Empowering small-holder farmers to increase domestic food production and security.
At Farmcrowdy, our first and deepest commitment is to our farmers. This commitment is central to every decision we make and is engraved in the heart of our leadership. Every member of the Farmcrowdy team knows that this is more than a job; this mission is essential to our survival because agritech has presented us with a unique opportunity and the possibility to achieve global food security. We are driven to execute and our Technical Field Specialists ensure that small-scale holder farmers in our network perform at an optimum.
Onyeka Akumah is the Founder of Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first digital agriculture platform that empowers rural farmers by providing them with improved seeds, farm inputs, training on modern farming techniques and provides a market for the sale of their farm produce.
Farmcrowdy, was established in November 2016 and has empowered over 25,000 small scale farmers across 14 states in Nigeria to cultivate 16,000+ acres of farmland, processing 2.5million chicken and processing 40 fit-to-slaughter cows daily.
Prior to Farmcrowdy, Onyeka was the Chief Commercial Officer at Travelbeta – one of Nigeria’s leading online travel agencies. He also worked with Konga as Vice President of Marketing, Jumia as Director of Marketing & Partnerships, Wakanow as Online Marketing Manager, Deloitte as E-Marketing Coordinator for West, East and Central Africa, and Webmaster for British Council in Nigeria.
Onyeka was named one of Quartz Africa’s 30 Innovators of 2018 and as one of the 100 most influential Africans of 2019 by The Africa Report. Onyeka has also won the Tech Entrepreneur of the Year Award twice in 2017 and 2018 at the Nigeria Technology Awards. He has been recognized with both local and international awards in recognition of his outstanding achievements, entrepreneurial demonstrations and impact as a young African.
In 2017, he was appointed to the E-Agric Stakeholders Forum by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Nigeria and was recently made one of the youngest members of the Honorary Council of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce & Industry in recognition of his innovative way of fusing Technology with Agriculture while empowering thousands of farmers.
Onyeka graduated from the Sikkim Manipal University, India where he earned a distinction in his first degree in Applied Information Technology. He is a lifelong learner, creator, and visioner, and the experience he has acquired over the years continues to inform every product he creates and any project that he’s a part of.
Onyeka Akumah has been referred to as one of the most creative internet and online marketing entrepreneurs focused on building reputable tech companies in Nigeria and currently sits on the Board of leading tech start-ups in New York and Lagos.
Akindele Phillips is a passionate entrepreneur committed to value creation for the development of Africa. He strongly believes in the numerous possibilities and opportunities available in Africa and constantly seek ways to maximize them for the benefit of other Nigerians.
Owing to his acute analytical and mathematical skills, he is fondly referred to as ‘The Man of Numbers.’
Akindele obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. He also got a number of national scholarship awards during his educational pursuits. He recently undertook a short course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Sloan School of Management, USA and was part of the ‘Mastering Competitive and Blue Ocean Strategy’ class at the Lagos Business School, Lagos, Nigeria.
Akindele worked in the Credit Risk Management Group of one of the leading Banks in Nigeria, Zenith Bank Plc and then proceeded to work as an Audit Associate with KPMG Professional Services.
Being an entrepreneur at heart, he started business entities either on his own or with other co-founders; PhilandMove Logistics Company and also PW Consult (a Professional Service Firm whose core services are Audit, Tax Compliance and Financial Advisory Services).
Akindele is a Chartered Account and is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), U.K. and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).
He is responsible for overseeing all Financial Operations of the Company as the Chief Financial Officer.
Tope Omotolani is an ardent believer in Agriculture start-ups and Agri-business entrepreneurship as the most sustainable way to alleviate poverty in Nigeria and Africa.
Tope joined Farmcrowdy as one of the first senior team members with over 5 years of agriculture experience. Before joining Farmcrowdy, Tope was the Founder and CEO of Ojawara – an agricultural produce delivery company. Founded in 2012, she built a product that was focused on the buying of Agriculture produce from rural areas and selling to the urban areas of Lagos with an addressable market of over 18 million people.
Her career has seen her establish offline initiatives with Tomato farmers in Jos to expand their farm productions with the funds she generates from people in urban cities.
