Microsoft and OCP Africa join forces for food security

By The Economist| On 03/10/2023 – 20:08 | Share

Microsoft, through its Africa Transformation Office, and OCP Africa announced at the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) on Friday a partnership to support smallholder farmers and other stakeholders across Africa by 2025.

OCP Africa, an African company that provides fertilizer solutions tailored to local conditions and the needs of soils and crops across the continent, is partnering with Microsoft to strengthen and expand its digital agriculture platform, it says. we in a press release. This platform improves the quality of farmers’ production and enables them to better manage their businesses. The partnership between the two companies will make it possible to quickly extend the agricultural platforms to new and existing geographical areas, thus improving the services offered and developing other new ones.