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NAIROBI, Kenya – December 11, 2025 — Antugrow (@Antugrow) has been named WINNER of the 2025 Africa Earth Observation Challenge, announced yesterday at the inaugural Kenya Space Innovation & Investment Forum! This recognition celebrates our work transforming agricultural finance across the continent - proving that African innovation can solve African challenges at scale. The Africa Earth Observation Challenge (AEOC) is a continent-wide competition spotlighting startups using Satellite and Earth observation data to address critical problems across agriculture, climate, infrastructure, and beyond. It strengthens Africa's emerging space economy by transforming Satellite data into tangible products, jobs, and climate-resilient solutions while celebrating the innovators driving this transformation across the continent. For Antugrow, this win affirms our vision and reinforces our mission to make agricultural finance fairer, smarter, and more data-driven. This year's finals were hosted at the inaugural Kenya Space Innovation & Investment Forum - the first national platform uniting government, investors, researchers, and innovators to accelerate space-driven economic growth. A historic moment for Kenya's space sector and a powerful stage for African innovation. Immense gratitude to the @AEO_Challenge for this honour, and for the vital work being done to reshape Africa's space future. Deep appreciation to the @SpaceAgencyKE, @ESA, @RIIS_Innovate, and @ViffaConsult for their exceptional efforts in organizing KSIIF and the AEOC pitching event. Onwards! Building Africa's agricultural future from the ground up, powered by space. 🚀 Ad Astra! #AEOC2025 #KSIIF #SpaceTech #AgriTech #Antugrow

Today, I had the honor of meeting H.E. Ambassador Peter Munyiri at the Kenya High Commission in New Delhi, India, together with @BasedKago. We discussed Antugrow’s current growth trajectory, our roadmap for scaling agricultural intelligence infrastructure, and the parallels we see with India’s evolving tech ecosystem. Lots of exciting work ahead! The time is now to scale African Agriculture. Journey with us to the new frontier.🚀

Our team was greatly honoured to meet H.E. Amb. Peter Munyiri, at the Kenya High Commission in New Delhi today! Discussed how @Antugrow is building infrastructure for seamless data driven finance for farmers. We appreciate the support from @KenyaDelhi of our vision to connect farmers to global capital. It's still day 1.

Namaste Bharat!

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After an incredible chapter leading Base builder growth in East Africa, it is an honour to share that I am transitioning back to my roots as Founder and CEO at @Antugrow, an onchain credit scoring platform for farmers built on Base. This move comes at an exciting time as we continue to innovate at the intersection of agritech, blockchain, and sustainable farming for farmers across Africa. It has been a pleasure to spearhead initiatives that have truly accelerated the onchain economy in the region. Over the past year, we have achieved remarkable milestones; from organizing 25 meetups across 9 cities in East Africa, to launching the Based Founders Fellowship - Africa with founders who have processed over $1.5B in transaction volumes. I am grateful to have worked with all builders, and thankful for the support from @jessepollak, @xenbh, @sir_damilare, @deriq_eth, @saxenasaheb, and the broader Base team. These accomplishments have not only onboarded East Africa to @Ethereum but have also laid a strong foundation for builders to scale globally via Base Chain. Derrick is now taking the momentum continent-wide, and I am excited to see what comes next! I'm also thrilled to share that my co-founder Brian @papyrusleaf, who has been leading as CEO since I joined Base, and has done an outstanding job steering the ship, will be Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Antugrow as we enter our next stage of scale and execution. In this new role, Brian will continue the exceptional work he has excelled at in shaping @Antugrow's ecosystem, now with an even broader focus on advancing our operational excellence while driving capabilities in machine learning (ML), space intelligence (leveraging satellite and Earth Observation data for precision agriculture and enhanced credit scoring), and other cutting-edge technologies to drive greater impact for farmers. With the momentum from Base, I am happy to scale Antugrow’s impact as the credit infrastructure for agriculture connecting farmers to capital. Still championing @Base. Just doing it from the builder's side now. ⚡

Antugrow featured in this week's Op-Ed by @MathaiWanjira highlighting our contribution to innovation with confidence, and purpose.

Happy New Year from Antugrow!

We at @Antugrow are proud to be the winner of the Africa Earth Observation Challenge 2025! It's an honour to be recognized for the work we are doing in rethinking Africa's agricultural financing infrastructure - and a strong signal that we must continue creating real value for Africa, by Africans. Do or do not, there is no try!

@STARVISION_cn, @Antugrow Partner to Bring Satellite and Blockchain Tech to African Farmers viaportal.xyz/starvision-ant…

Antugrow Wins 2025 Africa Earth Observation Challenge at Kenya’s First Space Innovation Forum Read more: techrift.africa/blogs/antugrow…

Congratulations to @Antugrow for the huge win. #AEOC2025 #TechNews #Web3

Congratulations to @Antugrow from Kenya for winning the Africa Earth Observation Challenge 2025! #AEOC2025

Congratulations to @Antugrow from Kenya for winning the Africa Earth Observation Challenge 2025! #AEOC2025

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@Antugrow @STARVISION_cn @BasedKago @papyrusleaf Love seeing Open Campus S1 founders win!

Antugrow Partners With @STARVISION_cn To Advance AI & Space Tech In Agriculture! We're thrilled to announce our official partnership with STAR.VISION Aerospace (@STARVISION_cn) - bringing cutting-edge satellite technology and space-based AI to Kenyan smallholder farmers! This collaboration integrates STAR.VISION's advanced satellite capabilities with our farm advisory and agri-intelligence platforms to drive food security research, expand market access, and turn data into actionable insights for resilient agriculture. We officially kicked off this partnership at the Inaugural Wangari Maathai Hackathon in Nairobi - an innovation sprint honoring Professor Wangari Maathai's legacy. The hackathon challenged brilliant young engineers, creatives, and advocates to build tools to protect forests, visualize environmental data, and drive community-led climate action. Antugrow has also joined the Oriental Membership Club, gaining access to premium satellite imagery to further our mission of transforming smallholder farming in Kenya. What this partnership means for our users: 1. Even faster actionable agricultural insights powered by space-tech and AI 2. A more robust API service for developer focus and B2B clients 3. Antugrow's leading industry mentorship and capacity building 4. Real environmental protection and sustainability impact With @STARVISION_cn, we are democratizing space-based intelligence and solving real challenges for African farmers today! #Antugrow #Agritech #SpaceTech #ClimateAction #FoodSecurity #Kenya #SmallholderFarmers #Innovation #Sustainability #WangariMaathai #STARVISION #SDGs

Congrats to Msitu Bora, 3rd place winners! 🌿🏆 Their real time monitoring system for Kakamega Forest combines satellite data, IoT sensors & blockchain to detect threats early and protect biodiversity. #WangariMaathaiHackathon #TeamGBM

Congratulations to Jua Msitu, the first place winners of the #WangariMaathaiHackathon🏆 They built a tool that turns complex environmental data into real-time forest health insights, helping rangers & communities act faster to protect our forests. #TeamGBM

Congrats to Green Future Society, 2nd place winners! 🌿🏆 Their AI WhatsApp bot turns citizens into real-time forest guardians reporting environmental crimes instantly & anonymously. #WangariMaathaiHackathon #TeamGBM

An icon that’s been highly requested. A baddie who had green thumbs, that branched into a Nobel Peace prize. Her ‘’little thing” taught us to take care of our environment. Whose story do you think we’re retelling? #tooearlyforbirds