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We are grateful to have had the team from African Golden Food join us on the field for the inaugural launch of FAMA on April 4th.
As one of Africa’s largest crop producers with thousands of acres under management, their presence at the demonstration meant a great deal to us. Having the people closest to the scale of the problem in the room is exactly the kind of validation that drives us forward.
We look forward to continued conversations and exploring what FAMA can do for large-scale crop production.
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Hello, Ghana 🇬🇭
Your Excellency, @JDMahama
Hello Africa and the world.
We @3farmatebots are proud to announce the official launch of FAMA—Ghana's FIRST AI-powered autonomous farming robot for large-scale crop production.
Founded in 2021 by @oxncgen (CEO) and @koffi_cobbin (CTO), the company began in a dorm room at @KNUSTGH, where its first prototype was developed. Since then, the team has engineered FAMA into a full-scale autonomous robot capable of planting seeds, applying fertilizer, weeding, and spraying across real farm environments.
FAMA navigates using a vision-based AI system instead of GPS, allowing it to operate reliably in areas where GPS is unavailable or inconsistent. The robot runs on batteries charged by solar panels while in the field and can operate across uneven terrain, loose and muddy soils, and variable weather conditions. A single operator can oversee multiple robots, each covering 27 to 35 acres per day with sub-85mm planting precision.
3Farmate targets large-scale staple crop producers in Ghana, starting with corn and soybeans. We operate a service model, charging farmers per acre and removing the need for upfront equipment investment. Over 70 farmers and several large-scale crop production companies are currently in discussions, with commercial deployments beginning in the 2026 planting season.
Approximately $200,000 has been raised to date, including investment from @776foundation (Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder) and a grant from @kicghana.
Our team consists of young engineers specializing in robotics, embedded systems, software, and mechanical design.
With 8 major iterations, 60+ field test runs, 100+ cumulative acres covered, and thousands of runtime hours in real farm conditions, FAMA is market-ready to become the ultimate farmer-assistant.
We built FAMA right here in Ghana, inspired by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s belief that “Africa must industrialize to achieve true independence.”
We built FAMA as a true testament to every young engineer in Africa that “IT IS POSSIBLE.”
FAMA is designed to operate seamlessly on Ghanaian soil and is adaptable to diverse agricultural environments worldwide.
Join us as we drive innovation across global agriculture.
We call on the government of Ghana, stakeholders, international organizations, and agri-industry leaders to partner with us in transforming agriculture together.
This is not history in the making, because history has already been made, and we thank you for being a part of our journey.
On this note, we are officially launched!
For more information, visit https://t.co/xAHVXGYZmh.
3FARMATE – The future is here.
EVERYTHING CHANGES TODAY.
SUPPORT US.
REPOST.
SHARE OUR STORY.
STAND WITH US AS WE MAKE HISTORY.
YOUR SHARE CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING.
PUSH THIS BEYOND YOUR FEED.
HELP US GIVE THIS THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES.
THIS IS @3FARMATEBOTS —
GHANA’S FIRST AUTONOMOUS AI-POWERED FARMING ROBOT.
WE LAUNCH TODAY.
“THE FUTURE IS HERE.” 🤖
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@GhanaNLP & @KhayaAI are excited to release our latest dataset for Text Translation covering 5 Ghanaian Languages - Twi, Ewe, Ga, Fante & Kusaal. We hope this elevates our AI ecosystem even further.
Thanks to our funders - @Google funded collection & @dair_ai funded analysis etc
OUR ROBOT IS:
MADE IN GHANA
BUILT IN GHANA
BUILT FOR AFRICA
BUILT FOR THE WORLD
BUILT FOR AUTONOMOUS FARMING
BUILT WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
BUILT WITHOUT GPS
BUILT FOR GRAIN PRODUCTION
BUILT FOR VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
BUILT BY AFRICAN ENGINEERS
AND PROUDLY GHANAIAN
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