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The GSMA AgriTech Accelerator

Q: Call for Bids (Closed)

No open bids at the moment. Closed bids - Suppliers (either a single global supplier or several regional suppliers) to carry out Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) user surveys and related activities for up to 10 selected cohort members over a two-year implementation period. Download the Request for Proposal (RfP) document here. - User experience (UX)/user interface (UI) design suppliers (either a single global supplier or several regional suppliers) to support UX design research and provide capacity building for up to 10 selected as cohort members over a two-year implementation period. Download the Request for Proposal (RfP) document here. - Specialised investment and fundraising consultant to support the GSMA and the Accelerator cohort members with investment needs analysis, and organisational capacity building with respect to the fundraising journey and identifying opportunities for future fund-raising activities. Download the Request for Proposal (RfP) document here. Contact us at agritechaccelerator@gsma.com.

What is the GSMA AgriTech Accelerator?

The GSMA AgriTech Accelerator was implemented between 2023 and 2025 in Cambodia, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia.

The GSMA AgriTech Accelerator (‘the Accelerator’) was commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), as part of the Fund for the Promotion of Innovation in Agriculture (i4Ag) and carried out by the GSMA on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ). This initiative supported and fast-tracked the growth of innovative, revenue-generating digital agriculture solutions that improved smallholder farmers’:

Livelihoods
Financial inclusion
Climate resilience

The GSMA provided technical assistance for a period of two years to support the scaling of digital agriculture solutions. The following 9 cohort members benefited from a range of technical assistance tools, including targeted consulting from the GSMA team, user experience and product design / management support, farmer feedback surveys, access to GSMA events and insights and capacity building for investor readiness.

Focus areas

The Accelerator focused on digital agriculture solutions that leverage mobile technology to support improved livelihoods, climate resilience and financial inclusion for smallholder farmers, and enable equitable access for female farmers, young farmers and/or farmers with disabilities.

The digital agriculture solutions supported by the Accelerator operated in the following use cases:

Digital advisory
Agri digital financial services
Digital procurement
Agri e-commerce
Smart farming

Resources

To learn more about the AgriTech Accelerator’s achievements, lessons and impact, please read the report below.

AgriTech Accelerator: Lessons From Scaling Digital Agriculture Services

The report draws on practical experiences and robust data to explore what works in scaling digital agriculture from lessons on user-centred design, business models, partnerships, and investment readiness; provide insights into the impact of the digital agriculture services on farmers; and offer actionable recommendations for agritechs, donors, investors, and technical assistance providers.

Download report

A smiling woman in colourful clothing stands with a hoe in a green crop field under a blue sky. Large white text reads: "Agritech Accelerator: Lessons From Scaling Digital Agriculture Services." Logos for GSMA Mobile for Development and M4D are at the bottom.

Call for Bids (Closed)

No open bids at the moment.

Closed bids

– Suppliers (either a single global supplier or several regional suppliers) to carry out Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) user surveys and related activities for up to 10 selected cohort members over a two-year implementation period. Download the Request for Proposal (RfP) document here.

– User experience (UX)/user interface (UI) design suppliers (either a single global supplier or several regional suppliers) to support UX design research and provide capacity building for up to 10 selected as cohort members over a two-year implementation period. Download the Request for Proposal (RfP) document here.

– Specialised investment and fundraising consultant to support the GSMA and the Accelerator cohort members with investment needs analysis, and organisational capacity building with respect to the fundraising journey and identifying opportunities for future fund-raising activities. Download the Request for Proposal (RfP) document here.

The GSMA AgriTech Accelerator was funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and supported by the GSMA and its members.