How Albert Diouf Helps Senegal’s Farmers Increase Their Income with Agri-Foodtech Startup AfrikaMart
In this episode, meet Albert Diouf, the founder of AfrikaMart, an Agri-Foodtech Startup in Senegal, that is working on efficient ways to aggregate and move local produce all the while ensuring a significantly higher payoff for the smallholder farmers, supplying fresh local quality products to supermarkets in urban areas and using an integrated supply chain system to keep the system in flow.
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In the interview Albert shares how
- He started his entrepreneurial journey when studying in China
- How much of an impact the AfrikaMart model can have on farmers
- What some of their biggest challenges are
And what his advice for young people in Senegal is.
There is a lot of gold in this interview for budding entrepreneurs and change makers and we hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did.
And now, without further ado, enter Albert Diouf…
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Thomas
Thomas is initiator of Africax.org, co-founder of ecological sanitation company EcoToiletten, digital automation agency Strandschicht and the non-profit tackling youth empowerment YES Founders Foundation. He co-authored a book on Youth-led Changemaking and coaches entrepreneurs on resilience and mental well-being.
