WeFarm seeded $1.6m to connect small-scale and isolated farmers
WeFarm, a peer-to-peer network that uses a crowdsourcing model to helps small-scale farmers without internet access share agricultural information, has secured £1.3m ($1.6m) in seed capital, led by LocalGlobe, an investor in TransferWise and Zoopla. Launched in 2015 and operating in Kenya, Uganda, and Peru, WeFarm has over 100,000 registered users sharing more than 15 million pieces of information; it is targeting 100 million users in five years. The system relies on a SMS and a web-based network with machine learning used to connect questions and users. Revenues are generated by supplying actionable insights to governments, NGOs and businesses. 
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