AgriKonnekt

01/03/2022

STRENGTH OF PNG AGRICULTURE

- Main food source of Papua New Guineans
- Main source of cash income for the rural majority
- Decreases poverty level
- Enhances/supports rural living standards through commercial & subsistence farming
- Help build PNG economy
- Major contributor for development within PNG

[Source: Food & Agriculture in PNG]

23/02/2022

TECHINNOVATE 2021

The Agrikonnekt team had the honour and privilidge to be invited to attend and share our experiences and journey at the recent TECHINNOVATE event held Last December.

This is a annual event hosted by PNG DIGITAL ICT CLUSTER to g*ther and connect the tech fraternity and other interested stakeholders/parties to hear the latest developments and share the good work being done on Digital ICT Ecosystems development for PNG and the region.

Inset: Mr.Victor.Tekwie(Agrikonnekt Chief Technical Officer) giving a speech during the recent TECHINNOVATE event held at the Hilton Hotel.

Pc: Png Digital ICT cluster
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22/02/2022

More than half of the total population live within 5 km of a national road and a further 10% live within 10 km of a national road.
Considerably more also live
near a provincial or district road.
When roads were built in PNG, they usually went through
the most densely populated places.
This myth is fuelled by the fact that Port Moresby is not connected by road to any province, other than Central and
Gulf.
Unfortunately it is now true that many rural roads and bridges have not been properly maintained and many are impassable in wet weather.
This is asignificant limitation on agricultural production.

[Source: food and agriculture in Papua New Guinea]

22/02/2022

Our local rural economy is dominated by agriculture alone. About three quarters of our population depend on subsistence & commercial farming for survival.
Market access is also a huge problem faced by our rural farmers.Hence, Agrikonnekt is here to help connect our rural farmers with their potential clients 💯

29/09/2021

We are exited to share with you all an achievement which we are thankful of to have been nominated by lovely people who believed in our vision as a young ICT Startup just trying to use our gifts to help others be more effective, and also advance in that space. 💯😊
We are honoured to receive the ICT Startup Business of the Year 2021 Award of Excellence sponsored by Digicel🥳😊🔥🎉
Also, big shout out and congratulations to all 20 Award of Excellence recipients and keep doing the good work for an innovative future. 🔥🎉💯
This is truly a blessing! You must believe in yourself first 200%, so people will then believe in you too. ❤

14/07/2021

See you there 🔥💯

A snap shot of who you will see and what will be on display at the show this weekend.

We have about 50 displays from farmers & SME's including co-operative societies including 1 rural tech water-pump invention that does not require any power supply or fuel to operate it.

Among our corporate exhibits, our largest display will be Atlas Steel PNG Show Home Display Village, they will have a Kit Home on site for our showgoers to inspect.

Solar Solutions Papua New Guinea will also be promiting some of their products, suited to our rural communities.

Come along, the show will have some fun components too, and I'm sure you will enjoy the fresh produce from our backyard and our sea's.

29/06/2021

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29/06/2021

Smallholder producers | Supply Chain

Story approved by Sabeth Kongri

In a nation where semisubsistance agriculture and rural commercial farming is the spine holding up 25 % of the GDP in Papua New Guinea, there is still so much potential yet to be cultivated from this central pillar.

Meet Sabeth of Hagen, Western Highlands province. Sabeth is part of the supply chain that brings in bales of Kaukau and Potato via shipping all the way from the misty mountains of Hagen. A popular produce in every PNG household as well as in top hotel menu's. Made public knowledge last week during SME Week, Prime Minister James Marape mentioned that under GoPNGs connect program, they are looking to build roads that will connect Lae to Port Moresby to make trade more efficient and effective. But in the meantime, shipping and airfreight is the main hurdle in bringing produce from outsider centers into Port Moresby for commercial farmers and smallholder producers.

"Demand stap so mipla kisim kam. Na too, mi g*t pikini stap lo University so displa em rot ba mi supportim em",

Sabeth told our AGK Team with a smile when asked why she ships in kaukau and Potato all the way from hagen instead of selling other produce that can be grown within the city.

When faced with challenges such as lack of customers and delay in arrival, stealing of produce and food spoilage is a direct result for them as farmers and they really feel the pinch cost-wise, Sabeth mentioned.
The challenges and struggle to bring in consistent produce, and in large quantity to fill in the nation's food basket is tough especially when doing logistics through shipping.

Despite the challenges, bales are still sold to retailers and vendors to be distributed to various markets within Port Moresby so you too can enjoy a piece of beautiful mountain Hagen.

Story captured by AGK Team, Port Moresby.

25/06/2021

SME BUSINESS BREAKFAST |
Closing an exciting SME Week and SME Business Breakfast with Prime Minister James Marape. 🔥

For Agrikonnekt, walking away with a bag full of positives was a blessing. Building great networks, receiving a world of insights and most importantly hearing the entrepreneurial testimonies from the horses mouth was a wealth of an experience! Perseverance, consistency and energy where among many valuable lessons learned.💯😊

Learning from the best in the space, prominent figure and president of the Micro-Small to Medium Enterprise (MSME) Council of PNG, Des "Yes" Yaninen was an absolute honour for Team Agrikonnekt.

Truly an inspirating and empowering figure to upcoming entrepreneurs in their space and especially reminding us of the reality that many a times budding entrepreneurs overlook the value of key attitudes such as CONSISTENCY and BEING FOCUSED especially when the going gets tough. 💯💯💯

Insert:(L-R):
Des Yaninen (president of the Micro-Small to Medium Enterprise (MSME) Council of PNG), Victor Tekwie (AGK CTO), Edward Krau (AGK CSMO).

23/06/2021

It is all about NETWORKING, building RELATIONSHIPS & being PRODUCTIVE.

"We need to upskill our own people and invest more in developing our productive capacity in our rural communities to better enhance the lives of our people."(Hon.Allan Bird)

Team AGK (Agrikonnekt) had the opportunity of meeting EAST SEPIK governor Hon.Allan.Bird at the APEC Haus during the SME WEEK festivities.Good times ahead 💯





Inset(L-R):Mr.Edward.Krau (AGK Chief Sales & Marketing Officer), Hon.Allan.Bird(ESP Governor),Mr.Victor.Tekwie (AGK Chief Technology Officer),Mr.Mathew.Isifu(President of ESP Chamber of commerce)

18/06/2021

See you there at the SME PM's breakfast on Friday 25th of June at the APEC Haus 💪🔥💯