Bridgitte Evans-Pritchard

Pioneered agricultural tech solutions empowering small-scale farmers in Africa

Bridgitte Evans-Pritchard is a Ghanaian-Nigerian entrepreneur and founder of AgroCenta, an agricultural technology platform that connects over 2 million smallholder farmers across West Africa to vital market information, financial services, and climate-smart farming practices. Launching in 2015 but achieving significant scale between 2020-2023, her platform addresses food insecurity by creating digital marketplaces where farmers can access real-time crop prices, weather forecasts, and agricultural advice through SMS and mobile apps. This innovation has increased farmers' incomes by an average of 30% while reducing post-harvest losses by 40% according to UNEP reports.

Evans-Pritchard's work has been highlighted in Forbes Africa and recognized by the African Development Bank's Agri-Finance Challenge. She developed a unique farmer credit scoring system using agronomic data, enabling banks to provide previously inaccessible loans to 150,000+ farmers. Her 2021 TED Talk "How Tech Can Feed Africa" has over 2 million views.

During the 2022 UN Food Systems Summit, she proposed a continental digital farming framework adopted by 8 African governments. Her recent work focuses on blockchain-based supply chains to eliminate middlemen, directly connecting farmers to supermarkets in Lagos, Accra, and Abidjan. This system now handles $250 million in annual trade volumes, proving scalable solutions for Africa's food systems.

Evans-Pritchard's impact extends beyond tech - she created a farmer training academy producing 5,000+ certified agri-technicians annually. Her vision of a "digitally connected African farm economy" has inspired similar platforms in Kenya and Ethiopia. In 2023, she launched WomenCenta, a initiative specifically supporting female farmers who now represent 60% of AgroCenta's users.