Kepya: How Marcio Castro and Arão Guerreiro help Angolan Farmers with Reliable Offtake and Logistics

<p>Meet <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcio-semblano-e-castro/" target="_blank">Marcio Castro</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/araoguerreiro/" target="_blank">Arão Guerreiro</a> co-founders of <a href="https://kepya.co.ao/" target="_blank">Kepya</a> , an online market place that connects farmer directly with offtakers and freight companies and helps them to get higher prices for their produce and farm with increased predictability. </p> <p>In the interview Marcio and Arão share </p> <ul><li>How they came up with the idea for the venture</li><li>How they tested the model for Kepya and matched their first farmer with an off taker </li><li>What challenges they faced on their journey and how they overcame them </li><li>And what their advice for young Angolans is</li></ul> <p>They also share a lot of insights around the challenges farmers face and how the solved the challenge of getting smallholder famers to use technology and actually work through the Keypa online platform. </p> <p>There is a lot of good stuff in this interview and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. </p> <p>And now, without further ado, enter Marcio and Arão. </p>