Meet the 25 innovation teams of the AgriTech4Egypt bootcamp

Afrotym
Afrotym produces Waterbank, a pioneering organic soil moisture retainer developed from agricultural waste. Capable of absorbing and retaining adequate moisture in the soil for extended periods, Waterbank significantly reduces the need for constant irrigation in loose soils.

Agrican
Agrican revolutionizes Egyptian agriculture with advanced robotics and precision farming. By integrating sensors, drones, and AI analytics, Agrican provides precise data on soil health, pest management, and irrigation. This enhances productivity and sustainability, reduces waste, and boosts yields. The project also aims to reduce health impacts on workers, minimize harmful residues in crops, lower the carbon footprint, and decrease yield losses, creating positive environmental and health impacts while increasing profitability.

AgriEagle
AgriEagle is a sustainable smart integrated machine in irrigation powered by 33% solar panel efficiency, operating by AI and controlled remotely by IOT technology.

AgroVisioners
AgroVisioners is a revolutionary zero-carbon footprint farming system that leverages natural resources, alongside with cutting-edge AI and vertical farming technology.

Al Murunah
Al Murunah is a community-led, business-backed platform for smallholder farmers, especially women and youth, to: diversify and sustainably intensify production with agroecological practices; build on local niche crops including artichokes and tap into new value chains; improve access to agricultural inputs and services, and valorize farm by-products; and gain improved access to finance through revolving loans and access to market through crop contracting with private sector (Mozar3) partners.

Aqualife iFarms
Aqualife iFarms is a tech start-up, reshaping aquaculture for food security and the benefit of people, profit, and the planet. The AquaSmart System uses sensors, controllers, and a mobile app for real-time water quality, feeding, and environmental monitoring. It aims to empower communities by collaborating with farmers, cooperatives, and governments. Training programs have equipped 30 farmers with sustainable techniques, boosting livelihoods and the local economy.

CutiCoat
CutiCoat revolutionizes post-harvest management with eco-friendly edible coatings, minimizing losses and promoting sustainability. Using active components from agricultural waste, our solutions extend shelf life, tackling long-distance travel and storage challenges. By enhancing resource efficiency and sustainable farming, we support farmers with cost-effective alternatives, reducing waste and building a resilient food system.

Digital Farming and Precision Agriculture
The innovation in Digital Farming and Precision Agriculture utilizes GPS-guided tractors and machinery to control input application, reducing waste and optimizing resource utilization through variable-rate application.

Earth Observation for WEF nexus (EO-WEF)
Earth Observation for WEF nexus (EO-WEF) is a multi-sectorial information system that generates data for the different components of a generic nexus system. The application is powered by Google Earth Engine, a cloud computing platform that includes data archives of regularly updated earth observation and scientific datasets for more than 40 years. EO-WEF is developed with nexus thinking and aims at providing data in a user’s friendly manner.

Ecobees
Ecobees empowers beekeepers with smart monitoring devices via an IoT hive monitoring and an online marketplace for sustainable pollination and bee health.

EcoPeel
EcoPeel recycles banana peels into environmentally friendly materials such as nano-silica for construction and insulating coatings, organic fertilizers, biodegradable bags, and pulp paper using the latest modern technologies.

Everlend
Everlend offers smallholder farmers first-generation cereal seeds on credit, with repayment after harvest. Acting as a marketplace, the platform connects farmers with buyers for fair prices and provides training in climate-friendly farming practices.

Geneina
Geneina utilizes large-scale data models and machine learning to analyze essential farming parameters such as temperature, lighting, and humidity. Geneina's strategy focuses on establishing a network of high-tech micro-farms that enhance its data collection, helping them to understand the complex interactions between these variables.

GeoAgro-MiSR
GeoAgro-MiSR is a comprehensive digital solution that enables Egyptian small holder farmers achieve climate smartness, sustainable intensification and economic optimization under climate change and economic volatility.

Grade A Plus
Grade A Plus is dedicated to sustainability by upcycling sheep wool, reducing waste, and supporting local industries. Its SoilPlus pellets, derived from high-quality wool, enrich soil health for optimal crop growth. While blankets and roll insulation are in R&D, SoilPlus is ready for market, offering eco-friendly solutions for agriculture.

