1. About the Rural eMarket Initiative
• 2011 - « Jeunes et Agriculture à Madagascar » (JAM) the Youth
Branch of FTA won a 2nd Price during the Yoblocco Competition
• 2012 - Rural eMarket is designed by a group of young people (JAM) at
FTA
• 2012 - A group of JAM went to collect data and information in rural
areas and started developping the application
• 2012 – Mai 2013 – Three versions of application has been
developped
• June 2013: the application is ready for use and is presented to the
public in Madagascar
• November 2013: the application is presented at ICT4AG
3. Opportunities
• Local market
• International market
• Economic growth
• Drop of devices prices
• Renewable energy
equipment
• Young people looking
for opportunities