As an entrepreneur, she founded a non-profit called ‘Gifted Hands’ and a Cleaning Service Company known as ‘Fíní-fíní’ Enterprises.
Despite her success in business, her passion for agriculture prompted her to join Farmcrowdy in her desire to re-define the perception of whom a ‘Farmer’ really is in Nigeria and also to create a ‘Social Movement’ in the Nigerian Agriculture Space.
An alumni of FATE Foundation ‘Aspiring Entrepreneurship Programme, She volunteered as a Project Director for the “Beyond the Classroom Foundation” to assist in the coordination of the “Set for School” project. She’s also actively involved in advocacy initiatives for rights-of-the-Girl-child through her Public speaking engagements.
Tope now focuses on building products out of the entire agricultural value chain that Farmcrowdy is participating in – from logistics to inputs.
Christopher Abiodun is an experienced ICT expert with over 10 years experience in software development, robust internet network implementation, ICT consulting and project management, Christopher has led several teams to implement ICT projects for the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Such projects include technology systems for institutions like NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa’s Development), LIRS (Lagos State Inland Revenue Service), NYSC (National Youth Service Corps), NEPC (Nigeria Export Promotion Council), Abuja MoIU, UBN (United Bank for Africa), Union Registrars and British Council across 8 different states in Nigeria.
Christopher is a qualified Advanced Software Engineer and prior to joining Farmcrowdy, he designed and implemented the Bayelsa State Government of Nigeria’s incidence response data portal.
Ifeanyi Anazado is passionate about developing products and solutions that solve everyday problems and improves the common man’s standard of living by leveraging on technology and creativity. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria but has nearly a decade’s experience in Branding, Human Resources, Business Development, Strategy, Information Technology, Research and Digital Media.
In 2008, he co-founded Hybrid Colony, a media collective that specialized in creative content, with a team made up of seasoned media specialists, bringing together a blend of specific skill-sets from various sectors in the media industry.
He was also one of the pioneers of the prestigious In’Genius Project Competition in 2012, a platform for discovering and implementing socially and economically relevant ideas with nationalistic values. He then joined Yuuzoo Corporation, a company headquartered in Singapore and listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, as Head, Branding & Strategy where he developed the product roll out strategy for the launch of a range of Yuuzoo’s Social-Commerce products into the Nigerian market. He also coordinated the setup of Yuuzoo’s Nigerian office by handling staff recruitment, client management and managing its business processes, operations and information flow in collaboration with Yuuzoo’s other global offices.
Kenneth Obiajulu is the Managing Director of Farmcrowdy. Prior to this, he was the Managing Director of Farmgate Africa, the processing and trading arm of Farmcrowdy before it was merged with Farmcrowdy to become one entity.
Kenneth started his career in Heineken Nigeria (Nigerian Breweries Plc), where he was Project Support Analyst for the Sona Integration Project in 2010-11. He has worked and consulted for several publicly quoted firms like SCOA Plc, First Aluminum Plc, Accenture, just to mention a few.
He was Innovation Consultant with the World Bank, where he was responsible for mapping innovations that cuts across agricultural productivity, livestock, market information, financial services, etc. Kenneth has also worked and consulted for developmental projects funded by Rockefeller Foundation/Sustainable Food Lab (Food Loss and Waste Pilot), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation/TechnoServe (State Partnership for Agriculture), just to mention a few.
With over 8 years’ cognate experience on national and international levels with strong focus in agribusiness development, value chain assessment, project management, business development, corporate transformation, market intelligence and strategic operations management; Kenneth is an accomplished solution oriented and result driven professional with exceptional business intelligence and planning experience.
Kenneth graduated from Redeemer’s University with a First-Class in Economics and Business Studies (Marketing Specialization); He is a Postgraduate Diploma Holder from the Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, an Associate Member of the same Institute and a PhD scholarship recipient from the Delta State Government.
Sola is a business process and organizational development professional with focus on
Strategy Formulation & Execution, Innovation, Process Engineering and People Management. He holds
a B.Eng in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Technology Akure, a MBA with
specialization in Finance from the prestigious Edinburgh Business School, Herriot Watt University,
U.K and memberships of the Nigerian Institute of Management and Chartered Institute of Personnel and
Development UK.
