About Martin Martin Sure Ondiwa is a 21-year-old university student who is pursuing his undergraduate degree in land surveying at the Technical University of Kenya in Nairobi. He has always considered himself to be entrepreneurial. Having grown up in an agricultural family, Martin’s love for farming was nurtured from an early age. While his peers used their pocket money to…
About Oumar Oumar Sow is a young entrepreneur from Felian Village in Guinea. It seems that his journey to becoming an entrepreneur was inevitable. From an early age, Oumar was introduced to entrepreneurship through his father who ran a business. With an acute understanding of the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, Oumar wanted to take the risk…
About Hebrey Hebrey Issa is a 22-year-old university student who is passionate about agriculture. At an early age, his father cultivated his curiosity about farming by teaching him how to grow onions and other vegetables and fruits. Hebrey has always been interested in promoting the benefits of agriculture and how transformative it can be for low…
About Constant Constant Ayihounoun is a 21-year-old entrepreneur from Abomey-Calavi, Benin. His love for agriculture and sustainable farming spurred his entrepreneurial journey. He is the founder of AGRECO, a manufacturing company that produces fertilizers and pesticides. Constant holds a degree in Entrepreneurship and Management of SMEs with a specialization in environment and green economy from the University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin. Transition into Entrepreneurship…
About Mahlatse Mahlatse Matlakana hails from Arrie village in Limpopo, South Africa. Her entrepreneurial journey began early when she started working on farms to support her family. After her matric, she took a gap year after registering to study law to focus on her passion for farming. She was always enthusiastic about farming and couldn’t…
About Aseitu Aseitu describes herself as a passionate and resilient emerging community developer and an agripreneur. She is currently a final year student at the University for Development Studies -Reading, completing her Bachelor of Science in biochemistry. Aseitu started working within the agricultural sector at the very young age of 11, giving her over 10…
Born in Moyamba Town, Sierra Leone, Velache Coker was determined to become a professional footballer. But after some false starts, he found himself pursuing entrepreneurship. While spending some time in The Gambia with his family, Velache became aware of the shortage of farmers within the country and vowed to change the agricultural landscape in his…
Catherine Nalukwago fell into entrepreneurship through her interest in agriculture in Uganda. While at university, she and two other friends wanted to help impoverished urban households grow their food through sack gardening. Later, she led the process of designing an aquaponics urban program to be incorporated into micro-farming in a bid to boost nutrition in…
Agriculture was never in Osvaldo Mokouma’s realm of interests. However, after seeing the high numbers of imported agricultural goods in The Republic of Congo, Osvaldo wanted to make a contribution to advocating for homegrown products. Leveraging off of his digital experience he built an application that farmers could use to connect with labour, hiring equipment…
