.org.ukIVAN's community calendar inspired by real-lifecompany WeFarm, a peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing social networkfor smallholder farmers in the developing world.https://wefarm.coTHANKS SO MUCH TO OUR PATRONS!

You might be surprised to hear that despite all her success, awards and achievements my guest still suffers from self-doubt and imposter syndrome. Why it does not seem to show up in her life is because she has learnt the ability to cope with those situations and she shares those practical tools as well as many other gems of wisdom in our interview today.About Claudine Adeyemi:Claudine Adeyemi is a multi-award winning lawyer and Founder and CEO of CareerEar. She is also the Co-curator of Global Shapers London Hub at World Economic, Trustee for Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion, Advisory board member for upReach and In-house counsel Wefarm.Twitter - https://twitter.com/claudineadeyemi?lang=enLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudineadeyemi/CareerEar - https://www.careerear.co.uk/At CareerEar, we believe people can achieve their full career potential if they have access to sound advice, insights, and are given the encouragement to go for it.Subscribe using your favourite podcast app viaApple PodcastsSpotifyDeezerStitcherSPREAD THE WORD. LEAVE A RATING, REVIEW, AND FEEDBACKYou can do this on Apple podcast or on Sticher Your ratings and reviews help us place the podcast in front of new leaders and listeners. I am always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts once you’ve listened to this interview just drop me an email at hello@mindsetshift.co.ukI appreciate you and your support

You might be surprised to hear that despite all her success, awards and achievements my guest still suffers from self-doubt and imposter syndrome. Why it does not seem to show up in her life is because she has learnt the ability to cope with those situations and she shares those practical tools as well as many other gems of wisdom in our interview today. About Claudine Adeyemi: Claudine Adeyemi is a multi-award winning lawyer and Founder and CEO of CareerEar. She is also the Co-curator of Global Shapers London Hub at World Economic, Trustee for Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion, Advisory board member for upReach and In-house counsel Wefarm. Twitter - https://twitter.com/claudineadeyemi?lang=en LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudineadeyemi/ CareerEar - https://www.careerear.co.uk/ At CareerEar, we believe people can achieve their full career potential if they have access to sound advice, insights, and are given the encouragement to go for it. Subscribe using your favourite podcast app via Apple Podcasts Spotify Deezer Stitcher SPREAD THE WORD. LEAVE A RATING, REVIEW, AND FEEDBACKYou can do this on Apple podcast or on Sticher Your ratings and reviews help us place the podcast in front of new leaders and listeners. I am always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts once youve listened to this interview just drop me an email at hello@mindsetshift.co.uk I appreciate you and your support

You might be surprised to hear that despite all her success, awards and achievements my guest still suffers from self-doubt and imposter syndrome. Why it does not seem to show up in her life is because she has learnt the ability to cope with those situations and she shares those practical tools as well as many other gems of wisdom in our interview today. About Claudine Adeyemi: Claudine Adeyemi is a multi-award winning lawyer and Founder and CEO of CareerEar. She is also the Co-curator of Global Shapers London Hub at World Economic, Trustee for Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion, Advisory board member for upReach and In-house counsel  Wefarm. Twitter - https://twitter.com/claudineadeyemi?lang=en LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudineadeyemi/ CareerEar - https://www.careerear.co.uk/ At CareerEar, we believe people can achieve their full career potential if they have access to sound advice, insights, and are given the encouragement to go for it. Subscribe using your favourite podcast app via Apple Podcasts Spotify Deezer Stitcher SPREAD THE WORD. LEAVE A RATING, REVIEW, AND FEEDBACKYou can do this on Apple podcast or on Sticher  Your ratings and reviews help us place the podcast in front of new leaders and listeners.  I am always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts once you've listened to this interview just drop me an email at hello@mindsetshift.co.uk I appreciate you and your support 

You might be surprised to hear that despite all her success, awards and achievements my guest still suffers from self-doubt and imposter syndrome. Why it does not seem to show up in her life is because she has learnt the ability to cope with those situations and she shares those practical tools as well as many other gems of wisdom in our interview today.About Claudine Adeyemi:Claudine Adeyemi is a multi-award winning lawyer and Founder and CEO of CareerEar. She is also the Co-curator of Global Shapers London Hub at World Economic, Trustee for Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion, Advisory board member for upReach and In-house counsel Wefarm.Twitter - https://twitter.com/claudineadeyemi?lang=enLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudineadeyemi/CareerEar - https://www.careerear.co.uk/At CareerEar, we believe people can achieve their full career potential if they have access to sound advice, insights, and are given the encouragement to go for it.Subscribe using your favourite podcast app viaApple PodcastsSpotifyDeezerStitcherSPREAD THE WORD. LEAVE A RATING, REVIEW, AND FEEDBACKYou can do this on Apple podcast or on Sticher Your ratings and reviews help us place the podcast in front of new leaders and listeners. I am always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts once you’ve listened to this interview just drop me an email at hello@mindsetshift.co.ukI appreciate you and your support

