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MIT tech startup brings credit access to rural farmers

Usman Javaid

May 18, 2016

Ricult, which launched in February in Pakistan, has already registered over 400 farmers, generating more than $10,000 in revenue

Ricult, which launched in February in Pakistan, has already registered over 400 farmers, generating more than $10,000 in revenue, said co-founders Aukrit Unahalekhaka, a System Design and Management student, and Usman Javaid, who graduated from the MIT Sloan Fellows program in 2015. In April, Ricult won $7,500 in cash at the MIT IDEAS Global Challenge. The team also recently won third place at the Big Ideas@Berkeley competition, a University of California social entrepreneurship event.

Read more at https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/farm-aid-mit-tech-startup-brings-credit-access-to-rural-farmers?lang=en

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