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 […]
Mapping Change: What UNDP Learned from a Participatory Pilot with CoAmana
Between November 2023 and March 2024, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Gates Foundation undertook a participatory Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) pilot with CoAmana, a technology firm that supports traditional agricultural markets in West and East Africa. The exercise aimed to test a joint diagnostic framework that captures five structural drivers of market performance—Resilience, Inclusiveness, […]
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 […]
Deepening Market Connections: A Sit-Down with CoAmana’s CCO.
Recently, Maureen Unogu sat down with Adanama, CoAmana’s Chief Commercial Officer, for a candid conversation about her journey, the complexities of traditional markets, and what it takes to lead with clarity and impact. From trust to tech, they unpacked how CoAmana is bridging the gap between tradition and transformation across Africa. See the transcript of […]
CoAmana at the Small Foundation Gathering
February 24-25, 2025 | Nairobi, Kenya Small Foundation recently hosted its annual partner gathering in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing together a diverse group of investors, network managers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs in Africa’s SME space. The event aimed to address the unique challenges facing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on the continent and explore innovative solutions for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Demolition in Area 1 Market, Abuja: The Impact on Businesses
Demolished parts of Area 1 Market, Abuja, Nigeria. Area 1 Market has long been the bustling center for general traders and small to medium scale businesses. Some of these businesses have seen a transformation unfold (the demolition of parts of Area 1 market) in recent weeks that has changed their daily lives. Let us look […]