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NVIDIA's Founder Says Farmers Should Absolutely Use AI
“If I were a farmer, I would absolutely use AI.”
That’s Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA.
And he's pointing to one of AI’s biggest untapped opportunities: Farming. It’s an industry facing mounting pressure to produce more with less and it’s still massively under-automated.
DIT AgTech brings AI, nutrition automation, and real-time data to livestock production, helping ranchers boost productivity and get more from every animal.
And it’s already proven in one of the world's toughest livestock environments:
500+ units deployed
370,000 head of livestock on the platform
Up to 55% higher daily weight gain
Now expanding into the U.S. and Brazil, DIT AgTech is targeting a 300M+ head cattle market. And the biggest barrier to adoption? Gone. Ranchers get the technology for free when they sign up for a three-year nutrition plan.
DIT AgTech can scale adoption faster, which means more data and more recurring revenue.
Invest before this early-stage opportunity gets harder to access.
𝘐𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘋𝘐𝘛 𝘈𝘨𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘊 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦: https://bit.ly/4bzuWCi
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U.S. Sells ex-Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh’s $3.5m maryland mansion and returns proceeds
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The United States returned about $2.5 million to The Gambia following the civil forfeiture and sale of a Potomac, Maryland mansion linked to former President Yahya Jammeh.
Purchased for $3.5 million through a trust established by Jammeh's wife using misappropriated public funds and bribe proceeds, the property was sold by US authorities for $2.65 million. The net proceeds of $2,507,911.73 will compensate victims of human rights abuses under The Gambia's Victims Reparations Act of 2023, addressing a fraction of the hundreds of millions Jammeh allegedly looted during his 22-year rule.
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BUSINESS · COMMODITIES & LOCAL FINANCING
World's Second-Largest Cocoa Producer Seeks $1.4 Billion Domestically
Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) opened formal capital-raise negotiations with domestic commercial banks and local institutional investors to secure $1.4 billion for cocoa crop financing, pivoting away from foreign offshore syndicate banks after three straight seasons of international debt shortfalls.
POLICY · CRITICAL MINERALS & STRATEGIC TRADE
U.S. Executes 3 Strategic Moves Across Africa's Mineral Belt to Secure Supply Chains
Washington announced three critical mineral initiatives through the USTDA, establishing a mineral investment framework with Nigeria, backing a copper-cobalt refinery pre-feasibility study in the DRC, and funding a regional hydropower expansion study along the Lobito Corridor across the DRC and Zambia.
POWER · METALS & INFRASTRUCTURE
Africa's Largest Economy Seeks Private Partners for $2.7 Billion Manganese Export Railway
South Africa transport ministry authorities issued private sector tender requests for a $2.7 billion heavy-haul rail and port project designed to connect inland manganese extraction basins directly to coastal deep-water export terminals.
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GEOPOLITICS & MIDDLE EAST TRADE
Middle East’s 2nd largest economy records $3.8 billion trade surplus as Egypt leads African trade
Saudi Arabia recorded a merchandise trade surplus of $3.83 billion in July, with Egypt emerging as its primary African trading partner and the only continental market featuring among Riyadh's top 10 export destinations and import sources. While oil remains central to Saudi export revenue, non-oil trade channels expanded across Red Sea maritime routes.
THE AFRICA ANGLE: North African exporters should leverage Red Sea trade routes and bilateral trade agreements with Saudi Arabia to secure stable foreign exchange earnings across Gulf markets.
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