University of Nairobi (UON) Student Mr Taita Ng’etich (left)
University of Nairobi (UON) Student Mr Taita Ng’etich is Kenya’s
nominee to the Global Student Entrepreneurship competition to be held
in Bangkok, Thailand.
Mr Ng’etich’s
agri-tech startup will be recognised for its low cost mobile phone text
based facility that enables farmers to construct affordable greenhouses
from locally available material.
The
competition which attracted 50 local startups seeks to reward startups
with a possible scaling up of projects for mass production of the
winning products.
GSEA chairperson
for Kenya Mr Jamie Pujara expressed confidence that Ng’etich’s startup
was a strong nomination as it showed ability of farmers to utilise the
product even in areas without electricity.
The
UON student will compete for the Sh40million jackpot among other prizes
on offer with his lluminum Greenhouses Kenya, an agri-tech startup that
uses solar-powered sensors to control temperature within the
greenhouses as well as collects data on temperature, humidity and soil
moisture.
The information is sent to
individual greenhouse owners via text messages allowing them to monitor
and regulate their greenhouses without having to be on the farm. The
farmers can then send back a short message triggering watering of plants
within individual greenhouses.
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