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UCT students tackle food insecurity with groundbreaking tech solutions | SA News

University students pitched practical, tech-based solutions to support small-scale farmers at the 2025 TCS Sustainathon, from affordable soil sensors to digital marketplaces and precision agriculture tools.

Earlier this month, 10 teams of university students from across South Africa gathered at Wits University to compete in the 2025 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Sustainathon. Now in its fourth year locally, the competition challenges young people to design practical, tech-based solutions to pressing social and environmental problems.

This year’s theme was sustainable agriculture and food security. Teams were tasked with tackling challenges such as helping township farmers access…

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