News

 
2019

DisruptAfrica,

2018

Digital,

The weather forecast of the Swedish meteorologist wants to save the harvest for millions of farmers

The Guardian,

Nigeria’s future brighter with ICT

Securing Water For Food,

Mobile Weather Forecasts – Ignitia AB

Business Insider,

This Swedish entrepreneur is helping 330,000 African farmers boost crop yields using their phones

Impactalpha,

Ignitia secures early funding to alert small farmers to weather changes

Telecompaper,

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9mobile ties up with Ignitia to launch Iska Weather
Swedish tropical weather forecasting startup Ignitia raises $1.1 million

TechEU,

Impact Fund, FINCA Ventures backs African Start-ups.
Africa-focused weather forecasting company raises US$1.1m funding

ITWebAFRICA

Daily Graphic,

4 Ghanaian Social Enterprises shortlisted for Nestle 2018 CSV Prize
Will AI be a bane or boon for global development?
Ignitia secures funding from FINCA Ventures

UNDP,

Nordic9,

9mobile empowers farmers, event planners with weather forecast service

Vanguard,

9mobile empowers farmers with weather forecast service from Iska

TechDotAfrica,

Financial Times,

Impact investing plants seeds of growth for small-scale farmers
2016

The Guardian,

Being a woman business owner offers unusual challenges but great reward

Virgin, 

How better weather forecasts can boost farmer incomes by 80%

United Nations Development Program,

UNDP and Impact Hub Announce 5 International Finalist in Accelerate 2030

FastCo. Exist, 

How Rain Forecasting via Text Can Help Farmers in the Developing World

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership,

Sustainable Living: Unilever Young Entrepreneur Awards

Yale School of Management,

Global Social Entrepreneurship Teams Consult with Social Impact Startups in Ghana

MIT IDE,

2016 MIT IDE Inclusive Innovation Competition Finalists

CTA, 

Top 20 Innovations that Benefit Smallholder Farmers: Guidebooks

Better Business Podcast with Tom Idle,

Episode #1 - Ignitia - Who knew an accurate weather forecast could change lives?

GSMA,

Weather forecasting and monitoring: Mobile solutions for climate resilience

ICT Update,

Enabling User-Inclusive Innovation in African Agriculture

Business Fights Poverty,

Spotlight: Meet Liisa Petrykowska, Managing Director of Ignitia

Emmerging Innovation,

In Conversation with Lizzie Merrill, Project Manager at Ignitia

Invest Stockholm, 

Finding solutions to global challenges
Innovators Utilize Highly Accurate Weather Modeling to Conserve Water

AgriLinks (Feeding the Future),

SciDev Net,

Mobile app for rain forecasts raising farmers’ yields
Text-Message Weather Forecasts for African Farmers

Impact Design Hub,

Spore CTA, 

A New Opportunity for the Agricultural System, pg. 14

Imagine H2O,

Imagine H2O Water Data Challenge Finalists Announced

Business Times Africa, 

Africa: Mobile App for Rain Forecasts Raising Farmers' Yields

iAfrikan, 

This Hyperlocal Weather Forecast Service Is Helping Afrikan Farmers Improve Their Yields
Ignitia aids farmers in West Africa with weather prediction

West Africa Wire,

Pulse Nigeria,

This hyper-local weather forecast mobile delivery service is helping farmers improve harvests
10 Startups Selected as Water Data Challenge Finalists

Sustainable Brands,

2015

Cartier Chairtable Foundation, 

Reaching the last mile with SMS

Changemakers,

Ignitia : Revolutionary weather algorithm taking the guess-work out of small-scale farming

European Commission,

Tropical Weather forecasting: Groundbreaking Technology

Feeding the Accelerator, 

Today, Feeding the Accelerator features Ignitia’s forecast technology to help farmers

Ghana News Agency,

MTN Supports 'Kobine Festival'

Global Innovation Exchange,

Global Innovation Exchange,

Ignitia: Revolutionary Tropical Weather Forecasts
Mobile Weather Forecasts

Indigo Trust,

Forecasting, Farming and Food

The Guardian,

Inclusive business key to the new global development agenda

The Guardian,

Daily weather forecasts sent via SMS are transforming farmers lives in West Africa

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research,

Saving Famers Money in Tropical West Africa

United Nations Development Progam,

Using SMS texts to provide weather forecasts for small farmers in West Africa