Bridget Owino

A Kenyan agricultural innovator revolutionizing food security through tech-enabled farming solutions

Bridget Owino is a visionary entrepreneur and engineer whose work in agricultural technology has made significant impacts across East Africa. As founder of GreenFields Africa, she developed an AI-driven platform that connects smallholder farmers with real-time market data, weather predictions, and soil analysis tools. This system has increased crop yields by 40% for over 15,000 farmers in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda according to a World Economic Forum report.

Her 2021 initiative 'Digital Seed Banks' created blockchain-based seed registries that protect indigenous crop varieties while ensuring equitable access. This work was highlighted in Nature Sustainability for its potential to combat climate change effects on agriculture. Owino's TEDx talk 'How Technology Can Feed Africa' has garnered 2.3 million views, inspiring a new generation of agri-tech innovators.

In 2023, she launched the Pan-African Farming Academy which provides free training in precision agriculture techniques. Over 300 graduates from this program now operate drone-based irrigation systems across 8 countries. Her collaboration with NASA's Harvest Program has led to satellite-based drought prediction systems implemented in 5 African nations.