MEST Africa Releases Five-Part Docu-Series that Maps the Path from Agricultural Challenges to Climate-Smart Solutions
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST Africa) has released Transforming Lives, Shaping Futures: AgTech in Ghana, a five-part docu- series now streaming on its social media channels. The series follow Complete Farmer, Agro Innova and Farmerline, AgTech Companies, as they equip smallholder farmers with digital tools that raise yields, open markets and build climate resilience across the country.
In 2022 Ghana imported roughly US $2.6 billion in food and farm products — a cost driven by low on-farm productivity, post-harvest losses of up to 50 percent, patchy storage and transport, and limited local processing. The series sets this backdrop in the fields, weaving on-site footage with voices of farmers, AgTech founders, sector experts and agronomists to show how home-grown AgTech is narrowing the gap: lifting yields, linking smallholders to new markets and building a climate-resilient, more self-reliant food system.
“By putting real farmers and founders side-by-side on screen, we show how technology grounded in local know-how can be both practical and profitable,” said Greg Coussa, Strategic Director at MEST Africa. “Climate change isn’t a distant forecast for Ghana’s farmers — it’s the weather they work in every day. This series proves that the same tech-and-talent partnership can turn climate risk into resilience, strengthening food systems for tomorrow while delivering prosperity today.”
Across the five episodes, viewers see technology applied in real time — from precision weather alerts that help farmers time their planting, to data-driven supply chains that shorten the road from field to market. The series shows that when locally built solutions meet the everyday realities of Ghana’s smallholders, the results are tangible: higher yields, steadier incomes, and farming practices that can withstand erratic rains and rising temperatures.
“Digital tools are finally giving Ghana’s farmers the information, markets, and predictability they’ve always needed,” said Desmond Koney, CEO of Complete Farmer, a MEST Portfolio Company. “Sharing our story through MEST’s docu-series lets us show — practically — how tech can turn daily challenges into stable, growing livelihoods for smallholders.”
Founded on the conviction that ‘talent is everywhere yet opportunity is not’, MEST Africa has spent more than 17 years turning that gap into growth — training over 2,000 tech entrepreneurs and backing 90-plus startups across fintech, healthtech, e-commerce, and now AgTech. ‘Transforming Lives, Shaping Futures: AgTech in Ghana’ carries that work to the farmgate, documenting how home-grown digital solutions are already helping smallholders boost yields, reach new markets, and weather a changing climate. All five episodes are live on MEST’s social channels, with wider distribution to follow on YouTube, national broadcasters, and international platforms.
About MEST Africa
Established in 2008, the Meltwater Foundation is the non-profit arm of the global media intelligence company, Meltwater. Its mission is to create job opportunities and drive economic growth in Africa through software entrepreneurship, primarily via the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST Africa). Based in Accra, Ghana, MEST offers a one-year, specialized tech entrepreneurial training program for top talent from over 22 countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Senegal. Additionally, MEST invests in early to growth-stage startups.
In 2020, MEST Programs was launched to forge partnerships with other foundations and organizations that share our goal of creating wealth and jobs in Africa through digital skills training and startup acceleration.
MEST Africa has trained over 2,000 entrepreneurs and invested in more than 90 startups across various industries throughout Africa.
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