The next wave of food and nutrition companies will not expand farms in Europe or the US. They will outsource production steps to Africa.
This is more than sourcing coffee or moringa from Rwanda and Kenya. It is moving parts of the value chain to where crops grow.
Where regulation is stiff, innovation slows. The EU requires GlobalGAP, the US requires USDA Organic, with no harmonization. A Rwandan processor needs $80k working capital for three months, but banks still ask for land title.
The opportunity: test solutions here first. Zipline proved medical drones in Rwanda, then scaled globally. The same model works for food.
If standards and capital were aligned, which part of the value chain would you move to Africa first?
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