BizyTech

The company

Bizy Tech’s platform optimises farming practices, enhances productivity, contributes to food security and improves farmers’ incomes.

Problem

In Tanzania, agriculture accounts for 26% of GDP and involves 80% of households. In Dodoma and Singida, 67,000 smallholder farmers are facing the impacts of climate change, including unpredictable weather and increased temperatures, which lower productivity and degrade soil, worsening food insecurity. Limited access to financial services intensifies these challenges.

GSMA project

In March 2024, Bizy Tech received a GSMA grant to strengthen its KILIMO BaNDO digital marketplace by launching KILIMO BORA, an AI-powered agronomy advisory module. Kilimo Bora delivers personalised, real-time, weather-triggered farming insights via mobile app, SMS and USSD. Through KILIMO BORA, farmers receive actionable, location-specific recommendations on soil health, input use and crop management, helping them to build resilience and increase productivity. KILIMO BaNDO combines these advisory services with access to quality inputs, financial services and markets, creating a holistic platform to support rural agricultural transformation.

Traction

• As of March 2025, more than 36,000 farmers have active subscriptions, receiving continuous tailored advice on demand.  Just over 23,000 subscribers are women farmers.
• Farmers adopting advisory practices have increased productivity by up to 31%, with monitoring showing that more than 60% have changed at least one key farming behaviour (particularly fertiliser use and the timing of planting).

Founders

From left to right: Mahmoud Hamis Shoo and  Rahim Hamza Shoo

From left to right: Adriano Domick Luboja and Alphonce Shoto Joseph Shija

From left to right: Yethroy Jerome Ngaunje  and Yohana Edward Lyanga

A message from the founder

“The transformative potential of technology is reshaping agriculture, rendering it both accessible and efficient. KILIMO BORA stands for our unwavering commitment to empowering farmers and laying the foundation for a sustainable future. In its essence, KILIMO BORA embodies BizyTech’s overarching vision: a digitally empowered agricultural ecosystem that catalyses positive change within farming communities.”

-Mahmoud Hamis Shoo

Team