TWIGA connects more than 35,000 vendors and 13,000 farmers in Kenya through its marketplace platform. Vendors enjoy a range of services and fair prices, while free delivery tracking assures food safety. Suppliers benefit from a guaranteed market and transparent pricing as well as resources, agricultural advisory and credit access via Twiga partners. In 2019, just five years after its launch, Twiga raised over $30m in investor backing and reported a revenue increase of 500 percent. The BV judging panel is pleased to present Twiga with the 2020 award for Best Social Impact Retail Platform (East Africa).