He has over the years, whether in line management, training or consulting capacity, worked on
projects in Nigeria, countries within the West Coast of Africa and the United Kingdom; honing skills
in the deployment of organizational solutions in the areas of Wealth Management, Investment Advisory,
Organizational Development, Organizational Strategy, Business Process Optimization, Human Resources
Strategy Development and Corporate Performance Planning & Management.
Serving as Chief Operating Officer in two previous capacities with a conglomerate and an
International Business Consulting/Project Management entity; he has transformed, optimized and built
several business concerns before joining Alternative Capital Partners (a company licensed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria ("SEC") as an Advisory and independent alternative
wealth management entity with focus in the areas of providing specialist investment avenues,
financial advisory for corporate entities in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, business
unbundling & restructuring, private capital raising/placements, deal structuring and
asset/mortgage backed securitization) where he last served as Chief Operating officer.
He currently serves as VP, Investment & Corporate Governance at Farmcrowdy, Nigeria's first
digital agriculture platform where he adds his wealth of expertise and experience into leading our
efforts in exploring and evaluating new opportunities and markets.
Linda is currently the Head of Operations and Support Services at Farmcrowdy. She oversees operations and spearheads major strategic shifts that adds value to the company.
Linda holds an MBA from the prestigious Lagos Business School and has her first and second degree in International Marketing and Business administration respectively. With 13+ combined years of experience in the FMCG and Agri-tech sector, she embraces the core values of integrity, innovation, and growth.
She began her career in brand marketing with Tolaram Group and rose to the position of Director of Franchise Development. At Farmcrowdy, She is a credible voice in decision making, finding strategic partnerships and establishing governance boundaries.
Gabriel is passionate about agriculture in Nigeria. His interest in the field led him to work previously as an agribusiness officer and subsequently a zonal agribusiness manager in Union Bank of Nigeria before joining Farmcrowdy.
Gabriel is an alumnus of the University of Lagos where he earned a B.Sc in Insurance. He further got a Masters in International Oil and Management from the University of Dundee. In February 2017, Gabriel was also awarded the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM).
At Farmcrowdy, Gabriel started out as a Business Development Manager. He further worked as the Corporate Sponsorship Manager before being promoted to the Head of Sourcing and Logistics (Supply Chain Manager).
Gabriel’s skill set includes but are not limited to project management, business strategy, accounting, financial modeling, supply chain management, all of which reflects in his day to day activities.
Tomiwa is a creative digital brand strategist with half a decade’s success in developing
brand identities and innovating simple yet efficient digital marketing strategies to meet
ever-changing requirements for businesses across diverse industries.
He holds a degree in Computer Science with Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. His
background in visual design, social media marketing, content curation and management includes
devising, evaluating, refining and implementing strategic digital advertising campaigns, as well as
extensive experience in the fields of brand management, corporate communication, marketing,
advertising, public relations, and events/project management.
As a consultant, Tomiwa advises several startups (and actively participate in a few) to help them
properly position their visual brand identity, uncover true marketplace opportunities, articulate
their value proposition, determine go-to-market strategies, and so on.
Tomiwa currently heads the marketing team at Farmcrowdy, Nigeria's
first Digital Agriculture platform.
Blessing Emmanuel- Macaulay holds a B.Sc in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos and
a Masters in View in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan.
Blessing started her professional career in journalism in 2013 and has spent the last 5 years
exploring different paths in her career whilst evolving. She has a certificate in Digital Marketing
from Wild Fusion Digital Centre as well as supporting certifications from Google, Facebook and
Twitter.
Prior to Farmcrowdy, Blessing was involved in organising Unbridle, a self development programme
which is aimed at encouraging young people to maximise their creative potentials.
She strongly believes in self development and uses knowledge acquired to help others in achieving
their self development goals.
Blessing currently works with Farmcrowdy Limited as PR Coordinator and Social Media Manager. Her
key responsibilities include but are not limited to ensuring that external communication and brand
perception is in tandem with the company’s values, goals and expectations.
