Hello Tractor is Zipcar for the farming set–and in Nigeria, it just might change the lives of a lot of farmers. Six months ago, Jehiel Oliver left behind a comfortable life in Washington, D.C. to work ...

IBM Research and agtech startup Hello Tractor have developed an AI and blockchain-driven platform for Africa’s farmers. The two companies will pilot the product in 2019 through an ongoing partnership ...

When we last <a href="http://americaninno.com/chicago/2014/06/03/hello-tractor-looks-to-revolutionize-farming-in-nigeria/" target="_blank">caught up</a> with the guys ...

Jehiel Oliver, then a financial expert working in the United States, was getting restless. He wanted a new challenge whose impact would be felt by a significant portion of the population. In his ...

“Capitalism in agriculture, within sub-Saharan Africa, is alive and well,” says Jehiel Oliver. Oliver is the CEO of the agtech company Hello Tractor, whose smartphone app connects smallholder farmers ...

For years he had two feet planted firmly on the ground as a corporate investment banker. Now, with a little start-up money, Jehiel Oliver runs a small Anacostia-based company, with a plan to solve a ...

For small-scale farmers in Nigeria, especially in the northern parts of the country, getting tractors to use on their farmlands to boost their yield has always been difficult. However since mid-2014, ...