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WeFarm is the world’s first peer-to-peer knowledge sharing platform for farmers. In just a few years, 1.5 million farmers have signed up and over 260 million messages have been exchanged leading to tangible improvements in farming outcomes and quality of life in some of the most challenging places in the world. Backed by a host of impressive investors including Local Globe, Silicon Valley-based True Ventures and Skype & Atomico founder Niklas Zennström, the vision is to become the global network for the biggest industry on Earth. Kenny is committed to enacting meaningful and positive change in the world by marrying commercial techniques with an impact-driven approach. His execution of this so far has been masterful and is a lesson to all entrepreneurs at this critical moment in human history. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Kenny Ewan, CEO & Founder of Wefarm talks about how he built the world's largest network of small-scale farmers in the world and gives advice on how solving developing countries problems can become a profitable business.

Kenny Ewan, founder, and CEO of Wefarm (wefarm.org) trained as an engineer and architect originally but it was an early job at an NGO in Latin America, where he assisted with engineering projects, that gave birth to his current career passion. Ewan leads an informative discussion about the dynamics of small-scale farming and how information can truly make the difference between success and failure for farmers. Mr. Ewan's Wefarm is a free service that allows farmers, anywhere in the world, to share information via SMS, without internet, and directly from their farm. Wefarm's platform enables farmers to ask important questions on farming issues and get quick answers from other farmers, usually within minutes. With hundreds of millions of small farmers working globally, many in sub-Saharan Africa, access to information is vital, and timing is critical as crops must be attended to properly in order to survive and thrive. And as agricultural and livestock farming requires skill and meticulous care, global farmers often have specific questions regarding crop disease, animal sickness issues, and variations for planting, etc.  Ewan explains that Wefarm's platform utilizes machine learning to gather a complete understanding of each specific farmer's question. With a complete profile, Wefarm can then better address the farmer's issue, and ultimately match them with consulting farmers who are best suited to their needs. As timing is critical, especially in regard to crop or livestock disease, Wefarm is able to match farmers quickly and get vital information that they can act on, which can mean the difference between life and death for crops, or livestock. Ewan states that his company's service is utilized by about 900,000 farmers currently, many in Kenya and Uganda, with 2000 new farmers joining daily.  Disease patterns, ripening, and drought issues are but a few of the many that Wefarm stays current on, to keep their network of farmers up to date and flourishing. Additionally, farmers can access information on soil conditions, etc. that can help them to make good decisions on which crops will be successful based on the soil of their specific region. Wefarm is able to monetize via transactions as they are expanding their marketplace to allow farmers to connect, to trade or buy and sell. Ewan details how collective buying power is also an asset, for as Wefarm brings a network of farmers online, Wefarm can sometimes position itself into a negotiation role with feed and seed type distributors. As their system grows, Wefarm will be moving further into peer-to-peer messaging as well, to allow farmers to communicate back and forth, beyond just question and answer. As Wefarm expands it stands to serve millions upon millions of new farmers yearly, for with hundreds of millions to potentially billions of small-scale farmers and workers operating globally, small-scale farming is perhaps the largest industry in the world. And though their central office is in London, to enable them to have direct access and better communication with investors who are coming on board, Wefarm maintains offices in many of the very areas that their farmers inhabit. Wefarm team members interact regularly, and often in person, with small farmers across the globe, for sometimes there is no better way to understand the issues of a region than to actually be in it and talk to the people.

This week Adah Parris is joined by two entrepreneurs using seemingly low-tech solutions to solve big global challenges. Wefarm founder and CEO Kenny Ewan explains how he's built a groundbreaking peer-to-peer network for small scale farmers across the world, helping them share knowledge using the humble SMS text message. Plus, we meet Joanne Peter (Global Community Impact, Johnson & Johnson), who introduces Momconnect – a project in partnership with the South African Department of Health providing vital healthcare information to mothers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this interview we talk with the CEO and founder of Wefarm who is putting power into the hands of our farmers, online or off, wherever we farm. Find out how they developed this tech driven business and raised significant funding to build the vision.

