We have partnered with ovacado farmers in Tanzania and developed a commodity selling platform that over 2000 farmers used as a virtual commodity selling centre for their produce.
The farmers could just dial a number and record voice messages on the platform in which other residents around the farmers’ communities could call in and either listen in to other business announcements or record their own depending on their interest at the time.
In this case, those who called to listen in were ovacado buyers who relied on the information they got on the platform to locate the farmers,know their quantities for sale and their prices.Through the platform, over 23,000 ovacados have been sold by the small holder farmers.
This services was designed and piloted to help the farmers scale up their revenues more seamlessly and in a shorter time.