Fintechs bridge financing gap for smallholder farmers

An intervention by Africa Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to support African insurers in providing risk solutions to smallholder farmers is beginning to yield results in Nigeria.

Access to finance, one of the biggest factors limiting agricultural productivity in Nigeria, is getting some innovative solution through a new breed of mostly technology start-ups that are revolutionising agricultural finance; helping farmers remain productive, and in many cases, scaling up their pr

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