IrWise
IrWise utilizes cutting-edge technologies to enhance sustainable management of natural resources, smart farming, and precision agriculture. By integrating advanced hardware and software systems, IrWise aims to revolutionize how resources are utilized and managed, promoting environmental sustainability and economic efficiency.

Kadry Group
Kadry Group uses poultry feed additives that are healthy, organic, eco-friendly, locally-sourced, and 100% natural. These additives act as growth promoter, boosting growth by up to 50% and act as immunostimaulants without using chemicals or hormones. These are manufactured using the latest nanotechnology techniques.

KIPITFRESH
KIPITFRESH provides mobile solar powered cold storage systems for smallholder fruit farmers with a digitized platform that aggregates demand and supply allowing for B2B pre-orders.

Lamarckii
Lamarckii transforms traditional beekeeping with IoT remote sensors by leveraging Artificial intelligence, and Machine Learning for proactive hive health monitoring, management, and diseases detection, optimizing resource allocation, and maximizing efficiency.

Milkup
Milkup is modern herd management platform for dairy and beef farm. Milkup aims to transform the way dairy and beef farms are managed into a much more efficient, productive, animal-friendly, and eco-friendly manner.

Nina Energy
Nina Energy is an Ecuadorian start-up developing and deploying advanced thermochemical conversion systems for residual biomass across Latin America. Their proprietary technologies enable transforming agricultural and forestry residues into biochar for carbon sequestration, renewable energy production, and value-added biomaterials such as torrefied pellets

OZ-TECH
OZ-TECH introduces intelligent solutions to farmers and landowners through the development of farming robots and offering these products to the agricultural community as a financially accessible service. This aims to eliminate the impact of labor shortages on farmers in an economical and productive manner.

P-Vita
P-Vita is a Biotech Hub that uses recycled agricultural waste to produce patented technologies for manufacturing raw materials in the food and beverage and cosmetics industries.

RAI-TECH
RAI-TECH is the first local manufacturer in Egypt for smart irrigation system with three main objectives: using less water, promoting green practices, and rescuing struggling crops while increasing yield quality through an automated irrigation process.

ZR3i.com
ZR3i.com is a SaaS platform supporting smallholder farmers through digital technologies. It offers agricultural services such as climate data, soil analysis, and crop recommendations to enhance productivity, and connects farmers with financial services and government plans, aiming to make agriculture more efficient and data-driven​.

عملية الاختيار

المرحلة 1مارس 2024

الدعوة لتقديم الطلبات

سيتم فتح الدعوة لتقديم الطلبات لتحدي الابتكار AgriTech4Egypt في 14 مارس 2024 وتنتهي في 28 أبريل الساعة 23:59 (GMT+2).

المرحلة 2مايو 2024

اختيار 25 مرشحًا في قائمة المرشحين

سيتم اختيار 25 فريقًا، بما في ذلك 5 ابتكارات بقيادة المجموعة الاستشارية للبحوث الزراعية الدولية، على أساس إمكانية تطبيق حلولهم على سياق مصر، والأهمية العلمية للابتكار، وحداثته وفرادته، والاستدامة وقابلية التوسيع لنموذج الأعمال الخاص بالابتكار، وتقويم الفريق. سيتلقى المرشحون المختارون خبر اختيارهم عبر البريد الإلكتروني تؤكد اختيارهم ومشاركتهم في البرنامج التدريبي AgriTech4Egypt.

المرحلة 3مايو 2024

مايو المخيم التدريبي

تتم دعوة الفرق الـ 25 المختارة للسفر إلى مصر والخضوع لمعسكر تدريبي مكثف لمدة 4 أيام يتضمن رحلة ميدانية، والتوجيه الفني، والإرشاد التجاري، والتدريب على تقديم العروض التسويقية للتحضير ليوم العرض التقديمي في اليوم الأخير من المعسكر التدريبي.

المرحلة 4مايو 2024

إعلان المرشحين الـ 15 النهائيين

يختتم المعسكر التدريبي باختيار وإعلان أفضل 15 ابتكارًا تم اختيارها من قبل لجنة التحكيم AgriTech4Egypt، ومنحهم القبول في برنامج التسريع.

