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Navigating the Nut Sector: How Digitalization is Cracking Old Challenges
As the COO of eProd Solutions, I work closely with nut producers and exporters across Africa. Our clients, from established processors to emerging farmer cooperatives, face a common set of obstacles. One of the most significant is the intricate network of brokers and middlemen. While these intermediaries play a role
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ArticlesNavigating the Nut Sector: How Digitalization is Cracking Old Challenges
As the COO of eProd Solutions, I work closely with nut producers and exporters across Africa. Our clients, from established processors to emerging farmer cooperatives, face a common set of obstacles. One of the most significant is the intricate network of brokers and middlemen. While these intermediaries play a role
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ArticlesPowering African Agribusiness in the Face of Crisis and Complexity: The Story of Two Landmark Training Programs
In the midst of unprecedented global disruption, eProd Solutions, in partnership with Buhler Limited and with support from DEG, launched two of the most impactful free training programs the African agricultural sector has seen: the Africa Grains Online course and its vital extension, Market Compliance Online. This is the story of how these initiatives empowered over 1,600 commodity traders and food processors to navigate the storm of a pandemic and the complexities of new European trade regulations, turning existential threats into opportunities for growth.
ArticlesDigitalizing Africa’s Poultry Sector: How eProd Unlocks Finance, Efficiency, and Growth
ArticlesDigital Supply Chain Software for Managing Smallholder Farmers in Africa
Almut van Casteren ran a spice export business in Kenya with her husband Jan Willem for years. At the time, she had no idea that a by-product of their spice operations — a software system — would eventually offer a solution for agricultural supply chains across Africa. That software became the core business of the van Casterens, who founded the start-up eProd in 2015. Today, eProd has grown into a scale-up operating in 22 African countries. In this interview, van Casteren talks about their market entry.
ArticlesThe EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is more than a policy — it’s an alarm bell for global supply chains. But as the European Commission proposes a second delay, we must ask: do we jump out of bed and act, or press the snooze button and drift back into uncertainty?
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