Global Supply Chain Mobile App

Digitizing farmer group engagement from contract negotiations, planting and collecting through a smart, simple app that works whenever you need it, whether online or offline.

Step 1: Design with User Insights

Focused on asking open-ended questions about the process of negotiating, harvesting and getting paid during the selling season. Found a number of painpoints around trust in communication, weighing accuracy and immediate cash payments at the farm-level.

Step 2: Build an MVP

Translated farmer and agent interviews into mockups for MVP build. First version was simple and matched our requirements.

Step 3: Collect User Feedback

Step 4: Iterate and Improve

Farmers in developing countries have an opportunity to supply the highly-demanded tropical fruits and vegetables to the world. In order for buyers to feel comfortable with the quality and farmers to get recognized for that, Annona addresses this problem.

Features

• International Traceabiliy
• Highly Customizable Company Settings, including permissions
• Android Application for Agronomist
• SMS communication between farmers and buyers
• Marketplace with public profiles for all stakeholders
• Payment capability direct to mobile money accounts

Impact

• 25,000 Farmers
• 100 Users
• Built from 2017
• Developed in Nairobi

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Global Supply Chain Web Application

Tracing fresh produce from farm to consumer, around the world!

Start with the Problem

We first asked farmers in rural Kenya who sell their produce to exporters, then onto international markets, what challenges they have in those interactions.

Step 1: Design with User Insights

The result was a mixture os.

Farmers in developing countries have an opportunity to supply the highly-demanded tropical fruits and vegetables to the world. In order for buyers to feel comfortable with the quality and farmers to get recognized for that, Annona addresses this problem.

Features

• International Traceabiliy
• Highly Customizable Company Settings, including permissions
• Android Application for Agronomist
• SMS communication between farmers and buyers
• Marketplace with public profiles for all stakeholders
• Payment capability direct to mobile money accounts

Impact

• 25,000 Farmers
• 100 Users
• Built from 2017
• Developed in Nairobi

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Sprout Insure Resilience Agent App

Agent application to support farmers to register and buy climate insurance.

Sprout Insure is an insuretech startup that builds resilience against climate change for farmers by insuring extreme weather events. The Sprout Insure agent app allows farmers to register and get covered with the help of a field agent.

Features

• Personalized farmer list
• Sales commission calucator
• SMS communication between farmers and insurance company
• Geolocation and GPS picker

Impact

• 2,500 Farmers
• 1,200 Users
• Built from 2020
• Developed in Nairobi

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Blockchain App by Sprout Insure Resilience

Places climate crop insurance policies on Ethereum smart contracts.

Listen to your users

They have so much to show you and tell you from years of experience both in the good times and the challenging time.

Pilot an MVP

We have placed over 1,000 farmers climate insurance policies on blockchain smart contract to build trust and transparency between farmers and insurance companies in order to protect farmers from the impacts of climate change.

Sprout Insure Resilience builds trust with smallholder farmers by processing claims through automated and transparent Ethereum smart contracts. After policies are paid for through mobile money accounts, Sprout places contracts on smart contracts that follow a weather oracle throughout the season. When weather triggers occur, the smart contract enables payment direct to mobile money.

Features

• Create new policies
• Manage proof of payment (mobile money or bank transfer)
• Calculate payout based on weather conditions
• Communicate with the Sprout Insure Resilience website

Impact

• 1,000 Policies
• 1 Season
• Built from Fall 2020
• Developed in Nairobi

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