Services
Farmer Cooperatives
Financing Partners
Smallholder Farmers
Trading Partners
Farmer Cooperatives
- Manage members
- Order farm supplies and services
- Improve governance
- Generate production forecast
- Access credit
Financing Partners
- Verifiable historical farmer data
- Lend across the value chain
- Reach unbanked customers
- Lower transaction costs
- Mitigate lending risks
- 100s Billion Naira lending opportunity
Smallholder Farmers
- Join a cooperative
- Order Farm Supplies
- Access Mechanization Services
- Access Credit
Trading Partners
- Access smallholder farmers directly
- Access analytics and predictive data
- List products in marketplace
- Improve service levels and boost sales
- Access credit
478
Happy Cooperatives
569
Active Services
365
Estimated Total Vendors
Meet Our Awesome Team
Leading change and innovation while making an impact in local African communities.
Bio
Harvard University trained entrepreneur, finance and engineering professional with over 20 years experience.
Read More Engr. Funmilola Ojelade
Country Director - Nigeria
Bio
Harvard University graduate entrepreneur, finance, and technology professional with over 20 years experience. A CPA, with agriculture family background.
Read More Bayo Jekayinfa
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Bio
President Obama, young African leader’s award recipient. Certified Microsoft innovative educator expert with a passion for youth development.
Read More Ayo Odeogbola
Project Director
Bio
Impact investor, technology, and public policy professional with an MBA and master’s degree in Public Policy from George Mason University, Virginia, USA
Read More Ausaf Salman
Public Policy & Technology Adviser
About
Safari Cities™ provides the broad value chain integration needs of smallholder farmers in rural communities. We’re focused on the Nigerian market with the possibility of expanding the model across Africa. Our strategy increases smallholder farmer’s profits by driving down input costs, increasing farmer yield, and linking the smallholder farmer to the market.
We drive down costs through advanced mechanization equipment sharing and scheduling technology, buyer bargaining power created by scale, and by stimulating the processing of farmer harvests (value addition) locally within the community. We increase smallholder farmer’s yield by enforcing farming best practices through pre-negotiated, trained, service provider partners. We provide entrepreneurial opportunities for the youth and women through targeted recruiting and by providing incentives for this subgroup on our platform.
Some of the bye-products of our processes are accelerated rural community development, financial inclusion of rural smallholder farmers and the reversal of rural – urban drift.
Partners
AATF
IITA BIP
Monsanto
NCAM