P oultry farmers in Kenya are benefiting from Arinifu Technologies’ Smart Brooder, an electric and solar-powered “digital mother hen” that uses sensors to monitor and adjust temperature and humidity for chicks during the highly sensitive brooding stage. Using Arinifu’s Kuku Smart Mobile App, small-scale farmers can make the transition from paper-based to digital records. They can receive helpful insights like recommended feed patterns to improve their production, and access markets.

Eddah Wanjiru, Co-Founder of Arinifu, says: “For us, winning the YouthADAPT Challenge is a chance to connect with like-minded people but also learn more about the adaptation space. We are using the technology that we have come up with to improve productivity for our farmers despite this changing climate.”

Arinifu is one of the eight women-led enterprises announced as winners of the 2023 African Youth Adaptation Solutions Challenge (YouthADAPT Challenge). These women are pioneering Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies like artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and the Internet of Things (IoT) to advance climate adaptation across Africa.

The YouthADAPT Challenge is an annual competition and awards program for youth-led enterprises. The African Development Bank and the Global Center on Adaptation jointly organize the competition. Climate Investment Funds supports it as part of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP).