Standard Bank het onlangs aangekondig dat hy n’ aandeel van 25% in die digitale platform HelloChoice bekom het. Die proses om boere aanlyn te verbind met kopers vir hul produkte, het die afgelope paar jaar vinnig in die ekonomiese hoofstroom beland. Standard Bank het onlangs aangekondig dat hy n’ aandeel van 25% in die digitale […]
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South African agri-fintech startup HelloChoice has finalised a major investment from Standard Bank following several partnerships. The 25% equity deal with the bank will let the startup continue to operate its trading platform and promote market efficiency. “HelloChoice is spearheading the modernisation of agricultural trade as we digitise food production and trade, to help unlock […]
Agri-Fintech marketplace, HelloChoice, has just concluded a 25% equity deal with Standard Bank. The platform, created in 2018, links farmers and food producers directly with potential buyers. A significant boost for the three-year old company. “Standard Bank’s equity purchase in HelloChoice is part of the bank’s commitment to building agri-entrepreneurship and food security in the […]
Following the recent civil unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng that left many communities without access to basic staple food items, several agricultural organisations have joined forces to donate tons of food items to those in need. According to Kathy Hurly, programme manager at the KwaZulu-Natal Agricultural Union (Kwanalu), 4t of basic staple food items had […]
While more than 12 million people in South Africa are unsure where their next meal will come from, the nation has a net surplus of food. OneFarm Share brings together supply chain players to sell or donate their edible surplus food rather than dump or incinerate it. In eight months, the OneFarm Share initiative has […]
After witnessing the devastating effects of Covid-19 and hard lockdown, Tebogo Sebambo, who runs a small farming business situated in Tarlton, near Magaliesburg, Gauteng, wanted to make a difference in any that he could. Sebambo’s business, At Source Food Serv, grows baby vegetables such as baby carrots, cabbages, sugar snap peas and beetroot. However, as traditional market […]
Sebambo grows vegetables such as cabbage, sugar snap peas, carrots and beetroot. Tebogo Sebambo is part of a growing cohort of emerging farmers who have joined an online platform to share their produce with the needy to fight hunger and poverty. Sebambo, 36, the owner of At Source Food Serve – a smallholding farm in […]
The recent civil unrest has threatened food security in the parts of the country that were affected. To assist in providing citizens, who do not have access to food, Standard Bank has assisted in providing 80 tons of fresh food to communities in KwaZulu-Natal. Using the mechanism OneFarm Share, a programme founded by the bank […]
“We are staring down a humanitarian crisis,” says Lungisa Fuzile, Chief Executive of Standard Bank South Africa. “This is the first of a series of relief measure from Standard Bank. We believe it is our responsibility to help those who are suffering during this time of turmoil and will avail funds available as we understand […]
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