All Farmers Association of Nigeria

What All Farmers Association of Nigeria does

All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) is a Nigerian cooperative association that operates a digital KYC and farmer-registration platform serving Nigerian smallholder farmers nationwide. The association markets itself as the official national body for farmers and reports 15,000,000+ registered members across all 36 Nigerian states plus the FCT, with ₦2.5B+ in loans facilitated through membership.

The core platform is the AFAN KYC system, a web-based registration product that takes farmers through a four-step flow: account creation, submission of personal and farming details with required document uploads, payment of a ₦5,000 ID card issuance fee via a secure payment gateway, and delivery of an official AFAN ID card. The ID card functions as the membership credential and the gating artifact for access to government agricultural programs, training workshops, and agricultural loan benefits. AFAN complements the digital self-service site (afannigeria.com) with a dedicated Agent Portal that enables trained field agents to onboard farmers in rural and remote areas where digital access is limited; agents earn commission for completed registrations. Data handling is governed by an NDPR-aligned privacy policy with encryption and hashing of sensitive identifiers such as BVN and NIN, and access restricted to authorized personnel.

The business model is a freemium, one-time-fee structure: basic membership registration is free, while monetization is concentrated in the ₦5,000 ID card issuance fee. The go-to-market motion is hybrid — direct digital self-service for internet-connected farmers and a commissioned agent network for the rural long tail. No external funding, no headcount data, and no management team details are disclosed, and the organization is described in its own footer as "AFAN Cooperative."

Name

All Farmers Association of Nigeria

Legal name

All Farmers Association of Nigeria

Website

https://afannigeria.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Short description

All Farmers Association of Nigeria operates a digital KYC registration platform serving 15,000,000+ smallholder farmers across 36 Nigerian states, issuing official ID cards that enable access to government agricultural programs, training, and ₦2.5B+ in facilitated loans.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Cooperative Services

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSAMAMAN

Data, Evidence & Document Verification (IDV) for KYC

Financial & Insurance/Payments & Transaction Processing/Payment Compliance, KYC/AML & Screening

SECONDARYAFAGALAA

Farm Management & Decision Support Software (FMIS, ERP, Recordkeeping)

Agriculture & Food Production/Crop Farming/Precision Agriculture Technology

SECONDARYHDADAAAF

Identity Verification & Proofing (IDV, KYC, Biometrics)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Cybersecurity/Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Keywords

• Farmer association services
• Agricultural identity verification
• Farmer membership registration
• Cooperative agricultural services
• Farmer KYC platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Abuja

HQ country

Nigeria

HQ region

Africa

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. ID Card Issuance Fee: Farmers pay a one-time fee of ₦5,000 for ID card development and issuance. This covers the cost of card production, verification processing, and membership activation.
2. Membership Services: Free basic registration to join the association; revenue generated through ID card fees and potentially future premium services. Facilitates access to loans totaling ₦2.5B+ for members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AFAN operates a digital registration and identity verification platform that onboards Nigerian farmers as official members of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria. Members complete a four-step registration (account creation, document submission including NIN/BVN, ₦5,000 ID card fee payment, and ID card delivery) to receive an official AFAN ID card granting access to government agricultural programs, training, extension services, and facilitated agricultural loans.

Product overview

All Farmers Association of Nigeria operates a unified platform centered on the AFAN KYC Platform, which serves as the core registration and identity verification system for farmers. The ecosystem includes the Agent Portal, enabling designated agents to onboard farmers in rural and remote areas, and the AFAN ID Card as the tangible membership credential. Farmers complete a four-step registration process involving account creation, document submission, ID fee payment (₦5,000), and ID card delivery. The platform facilitates connections with over 15 million registered farmers across 36 states and has facilitated ₦2.5B+ in loans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AFAN KYC Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 15,000,000+ farmers registered across Nigeria
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Hello Tractor: Nigerian agri-tech operating a digital platform that connects smallholder farmers to mechanization, financing, and inputs. Comparable as a fellow Nigerian digital agriculture platform serving smallholder farmers with identity, financing, and extension touchpoints.
• Twiga Foods: Kenyan B2B food distribution platform working with smallholder farmers and using digital procurement and identity tools. Comparable as a regional African agriculture platform digitizing smallholder relationships at scale.
• Babban Gona: Nigerian agricultural franchise supporting smallholder farmers with input loans, training, and offtake. Comparable as a domestic peer delivering farmer registration-style services plus credit and extension to Nigerian smallholders.
• Farmcrowdy: Nigerian digital agriculture platform enabling smallholder farmer access to financing, training, and markets. Comparable as a domestic peer building farmer identity, trust, and capital-access services in the same Nigerian agricultural ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Farmerline: Ghanaian agri-tech providing digital advisory, input marketplace, and data services to smallholder farmers across Africa. Comparable as an emerging player building farmer registries, digital records, and last-mile agent networks for African agriculture.
• Apollo Agriculture: Kenyan agri-fintech using alternative data and mobile channels to underwrite and serve smallholder farmers with inputs, credit, and advice. Comparable as an emerging player using digital identity/KYC to deliver financial services to smallholder farmers in Africa.
• Pula Advisors: African agricultural insurance and advisory firm operating farmer registration and data services at scale across multiple African markets. Comparable as an emerging player combining farmer identity, government partnerships, and financial-access products.

Broad incumbents

• AGRIVI: Global farm management software provider offering digital recordkeeping, agronomy, and farm ERP. Comparable as a broad incumbent FMIS whose recordkeeping and farm-data approach parallels AFAN's digital farmer-registration platform.
• CropX: Global farm management and precision agriculture platform with digital recordkeeping, agronomy, and sensor-driven insights. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the FMIS category that AFAN's farmer-registry platform overlaps with.

Others

• National Smallholder Farmers' Association (Kenya): African national-level smallholder farmer associations that aggregate members, advocate for policy, and channel programs/credit. Comparable thematically as the closest organizational analogue to AFAN outside Nigeria.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/afan_ng
• Facebookfacebook.com/allfarmersnigeria

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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