Despite the abundance of resources for Agric. production, Ghana remains a net importer of food with dated production methods and inefficient value chains. Climate adaptation solutions to agriculture will improve production and increase the resiliency of especially small farmers to climate change.
Main applications:
New Resilient Crops/Seeds, Water/Energy Efficient Agri-Machinery/Equipment, Water/Energy Efficient Irrigation Systems, Climate Friendly/Energy Efficient Food Processing, Bio Pesticides & Fertilizers, Agricultural Waste Management
Isaac Ampofo is an agriculturist by training and an entrepreneur. He is the founder and Managing Director of NAT-K Royal Company Ltd. He has over fifteen years of senior management experience in both private and public sectors and extensive and practical knowledge in oil palm production, mango production, vegetable crops and agricultural marketing etc.
Godfred Obeng Amoakoh is the Chief Executive Officer of Agro Quorum Limited. He holds a first degree in Agricultural Technology from the University for Development Studies. For the past 12 years, he has been working in Rural and Industrial Agricultural Development.
Rosaline Nutsugah is the founder and CEO at Green Gold Gardens LTD. She has extensive Management and Consulting experience after having worked over 20 years in the Mining Industry and running her own corporate communications consultancy since 2008.
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is an agricultural technology entrepreneur from Ghana and co-founder of SayeTech Company Limited. He studied Agricultural Engineering for his undergraduate program at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and is passionate about building sustainable agribusinesses in Africa.
Prince Manu Yeboah, is an Agribusiness Value Chain Expert with over 10 years of experience in business development and implementation of various agribusiness projects in Ghana, Liberia, and Burkina Faso. He is currently the Executive Director & Co-founder of Ropryn Company Limited where He takes oversight responsibility on the decisions of the management of the company.
Makafui Amefinu, fondly known as The Eco-beekeeper, is passionate about ensuring that all his beekeeping activities are environmentally-friendly. Having obtained an MSc. in Climate and Sustainable Development and a BSc. in Development Planning from the University of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology respectively, he chose an occupation that enabled him to mobilize individuals and communities in the fight against the climate crisis through sustainable apiculture. This is particularly important as his operational areas located in the Nkwanta South municipality are prone to perennial forest fires. For the past five years, he has been the manager and chief beekeeper at Hon-Makem Ventures, responsible for the day to day running of the business, as well as mobilizing youth in the Kyabobo Forest’s fringe communities to venture into sustainable beekeeping to help to conserve the environment.
Rita Brobey and Sandra Snowden are co-owners and managers of Hendy Farms. After inheriting the farm from their father, the sisters have together worked on upgrading the farm and added a processing plant to expand the farm’s activities beyond Ghana and offer market opportunities to at least 160 smallholder farmers within the Dodowa and Somanya enclaves.
Connie Nyador is the Managing Director at Fosuah Food Chain limited and has a vast wealth of experience in agricultural science and farming practices. She has oversight of all daily operational matters and is the major decision-maker with regard to operational efficiency. Connie has undergone training on new and innovative farming techniques and is passionate about the state of food security in Ghana.
West African Feeds specializes in the production of a low-cost, high-protein feed base, made from insects, which serve as an affordable yet equally nutritious alternative to fishmeal which is typically used in protein-based poultry/fish feeds. West African Feeds grow, harvest, and process black soldier fly (BSF) larvae into protein cakes, targeting small-scale seafood and poultry farmers. By implementing the principles of the circular economy, they recycle food waste from restaurants, breweries, and market centers into organic material for the BSF larvae production. The BSF larvae are then harvested and sold to feed miller. BSF excrement is also packaged into briquettes, as a sustainable alternative to wood fuel and is also packaged as organic fertilizer for small-scale horticulturists and farming collectives. With the current analysis of the fish industry trends, they believe that a combination of eco-friendly, low-cost and innovative models of animal feed production is necessary to reduce cost barriers as well as further support the growth of Ghana’s aquaculture and poultry industry. Their mission is to scale up the poultry and aquaculture feed sectors in Ghana, and to introduce regenerative, cost-friendly and environmentally sustainable models of organic feed production.
Selux Organics Limited is an agro-processing, social enterprise which extracts oils from avocado, coconut and Indian almond trees for the production of natural cosmetics, soaps and creams. As a climate-smart company, Selux organics works with women farmers to plant avocado and other herbal trees in an agroforestry system and works with the women to be involved in the value chain of harvesting, sorting and processing of the oils. Selux Organics also uses energy saving stoves in the processing and utilizes the waste into biogas to generate organic manure to improve soil fertility. The company also contributes to the safeguarding of Indian almond trees, which are becoming almost extinct in Ghana, by replanting them. Selux’s target market include cosmetic shops, salons, hospitals and domestic and export market to sell most of the products produced. Currently, the business has developed its MVP and has started generating income on a special-order basis and through the GCIC incubator, it seeks to grow and increase production.
Pure Organic Teamaker Limited offers consumers an all-natural (100% herbal), carefully formulated multi-vitamin, multi-nutrition (MVMN) dietary supplements as an alternative to synthetic, chemical-based products.
Pure and Just Co. Ltd (Catalysing Rural African Potential) is headquartered in Ghana’s dynamic capital, Accra and are primarily engaged in food production using climate-smart processes and in farmer support and development. The company employs 9 people, 7 of whom are female and all of whom are under 35. They currently work with 6 farmers in 3 regions of Ghana and are in the process of setting up an organic out-growers scheme with 25 farmers in Ghana’s central region. They also facilitate rural-urban business collaboration, by linking rural farm produce to local and foreign urban retail opportunities via their flagship company, Yvaya Farm Dried Fruit brand, which produces delicious, all-natural, locally produced dried fruit pouches. Our work stimulates economic growth by enhancing an under-developed local value-added agribusiness sector.
