EcoSokoni: Student-led app links farmers to bigger markets

Christopher James Jaseme (in green) pitching the idea of EcoSokoni to Roma Foods' agents during the Thika Trade Fair in January, 2021.[Courtesy]

Everlyn Njeri Kimani can easily pick out a good idea from a pool of bad ones.

The University of Nairobi’s third-year Mechanical Engineering student did not need laboured convincing to accept an invitation to join EcoSokoni, a digital marketplace for farm produce, which a few of her friends had started last year.