WeFarm is a free peer-to-peer service that enables farmers to share information via SMS, without the internet and without having to leave their farm. Farmers can ask questions on farming and receive crowd-sourced answers from other farmers around the world in minutes. In 2014, WeFarm was named one of the overall winners Google Impact Challenge. Amy Cooper spoke to Wefarm CEO Kenny Ewan for Farmerama at London Food Tech Week, 2017 Learn more about WeFarm https://wefarm.org/ See Amy’s TedX talk for Secret Seed Society: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=7nUPqnsp8T4

Kenny Ewan. He is in charge of the overall strategic direction for WeFarm where he oversees the day-to-day activities of the business. After graduating, he spent 7 years in Peru running an international NGO, specializing in work with indigenous communities. Kenny played the lead role in developing WeFarm, before launching it as a startup in 2015. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Chaos Monkeys What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — Slack Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “I’m happy to let him make mistakes”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:18 – Nathan introduces Kenny to the show 01:49 – WeFarm is a growth focus model 02:29 – WeFarm offers their services to farmers 02:37 – WeFarm leads farmers to the sellers and WeFarm will take a small transaction commission 03:00 – WeFarm offers information in the space 03:08 – A farmer in Kenya who has no internet access can ask WeFarm a question, through SMS, for free 03:30 – 10-15 people in WeFarm’s network will try to answer the question 03:45 – The people who answer want to share their knowledge about farming 04:12 – WeFarm has generated revenue, but they’re still on pre-profit 04:20 – WeFarm just closed a seed round for $1.7M 04:27 – WeFarm started as an Impact project for Google and they won 04:36 – They used the prize as capital 04:42 – The prize was £500K 05:04 – Team size is 20 and is still growing; they’re around the globe 05:41 – WeFarm uses radio to connect with more farmers 05:51 – WeFarm partnered with radio stations and invited farmers on 06:00 – 4-5K people were joining WeFarm in just an hour 06:12 – WeFarm also partners with businesses where farmers buy 06:45 – WeFarm currently has 140K farmers on their platform 06:55 – WeFarm measures activity by the number of users who actively contribute every month 07:55 – WeFarm is also available online 08:15 – WeFarm has a super active marketplace 08:32 – WeFarm doesn’t incentivize people who answer inquiries, just like Quora 08:50 – WeFarm’s roadmap this year 09:00 – WeFarm has 20 people 09:30 – WeFarm already has a couple of commercial contacts with a major retailer in UK 09:48 – “We have validated our revenue sources” 10:00 – 2017 target revenue is around $50K 11:30 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: A business does NOT always have to be revenue focused; helping people can be a goal in and of itself. We have a responsibility to help guide those who need it and access those who still do not have the internet. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, but be sure to learn from them.   Resources Mentioned: The Top Inbox – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences Organifi – The juice was Nathan’s life saver during his trip in Southeast Asia Klipfolio – Track your business performance across all departments for FREE Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Host Gator– The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible Audible– Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books Freshbooks – Nathan doesn’t waste time so he uses Freshbooks to send out invoices and collect his money. Get your free month NOW Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

This episode we are brimming with innovations and new perspectives from all over the world. We enjoy crowd farming oranges in Valencia, WeFarm’s farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing in Kenya and Peru and the community fuel of Food Assemblies around the country - all part of a panel discussion we chaired at the ReWork Future of Food Summit. Ben Raskin is back as he chats to Alan Schofield about an organic perspective on hydroponics, can soil-less growing be organic? Abby gets the low-down on a supe...

How much of an over-achiever is Elon Musk fixing to become, though? In the last week, he’s added providing global internet coverage via a massive satellite network to his audacious To-do List. In this week’s African Tech Round-up Andile Masuku reflects on how Musk’s latest ambition might upset net neutrality watchdogs around the world who might not trust SpaceX to responsibly execute on something they don’t trust the likes of Google and Facebook to do. Also in this week’s show is more about perhaps the most publicised tech investment news of the past week, the $1.6 million investment haul made by the Kenyan agritech startup WeFarm. It’s exciting to see agritech startups start to excite the global VC community. It's absurd how millions of people on the continent go hungry every year despite how well-endowed Africa is in terms of natural resources. It’s about time we harness tech to work smarter, improve our yields, and get food to hungry people not just on the continent, but wherever it’s needed around the world. Finally, listen in to hear Andile Masuku's conversation with Milena Taieb, Head of Video for France, Africa and the Middle East at Believe Digital Studios— the world’s leading multi-channel network (MCN) specialising in multi-platform distribution, audience development and content monetisation. Milena reveals how Believe has upended the traditional music and video production business, and how despite the plethora of self-publication platforms available to creators today, success is predicated on executing a killer digital strategy. Music Credits: Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Music licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution