The founder tackling Africa’s data scarcity problem

About this episode

Kate Kallot discusses her startup Amini AI and its mission to improve access to farming and environmental data in Africa.

We meet Kate Kallot, the founder and CEO of Amini AI, a startup working to make farming and environmental data easier to obtain across Africa and other emerging economies. The entrepreneur set up the company with the aim of improving access to reliable information, shaped in part by her family’s experience fleeing the Central African Republic after her grandfather, an Interpol agent, was assassinated. If you'd like to get in touch with the team, our email address is businessdaily@bbc.co.uk Presenter: Leanna Byrne Producers: Victoriya Holland and Niamh McDermott Business Daily is the home of in-depth audio journalism devoted to the world of money and work. From small startup stories to big corporate takeovers, global economic shifts to trends in technology, we look at the key figures, ideas and events shaping business. Each episode is a 17-minute, daily deep dive into a single topic, featuring expert analysis and the people at the heart of the story. Recent episodes explore the weight-loss drug revolution, the growth in AI, the cost of living, the economic impact of the war in the Middle East, and why bond markets are so powerful. We also feature in-depth interviews with company…

People in this episode

Host: Leanna Byrne

Guest: Kate Kallot

Topics covered

• data scarcity
• farming data
• environmental data
• Africa
• emerging economies
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• data scarcity
• Amini AI
• Kate Kallot
• farming data
• environmental data
• Africa
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amini AI

Places: Central African Republic

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