19. Matthew Piper and Karidas Tshintsholo
Vital Stats:
- Business: KHULA
- Industry: Agritech
- Business est: 2016
- Website: Khula.co.za
KHULA enables emerging farmers to combine their crops to create a larger supply and enable customers to purchase from one group “Our main aim is to give farmers access to market, and we’ve developed a platform and app to help them do just that, but we can’t work in isolation either,” says Matthew Piper.
“We have 104 farmers on the platform, and 26 customers, including Rocomama’s, Munching Mongoose and the Michelangelo,” says Karidas Tshintsholo.
Another feature of the app is that is assists farmers with their finances. “There are automatic financials, so the app tracks how much farmers have made. We have someone who has already made R500 000. The bank knows they have a regular income, so they can buy irrigations systems,” explains Tshintsholo.