Verte Tower, a rising agritech startup championing sustainable vertical farming in Ghana, proudly announces its successful participation in the 2025 UNICEF StartUp Lab Demo Day as part of Cohort 5. This milestone marks a significant step in the company’s mission to transform food systems through innovative, AI-driven vertical farming solutions.

Verte Tower is an agritech company redefining agriculture in Ghana by designing and building low-cost, open-field vertical farming towers for urban farmers and home growers. Targeted at individuals aged 25 to 55, the system enables users to grow more food using significantly less land and water. Engineered with eco-friendly materials such as bamboo and PVC, the towers integrate micro-irrigation, solar power, and IoT and AI-driven predictive insights to improve yields and support year-round production.

With yields increasing by over 4 times per square meter, Verte Tower provides a scalable solution to food insecurity, rising food costs, land scarcity, and challenges brought by climate change. The innovation empowers urban households and small-scale farmers to grow nutritious produce including vegetables, herbs, and peppers right where they live.

Founded to address the dual issues of food insecurity and declining youth participation in agriculture, Verte Tower merges sustainability, local engineering, and accessibility to create a system that makes farming appealing, profitable, and climate-resilient.

What the UNICEF StartUp Lab Meant for Verte Tower

Participating in the UNICEF StartUp Lab Cohort 5 was a pivotal experience for Verte Tower. Over six months of rigorous market research, product refinement, mentorship, and collaborative learning, the programme offered the team a unique platform to strengthen their business model and deepen their understanding of the needs of urban farmers and households.

The Demo Day provided a powerful opportunity to showcase Verte Tower’s impact-driven innovation to investors, policymakers, and ecosystem partners. Engaging with industry leaders and directly receiving feedback from experts further refined the company’s approach to scaling climate-smart agriculture in urban spaces.

Strengthening Ghana’s Innovation Ecosystem

The UNICEF Startup Lab, supported by KOICA and implemented by MEST Africa, is committed to nurturing youth-led, tech-enabled social enterprises. For Verte Tower, the programme’s emphasis on impact, sustainability, and community-centered solutions aligned perfectly with its vision of empowering individuals and building resilient local food systems.

Founder of Verte Tower Georgina Boamah pitching at Unicef Startup Lab demo day
The Team behind the dream

Focused on developing Founders as well as as startups, Verte Tower’s founder, Georgina Yaa Kwartemaa Boamah, delivered a brilliant pitch highlighting all the growth received not only by her business but as an entrepreneur and Ghanaian youth founder.

About Georgina
Verte Tower Team at Unicef Startup Lab
Verte Tower Team at Unicef Startup Lab

Georgina has a biochemistry and molecular biology background with a strong foundation in scientific research and a proven track record of implementing social impact and research-driven projects across agriculture, education, and health since 2017.

Currently, she is a graduate student at the Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Management, Italy, where she is receiving advanced training in African Innovation Leadership, equipping her to drive scalable solutions for the continent’s most pressing challenges.