[Pulse of Africa] Since 2018, Agrix Tech is a Cameroonian startup revolutionizing agriculture through an AI-driven mobile app. The app uses convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to analyze photos of crops, diagnosing diseases like cassava mosaic virus and banana leaf spot with 95% accuracy in under 10 seconds. It provides treatment recommendations, such as pesticide use or organic remedies, in French, English, and local languages like Bamiléké, addressing Cameroon’s 25% illiteracy rate.
