SwiftVEE Is A Company That Seeks To Address Water Scarcity And Food Security
SwiftVEE Is A Company That Seeks To Address Water Scarcity And Food Security. SwiftVEE (Livestock) is an agri-platform addressing water scarcity, food security and market efficiency for the livestock sector. It brings the agri-sector into industry 4.0 by offering substantial profit margins that facilitate sustainability and social impact. SwiftVEE has been recognised internationally for technology innovation and shortlisted as one of South Africa’s top 100 most innovative companies (TT100). Its solution provides intuitive data and analytics with capacity to scale globally. The agricultural technology for industry 4.0 has arrived.
SwiftVEE is a proudly South African solution for the global economy. As the world moves towards a digital reality the agricultural industry remains unchanged. Populations continue to rise which intensifies resource scarcity, food security and trade vulnerability. SwiftVEE provides technology to meet these challenges and enhance market efficiency. Through competitive innovation SwiftVEE ensures business is done better with higher profit margins and wider social impact.
What began as an idea from a university student grew into an award-winning start-up that provides a better way of doing business. Swift Livestock draws on blended skill-sets of agricultural expertise, software engineering, and legal acumen contributed by its founders.
Russel Luck, a technology lawyer by day, founded the platform in 2016 with help from farmer and student Andrew Meyer and software engineer Alex Molde. Luck is a specialist technology attorney. He has advised blue-chip tech companies such as Microsoft, Blackberry Smartphones (R.I.M) and eBay. He has extensive technical expertise and facilitates App builds and monetisation strategies.
“We owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the people, institutions, and supporters who have enabled us to grow. From all corners of South Africa we have received investment, mentoring and wisdom which is the engine that drives us forward. Your generosity inspires us to maintain our standards of excellence. We know you are watching us along our journey.” the company said on its website.
SwiftVEE was announced as one of the winning projects for the 2019 International Telecommunications Unit’s (ITU) World Summit for Information Systems (WSIS).
