How a young Tanzanian farmer built promising poultry tech startup

The agritech entrepreneur behind Fuga App, Brayan Kimaro (left) and his farm manager, Lameck Mbise. PHOTO | COURTESY

Dar es Salaam. In 2021, in Arusha, a young man named Brayan Kimaro stood on his poultry farm staring at a coop full of half-grown chickens.

The chickens were still short of the right weight for selling, and yet, the feed had run out; worse still, he had no money left.