Barnabas Solomon
Habtamu Kapital
Kaleb Gigar
ABOUT US
NU Exchange is comprised of co-founders Barnabas Solomon, Habtamu Kapital, Kaleb Gigar, and Yohannes Gigar (not pictured). Having grown up in the same community, all co-founders wanted desperately to better their livelihoods while also helping their fellow countrymen and women; they shared a vision to create something impactful for Ethiopia as a whole.
OUR PRODUCT
NU Exchange was created as a way to create a digital marketplace for agricultural products, information and services. The team is developing a three tier platform which includes a data system, a virtual marketplace for agro-products (offer-bid matching), and am up-to-date expert advisory system for farmers.
OUR MARKET
NU Exchange targets small and commercial farmers, traders, processors, exporters, and any other key players in the agricultural value chain.
WHY NU EXCHANGE?
With the exception of ECX which enables trading of certain commodities, agricultural products in Ethiopia are not traded in a transparent or efficient way. In addition to this, there exists a huge gap in agricultural information. Through its system, NU strives to increase efficiency, agro-productivity, food security, export performance, agro-industrial processing, while also creating jobs.