Celebrating Our Triumph: CoAmana Takes Second Place at the SAIS Female Founder Award 2025
We’re thrilled to share that CoAmana has been named the second-place winner at the prestigious SAIS Female Founder Award 2025, a Pan-African recognition celebrating transformative women-led startups in agritech. The competition drew over 200 entries, and this honor is a testament to our team’s determination, vision, and impact At CoAmana, our mission has always been […]
CoAmana at the PricePally Impact Summit
IKEJA, LAGOS — May 23 2025 — Digital wholesale platform PricePally wrapped up its two-day PricePally Impact Summit on Thursday with a clear call to harness data and grassroots collaboration to unlock the productivity of Nigeria’s 38 million smallholder farmers. The summit gathered agritech founders, cooperative leaders, policy makers and financiers in Ikeja from 22–23 […]
Building Climate‑Smart Markets: How the GSMA Innovation Fund Supercharged CoAmana’s Impact
When the GSMA Innovation Fund selected CoAmana for its climate resilience portfolio in late 2022, our goal was clear yet ambitious: prove that a digital marketplace rooted in Africa’s traditional trade hubs could help farmers thrive in the face of harsher, drier seasons. Eighteen months later, the results speak for themselves—86,000 people reached, 21,000 smallholders […]
Market Spotlight: Miharati Market
Located in Kipipiri sub-county in Nyandarua, Kenya, Miharati Market is a vibrant rural marketplace that plays a vital role in the region’s agricultural economy. Founded in 2002, this market has grown steadily and is now connected to more than three farming communities, supporting over 10,000 farmers and traders. Its strategic positioning and close ties with […]
Building Stronger Connections In African Markets
Yakubu is a hardworking farmer in Jigawa State. Every week, he loads his bags of millet and groundnuts onto a borrowed motorcycle and travels to his local market—a dusty, bustling hub that has served generations before him. There, amidst the noise and activity, Yakubu sells his produce, sometimes trading hundreds of thousands of naira in […]
Village Capital Invests USD 500K in Coamana to Enhance Agricultural Market Systems Across Africa
We are thrilled to announce that Coamana has secured a USD 500K investment from Village Capital’s Reducing Inequalities Investment Facility. This funding will enable us to digitize trade across markets in Africa, boosting financial inclusion and empowering farming communities. With the backing of Village Capital and FMO’s MASSIF Fund, Coamana joins a distinguished group of […]
Making Local Trade Better: How We Can Improve Our Trade Networks
Coamana is like a helpful friend in our local markets, connecting farmers, market hubs, and folks who buy their goods in cool ways. To make our community grow stronger, our mission remains steadfast in leveraging technology to drive the evolution of local agricultural market systems and trade for greater efficiency, transparency, and equity. By making […]
Celebrating Our Local Markets: A Look Back at CSA Day’s Event
Last year in Kenya, we had an awesome event that wasn’t just a gathering – it was a big party celebrating local farmers, traders, and partners. This event aimed to connect rural farmers and trade networks to the urban atmosphere where we turned it into a lively showcase of community and smart farming. Imagine a […]
Women’s Economic Empowerment Project: Transforming Lives in Rural Communities
Micheal Schwall’s visit with all partners at Coamana’s office in Abuja. Supported by Bayer Foundation, the Women’s Economic Empowerment Project is dedicated to uplifting women, particularly those engaged in agriculture and its related industries, by enhancing their income and business capabilities. The project aims to address various challenges faced by women in agriculture and its […]
The Transformation of Wanjohi Market via Trade Support
One of the stalls in Wanjohi Market Located at the heart of Kenya, Wanjohi Market stands as a thriving trading center that vividly demonstrates the beneficial effects of trade support on the livelihoods of its traders. This dynamic marketplace has experienced a remarkable metamorphosis, all thanks to programs focused on enhancing the prosperity and economic […]