About Apollo Agriculture:

Apollo Agriculture is a leading agri-fintech platform empowering small-scale farmers across Africa to increase their profits and farm more sustainably. Apollo uses artificial intelligence and automated operations to unlock the massive, untapped small-scale farming market. Apollo enables farmers to access the optimized financing, high-quality farm products, expert digital advice, and risk management solutions they need to invest and scale their businesses. Apollo grew paying customers over 2.5x in 2023 to over 200K small-scale farmers in Kenya and Zambia, increasing revenue to nearly $30M with robust unit economics. Apollo partners with key global agriculture companies like Bayer, OCP and Yara, and is backed by Anthemis, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Flourish Ventures, Leaps by Bayer, and Softbank Vision Fund. Apollo’s team brings together technology, credit and operations experience from The Climate Corporation, Google, Capital One, Revolut, and One Acre Fund.

About the Role:

We are seeking a dynamic agronomist with strong agricultural expertise to join our team as a Product Assistant (Agronomy) and provide on-the-ground support and training to farmers and field agents. This role focuses on gathering insights directly from the field to improve the effectiveness of our agricultural solutions and delivering accurate, timely, and actionable agronomic and product advice to drive better outcomes for farms and livelihoods. The successful candidate will conduct field visits to train farmers, address product-related concerns, and provide bespoke solutions. They will also contribute to the development of agronomy content and share field insights with the Product Team to support ongoing innovation and improvement.

Contract Duration: 1 Year (with possibility of extension)

Reporting Lines: This role reports to the Senior Agriculture Product Associate