Monday 6 April, 2026
Synnefa is a smart farming solutions company providing holistic hardware and software to farmers to help increase crop yields, reduce losses and improve productivity. They are improving farmer livelihoods by providing tech solutions to address unpredictable weather patterns and harvest cycles which. This results in inconsistent incomes and affects access to traditional credit.
With the support of the GSMA, Synnefa integrates satellite imagery in ‘FarmCloud’ – a mobile-based farm management platform that provides real-time data on crop health and weather patterns to smallholder farmers in Kenya. Through a USSD interface, community engagement and training, FarmCloud is also providing soil moisture data, weather updates and agronomy support.
Synnefa is an organisation from the GSMA Innovation Fund for Anticipatory Humanitarian Action launched in 2022 backed solutions that leverage mobile digital technology to help anticipate potential humanitarian impacts and enable effective early response.
Download this case study to explore the project and its key achievements by using the download link at the top of the page.
The GSMA Innovation Fund for Anticipatory Humanitarian Action is funded by UK International Development from the UK government and is supported by the GSMA and its members.
