Curanova is founded by researchers and engineers who have spent careers in agricultural science, autonomous robotics, and AI — on the ground in Africa. We've lived the problems we're solving.
Our robotics team doesn't just build — they deploy, test, and iterate in real farming conditions across Nigeria and Kenya
Aerial drones scanning corn fields for crop health, pest pressure, and irrigation needs — feeding live data into our AI platform
AI Researcher, Agricultural Systems Expert
Dr. Osei is a former CGIAR research fellow whose doctoral thesis on convolutional neural network models for crop disease detection became foundational reading in agricultural AI. He led AI crop monitoring programmes reaching 40,000 smallholder farmers across Ghana and Nigeria before founding Curanova.
His rare combination of deep academic AI research with on-ground African agricultural implementation positions him uniquely to translate laboratory breakthroughs into field-ready systems.
Autonomous Systems Engineer, NVIDIA Jetson Expert
Fatima brings 12 years of field robotics experience building ruggedized autonomous systems for mining, oil & gas, and industrial inspection environments. Her work on SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping) navigation in GPS-challenged environments is directly applicable to African farm terrain.
She led the engineering team that deployed the first commercially-operating underground autonomous inspection rover in Sub-Saharan Africa — proving she understands the unique engineering constraints of operating advanced robotics in resource-limited environments.
Curanova's advisors bring depth in agricultural policy, emerging market investment, and AI commercialisation.
Former Director of Sustainable Agriculture at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. Shaped food security policy across 22 African nations.
Managing Partner at Frontier Agri Fund. Led investments in 14 agtech companies across Africa and Southeast Asia with combined portfolio value of $280M.
Former research lead at Google Brain. Specialises in moving AI systems from academic research to production-scale commercial deployment in emerging markets.
Curanova is hiring world-class engineers, agronomists, and operators who want to work on a problem that genuinely matters. Remote-friendly with regular field time in West and East Africa.
SLAM, ROS2, NVIDIA Jetson. 5+ years field robotics experience. Based in Lagos or Nairobi.
Computer vision model development for crop disease and weed detection. Python, PyTorch, TensorRT.
Bridge field agronomy and AI data science. Deploy sensor networks, validate AI recommendations on-farm.
Whether you're a commercial farmer, an investor, or a government agency — we want to hear from you. Request a demo or reach out directly.
