Lagos, Nigeria, August 25, 2025
Nigeria’s farmlands are getting a digital upgrade as young innovators deploy technology to tackle age-old agricultural challenges.
In Jos, IT analyst Dandam Nangor has turned to AI powered sensors from local startup Green Eden to monitor his greenhouse. The result is a 20 percent boost in pepper yields. Similar tools are being deployed nationwide by startups like Thrive Agric and FarmCrowdy, which use AI and satellite imagery to connect smallholders with financing, data, and markets.
Training is also underway. The National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) is rolling out agri tech programs across six geopolitical zones, while the Global Youth AgriTech Network is mentoring young entrepreneurs.
Youth led companies are reducing food waste too. Ecotutu and ColdHubs offer solar powered cold storage, while urban farms in Lagos and aquaponics systems in Abuja bring fresh food closer to city markets.
Scaling efforts are backed by the AFEX Commodities Exchange, which has supported over 500,000 farmers through its digital platform, ComX. A recent $1 billion Nigeria Brazil agreement promises more mechanization and training.
Symbolically, Nigerian space scientist Temidayo Isaiah Oniosun sent egusi seeds to the International Space Station this month, highlighting how tradition and technology can meet on a global stage.
With drones, data, and solar power reshaping farms, young Nigerians are rewriting agriculture’s story, making it modern, profitable, and climate smart.