- The final pitch of the 2022 edition of the Kosmos Innovation Center AgriTech Challenge Classic took place today.
- Teams from the University for Development Studies advanced to the Pro stage of the challenge to commercialy produce their innovation.
- Participating Universities included UDS, UCC, UG, KNUST & UBIDS.
AgriTech Challenge Pro
The KIC Agritech Challenge Pro is an accelerator program aiming to support young entrepreneurs to launch and grow commercially viable, scalable solutions to key problems in the agricultural sector. The program aims to drive technology and innovation as a catalyst to enhancing productivity, improving yields, and creating more jobs within Ghana’s agricultural sector.
https://kicghana.org/programs/#classic
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Dirty Gold, KoduTech & Witdeen teams are among the 15 teams that won places in the KIC AgriTech Pro, after making it through the AgriTech Classic Stage.
The 15 teams progressing to the KIC AgriTech Pro aaare pic.twitter.com/F1czppY1b3
— Kosmos Innovation Center Ghana (@kicghana) October 21, 2022
Kodutech
KoduTech produces safe, cheap & eco-friendly sanitary towels from banana and plantain waste. “Plastic takes about 500 years to decompose, which means the 1st sanitary pad ever made has not yet decomposed” KoduTech wants you to “join us in reducing period poverty for young women”.
Watch their pitch video below.
Witdeen
Witdeen is developing eco-friendly technology capable of reducing both quality & quantity losses of climacteric fruits and vegetables.
Watch their Pitch Video below.
Dirty Gold
Dirty Gold produces an affordable and enhanced biosolid fertilizer.
They bring a bag of their fertilizer, Sabafert, with them to give the Ideation team and the audience a glimpse of their product.
Watch their pitch video below.
