Alloysius Attah the only Ghanaian among Forbes 30 most promising young African entrepreneurs for 2017
As being done every year since 2013 by Forbes to name 30 most promising African entrepreneurs, which is done by first opening nominations for the general public to nominate founders of Startups in Africa making impact and after the nominations is been, is enlisted by a group of accomplished African entrepreneurs, Business Journalists, thinkers and thought leaders.
This year had more than 250 entries from 23 African countries and the entrepreneurs who made the 30 cut across manufacturing, media, tech, agriculture and fashion. Countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania among others also made the list.
In Ghana we had Alloysius Attah founder of Farmline as the only Ghanaian who made the list, last year we two Ghanaian brands making the list Kelvin Nyame, Rashad Seini and Kofi Amuasi co founders of Meqasa and Aisha Ayensu of Christie Brown.
Alloysius Attah who is 27, founded Farmerline, a Ghanaian software company and social enterprise, in 2013. With offices in Kumasi and Accra, and a current full-time staff of 23, Farmerline builds technologies to connect rural customers to information, financial services, and supply chains, with an emphasis on smallholder farmers. Farmerline has developed multiple proprietary softwares that are used widely across different sectors. These include the MERGDATA platform, a data analytics and insight solution, and PAYTIME, a credit scoring and lending app that uses alternative data sources for farmers with no credit history.
The company also provides content messaging to deliver good agricultural practices, weather reports, and market information to farmers, reaching beyond barriers in language, literacy, and connectivity by offering information in local languages. Farmerline’s content messaging (voice and SMS), remote surveying, and data collection services have been deployed across 5 countries by companies, NGOs, and governments. Farmerline has already been profitable for two years, having generated just over $375,000 (USD) in revenues in 2016, up from $284,000 in 2015.
To date, Farmerline has reached over 200,000 users across West Africa. The recipient of numerous awards including the 2016 SEED Award and the Financial Times/IFC World Bank Group Transformational Business Award for Achievement in Information and Communication Technology, Farmerline plans to reach 1 million active users by 2020.
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