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Japan’s Degas to invest $100m to make Ghana Africa’s first AI-powered agriculture hub
Four-year plan will scale satellite monitoring and precision agriculture; 86,000 farmers already supported.
Ghana has secured a major boost for agricultural transformation, with Japanese agri-fintech firm Degas Limited committing $100 million over the next four years to help position the country as an AI-powered agriculture hub, following a meeting in Yokohama between President John Dramani Mahama and Degas founder/CEO Doga Makiura.
According to the Presidency’s post , the funding will expand AI-driven satellite crop monitoring and precision-agriculture tools to strengthen value chains from inputs to markets, improve food security, and create jobs for young people.
Impact so far: Degas reports it has already financed 86,000+ smallholder farmers across about 122,000 acres, doubling farmer incomes while maintaining a 95% repayment rate figures echoed in Ghanaian media reports today.
Why it matters: The move signals strong investor confidence in Ghana’s plan to integrate technology across farming, linking finance, inputs, agronomic advice, and market access while de-risking lending with data and remote sensing. Degas, founded in 2018/2019 and backed by partnerships including Sojitz Corporation (2024), has been developing geospatial AI models and scaling operations in Ghana.
What’s next: The company is showcasing its platform around TICAD 9 activities in Japan this week, underscoring how AI is moving from pilot projects to large-scale deployment across African agriculture. Implementation in Ghana will focus on scaling field monitoring, input distribution, and farmer finance at national level over the four-year window.
By the numbers (at a glance)
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$100 million investment over 4 years.
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86,000+ farmers financed; ~122,000 acres covered.
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95% repayment rate; incomes doubled among supported farmers.
About Degas
Degas is a Tokyo-headquartered agri-fintech using data aggregation, AI credit scoring, and geospatial monitoring to raise smallholder productivity and incomes; it expanded partnerships in 2024 via Sojitz and continues AI development in 2025.
Source: myghanadaily
