{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"African Tech Roundup Podcast","title":"UNAJUA S4 EP2: Does access to certified inputs impact farmer success? feat. Karidas Tshintsholo","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":931,"description":"In this episode, South African agritech startup founder Karidas Tshintsholo addresses questions like What effect does access to certified inputs have on overall farmer success? and How can easier access to technical advisory & services improve yields?\r\n\r\nPrior to founding KHULA!, Karidas co-founded a South African media company called the Money Tree Group and is currently an Advisory Board Member of the Anzisha Prize for young African entrepreneurs.\r\n\r\nClick here (https://telbee.io/channel/uuatbnkraty1vn-nkazpcg/index.html) to leave us a 60-sec voice note with your reactions to any of the topics raised in the UNAJUA Series. (We will include some of your audio takes in future follow-up episodes.)\r\n\r\nUseful References:\r\nARTICLE: Winning in Africa’s agricultural market by Lutz Goedde, Amandla Ooko-Ombaka and Gillian Pais (McKinsey)\r\nREPORT: GSMA Mobile Economy 2020 by GSM Association\r\nARTICLE: E-commerce in Africa by Simona Varrella (Statista)\r\n\r\nPromo: In case you’re new to the UNAJUA concept, this is where we offer minimal actionable responses to important questions in 15 minutes or less. Do yourself a favour and check out some of our previous episodes— like this one featuring Derin Adebayo, a Nigerian researcher & analyst who shared his take on the question ‘What is driving the capital boom in Africa’s tech ecosystem?’\r\n\r\nImage credit: Mansado Louis (https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit)","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/wTDUhb1kfdVqc_mrE6iErzNBxf93XiLPsPKqDs3m-xg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kOGJi/MWMxMWNiYjRjOGVm/MjNhNDgxYzI3NjU0/N2ZlOC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}