Rabat – OCP Africa, a subsidiary of Morocco’s leading phosphate and fertilizer giant OCP Group, has partnered with Microsoft’s Africa Transformation Office to strengthen food security in Africa.

Announced at the 5th United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC5) in Doha, Qatar, The partnership aims to support smallholder farmers and other agricultural stakeholders across the continent by2025. increase.

OCP Africa works with technology companies to expand its digital agriculture platform by integratinginnovative technologies such as cloud and agricultural data platforms.

The platform helps farmers improveproductivity while helping them manage their business. It also ensuresaccess to products and agricultural services and facilitates communication with stakeholders. Additionally,this collaboration will provide an opportunity for OCP Africa to explore the use of big data, machine learningand artificial intelligence (AI).

Wael Elkabbany, General Manager, Microsoft Africa Cluster, said:

For Elkabbany, technology is “a key enabler to enable and improve access to finance, equipment andsustainability for rural farmers and to empower local farmers in Africa.”

He believes that OCP Africa and his Microsoft partnership will have a direct positive impact on smallholderfarmers and improve agricultural production.

Africa’s agriculture is in a “moment of transformation”, said Mohamed Anouar Jamali, CEO of OCPAfrica, highlighting the unique opportunities facing farmers and the industry as a whole.

He explained that the digitization of agricultural practices would help small farmers streamline theirdecision-making, which he argued would streamline production. “The partnership between OCP Africa andMicrosoft will enable us to expand our service offerings, expand our digital platform, extend our reach andhave an even greater impact on food security across the continent,” concludes Jamali. .

The partnership comes at a time when the African continent is facing looming food insecurity, with Moroccanfertilizer giants working to build the resilience of smallholder farmers facing this crisis through a varietyof initiatives across the continent. I encourage you to launch initiatives.