To help young farmers of Sub-Sharan Africa maximize their productivity, FERMA, a web-based farming management software and a farmer’s market networking platform, was developed considering cultural, economic, and social factors.

Our goal is to create an efficient farming network and farming product’s marketplace in sub-Saharan Africa by connecting countries, regions, cities, and farmers to a potential of 500 to 10,000 customers in real time in their respective locations. We also aim to increase the pace of farming digitalization. The farmers have access to data analysis and training videos to learn how to optimize their revenues, improve their daily lives and their local economy.

There are roughly 33 million smallholder farms in Africa, and the farmers living there contribute up to 70% of the food supply. 50 days after launching the beta version of our web application, 646 farming operations across 14 countries enrolled in and began using it free of charge. We are ready to take the next step and register FERMA as a not-for-profit service.