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Ababio Kwame
Young Agriprenuer, Ababio Kwame’s part of his daily activities as the CEO of the company is also involved in research for the development of Agriculture in Africa. Regardless of his professional background as a Geospatial engineer, Kwame finds passion in Agriculture and its business. Ababio, was recently adjudged Winner of maiden Young African Agriprenueurs competition by African Development Bank-2017, Nigeria. https://www.modernghana.com/news/774604/ghanas-kwame-ababio-wins-big-at-agric-show-african-youths.html The Founder was...
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Shikhar Naad, son of Taufiq Quereshi, and by the looks of it, yet another legend in the making! Shikhar Naad is known for playing African drums. He plays percussion instruments like tabla & djembe. He is the first artiste who plays unique rhythmic language to adapt the tabla syllables on the African drum called Djembe – taught by his father Taufiq Quereshi....
read moreNavigating India : $18 Trillion Opportunity
India has been packaged in multiple ways, for multiple audiences, both domestic and foreign. From the India Shining campaign to the more recent Make in India call, there have been efforts to position the country as an attractive destination for tourism and business alike, while also building a sense of pride and belonging. Even as we criticise the flatness of these descriptions, we would be hard put to come up with any concise and readily digestible version of the reality that is India that does justice to its complex history and diverse...
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Mr. Bharat R Joshi – the author of the book “Navigating India $18 Trillion Opportunity” – career has spanned the roles of entrepreneur, author, social worker and mentor. Bharat is CEO of J-Curve Ventures Pvt. Ltd (www.jcurve.in ). J-Curve focuses on a range of verticals through 3 i’s – Insight+, Investment and Implementation, and has alliances with institutions in Germany (Fraunhofer IML), New Zealand, Hungary and Netherlands. He serves on boards of ACTL (www.actlindia.com ) and JKTI (Joshi Konoike Transport and...
read moreFarmDrive in Kenya
Overview FarmDrive is an agricultural data analytics company drives financial services to unbanked and underserved smallholder farmers, while helping financial institutions cost effectively increase their agricultural loan portfolios. Using simple mobile phone technology, alternative credit scoring, and machine learning, FarmDrive closes the data gap that keeps smallholder farmers from the financial services that would allow them to grow their agri-businesses and increase their incomes. Business Summary Problem Potentially creditworthy...
read moreGreen Afro-Palms (GAP)
Ababio Kwame, Founder & CEO, Ghana Green Afro-Palms (GAP) is a “young” sustainable agro-company, based in the Ashanti region of Ghana/ West Africa. The company has an innovative and scalable model that utilizes oil palm fruits from small scale farmers for producing oil palm oils for human consumption in a more affordable, quality and hygienic manner. GAP has set up an improved processing agro-processing facility utilizing current technology, which was designed and fabricated by themselves with locally sourced materials, from...
read moreAfrica Development Bank 2017 Agriprenuers Laureates
MOSAICQUE August 2017 edition features Africa Development Bank 2017 Agriprenuer Laureates… Kwame Ababio, Ghana – Green Afro-Palms (GAP) Mahmud Johnson, Liberia – Mary Joseph, Kenya –...
read moreAfrica and India – Sharing the development journey
2017 Annual Meetings opinion piece Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina President, Africa Development Bank Africa, like India, is a continent of rich and compelling diversity. Both continents share a similar landscape, a shared colonial history, and similar economic and demographic challenges. This helps both India and Africa work especially well with each other. This cooperation is both a mutual privilege and priority. At the end of the 2015 India-Africa...
read moreDr. Akinwumi A. Adesina
Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina is the 8th elected President of the African Development Bank Group. Adesina served as Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from 2011 to 2015, during which time he implemented bold policy reforms in the fertilizer sector and pursued innovative agricultural investment programs to expand opportunities for the private sector. He was previously Vice-President (Policy and Partnerships) of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). He was also Associate Director (Food Security) at the...
read moreUsing Agriculture and Agribusiness to bring about Industrialization in Africa
2017 52nd AfDB Annual Meetings opinion piece Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina President, Africa Development Bank No region of the world has ever moved to industrialized economy status without a transformation of the agricultural sector. Agriculture, which contributes 16.2% of the GDP of Africa, and gives some form of employment to over 60% of the population, holds the key to accelerated growth, diversification and job creation for African economies. But the performance of the sector has historically been low. Cereal yields are significantly below the...
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