agCelerant^TM Academy will certify agripreneurs throughout the year, who will be trained and coached to establish proximal presence between farmers and stakeholders of the value chain. agCelerant’s concept of proximal presence builds upon the motive to achieve agricultural transformation and impact of the digital revolution with human infrastructure. Breaking the perception that financial institutions are wary of innovative approaches in micro-financing farmers in the perception that smallholder farmers are risky. Encompassing agCelerant’s keystone concepts of phygital agriculture, proximal presence is a fundamental key to qualify data generated through technologies, using local intelligence to generate the value that arises from strengthened trust relationships between stakeholders of the value chain.