المرحلة 5يونيو – أكتوبر 2024

برنامج التسريع

يشارك أفضل 15 مبتكرًا في برنامج تسريع مدعوم بالكامل، يجمع بين التدريب على الأعمال التجارية والمساعدة التقنية العلمية والتمويل الذي يدعمهم في اختبار ابتكاراتهم والتحقق من صحتها والاستعداد لتوسيع نطاق عمل ابتكاراتهم.

المرحلة 6نوفمبر 2024

يوم العرض

يتم ختم برنامج التسريع رسميًا بيوم العرض النهائي حيث يتم منح المتأهلين الخمسة عشر الفرصة لعرض حلولهم على المستثمرين وخبراء الصناعة والشركات الزراعية والعلماء والمؤسسات الحكومية والشركاء.

كيف يتم اختيار الابتكارات

يتم تقييم الطلبات من قبل لجنة الاختيار بما في ذلك خبراء الصناعة الذين يمثلون المجموعة الاستشارية للبحوث الزراعية الدولية وشركاء المشروع.

تعتمد التقييمات على معايير محددة، يتم تقييم كل منها على مقياس من 1 إلى 5 (1 يشير إلى ضعيف و5 يشير إلى ممتاز).

  • قابلية التطبيق على سياق مصر: يجب أن يمتلك فريقك فهمًا شاملاً لقطاع الزراعة في مصر واحتياجاته وتحدياته المحددة، مما يدل على أن الحل الخاص بك مصمم خصيصًا ليناسب واحدًا على الأقل من المجالات ذات الأولوية.

  • الأهمية العلمية: يجب أن يكون الابتكار الخاص بك وتطبيقاته محددًا بشكل واضح ويتم التحقق من صحته علميًا مع وجود ارتباط واضح بمجالات تأثير المجموعة الاستشارية للبحوث الزراعية الدولية والمشاريع البحثية الجارية.

  • الحداثة والفرادة: يجب أن يقدم ابتكارك مفاهيم أو أساليب أو تقنيات جديدة تختلف عن الأفكار والممارسات الموجودة.

  • الاستدامة وقابلية التوسع: يجب أن يكون نموذج أعمال الابتكار قويًا ومستدامًا، يلبي احتياجات السوق بفعالية ويميز نفسه عن المنافسين في مصر و/أو منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا. وينبغي أن تكون مدعومة بأدلة موثقة عن حجم السوق، وقابلية التوسع، وقابلية التكرار، وقابلية النقل، والقدرة على منع المنافسين من تكرار الابتكار أو انتهاكه.

  • الأثر البيئي والاجتماعي: يجب أن يعالج الحل التحديات الاجتماعية والبيئية بفعالية، مع إحداث تأثيرات إيجابية وقابلة للقياس في هذه المجالات.

  • الفريق: يجب أن يتمتع فريقك بمجموعة مهارات متنوعة ومتكاملة، وأن يمتلك معرفة فنية أو علمية أو صناعية محددة. على فريقك أن يُظهر الشمولية والتفاني والالتزام بالأنشطة والفعاليت الخاصة بتحدي الابتكار.

Meet the Selection Committee

Who Selects Innovations

Amr Farouk
The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology of Egypt
Amr Farouk
The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology of Egypt

Assistant to President

Mohamed Wageih
PRIMA
Mohamed Wageih
PRIMA

Agrofood Project Officer

Sherief Kesseba
Climate Resilient Africa Fund
Sherief Kesseba
Climate Resilient Africa Fund

Managing Partner

Sunil Hemdev
Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
Sunil Hemdev
Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture

Seeds2B Relationship Manager

Naiera Khaled
Chemonics Egypt Consultants
Naiera Khaled
Chemonics Egypt Consultants

Senior Sustainability Consultant

Reem Al Saffar
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Reem Al Saffar
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

Trainee - Partnerships and Communication/Accelerate for Impact Platform

Sarah Dekhel
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Sarah Dekhel
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Research Officer - Water Productivity

Hassan El Saghir
ALEXBANK
Hassan El Saghir
ALEXBANK

Head of Small Business Unit​

Gianpiero Menza
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Gianpiero Menza
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

Senior Manager, Partnerships & Innovative Finance/Accelerate for Impact Platform

Amr Sabahy
SEKEM
Amr Sabahy
SEKEM

Director of the Agricultural Sector, Senior Agriculture Engineer

Shaimaa Helal
The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology
Shaimaa Helal
The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology

Director, Accelerator 101