Open-source ERP seen as fix for Africa's failing agri-tech sector

A new analysis argues that African agri-tech has repeatedly failed to scale because proprietary tools do not fit the operational realities of smallholder-dominated supply chains, and proposes open-source ERP systems as a more viable alternative. The piece also flags Ghana's 700,000-tonne unsold rice stockpile as evidence of the market infrastructure and financing failures driving farmer abandonment of farms.