MIJI Enterprise is an agribusiness company based in the Northern Region of Ghana. The company recently diversified into the production and sale of fish cages and accessories, as well as tilapia fish production. They aspire to be a leader in the Fish cage industry by providing innovative products and services, relationship and profitability. This technology is an eco-friendly technology and poses no hazard to surrounding environment or flora-fauna. Cage aquaculture also plays a very significant role in increasing fish population in reservoirs, lakes, ponds and rivers.
Lakesyde Farms was established in 2010 and is owned and managed by a trained Agriculturist from the University of Ghana, Legon, with a strong background in agriculture. With experiences ranging from managerial roles, supervisory roles and a direct involvement in labor relations, Lakesyde Farms go that extra length to bring to clients the quality they deserve. With a commitment to sustainable agriculture ‘using half as many resources for twice as much food’, Greenstaples was birthed with the aim of utilizing limited resources such as land and water through effective and efficient management coupled with soilless culture technology which is an intensive and high turnover system to produce high quality, clean vegetables, off a small area. The main advantages of this system over soil culture are a more efficient nutrition regulation, efficient use of water and fertilizers, ease and low cost of operation of the system, and higher density planting, leading to increased yields per acre, and last but not last an environmentally friendly way of farming. High yields of over 50% as compared with soil culture/conventional methods.
Kete-Krachi Farms Ltd is revolutionizing mechanized cashew farming in Ghana, by combining modern technologies, guaranteed high yielding planting material and irrigation, to sustain high-density planting. Their vision is to effectively and sustainably grow cashews with the highest yield per hectare subsequently processed for export. This is done through continuous learning and training of staff, using the latest technologies to improve yield in the field and processing at the factory. Kete Krachi Farms was incorporated in 2016 after five (5) years of research that highlighted the most profitable and sustainable ways to grow cashews, through large commercially mechanized farms and as well as processing for export. It is worth noting that in 2017/18, Ghana exported about one billion dollars ($1B USD) of raw cashew nuts. The 500-hectare farm is located in the Krachi West District, in the Oti Region of Ghana approximately 9 kilometers and also to the west of the Volta River.
Clement Matorwmasen is the co-founder of GreenGold Ltd. and has a natural passion to help others thrive and he has a strong record in running a company and mediating in conflict situations. He has founded and managed a successful IT-company and completed several governmental building contracts. Whatever the challenge, he will find a solution. As a member of the royal family, he has strong social and cultural connections in the area where we operate. He is strongly committed to make Green Gold S.E. a success and to impact more people’s lives.
Debbie Ajei‐Godson has founded agribusiness ventures in the last 5 years that address key challenges within the agricultural value chain in West Africa. She played key roles in securing funding and provided leadership for the pilot phase of these projects. Her core competencies include setting direction for the company, creating alignment with business stakeholders towards the organization’s purpose, and eliciting commitment from the team. Currently, she is the Founder and CEO of Farminista Africa, championing support for rural female farmers across Ghana. With a background in computer science and an MBA, she seeks to use technology and business to create unique, high‐quality, and easily accessible products and services for the poor.
Being a creative, mostly writing, and an outspoken person, Nylla Oforiwaa always figured her life would have rounded up in the courtroom or boardroom defending individuals or negotiating deals. With her additional interest in Mathematics, it was moving really close to the latter. However, on her journey to acquire her degree in BSc Administration, she realized she had an interest in agriculture during a micro finance class. Nylla is a google certified digital marketer, a certification she got while studying for her degree. When she wasn’t working on her assignments, or managing establishments during the vacations, she could be seen on most runways for fashion shows. Nylla spends most of her leisure time reading story books and writing emotional pieces borne from her life. She is an adventurous outdoorsy individual.
Isaac Sesi is an entrepreneur, software developer and embedded systems engineer. He is the co-founder of Sesi Technologies, an AgriTech company which develops hardware and software solutions for farmers and agribusinesses in Africa. He has also co-founded 2 other startups in the past; Invent Electronics and GravyCode. He has a degree in electrical and electronic engineering from KNUST. Isaac is an MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35, a Tony Elumelu Fellow a Next Einstein Forum finalist and a World Summit Awards National Winner. He was recently selected as one of the 50 most influential young Ghanaians for 2018. In his free time, Isaac writes on entrepreneurship on his blog, isaacsesi.com, hosts The African Entrepreneur Podcast and plays the piano.
Amenyeku Kwaku Winfred is a co-founder of Beau Monde Agriquatic Solutions an integrated fish farming company. Winfred holds a Bachelor in Technology Education. His novelty is to revamp the earth’s depleting natural fish stock to meet consumers’ fish protein nutritional needs in the face of imminent repercussions of climate change. This led to his engagement in the evolution of “Integrated-Irrigation-Aquaculture” a farming model that promote crop intensification and diversification with much focus on environmental stewardship.
Amadu Mahama is the Founder and CEO of Hikma Agro Services Ltd a retired utility professional with over 25 years of management experience. An Energy and Development expert with a passion for farming and community development. A social entrepreneur who also founded NewEnergy, an NGO in Northern Ghana that works with partners and communities to provide access to energy, water, sanitation and sustainable livelihood initiatives in rural areas. My goal now is to inspire young people to take up farming as a business.
Kofi Debrah is passionate about creating and implementing business systems that raise the incomes of tropical rural farming households, whilst regenerating biodiversity. In 2015 Kofi founded OKO Forests, a landscape management company with the goal of creating economic agroforestry buffer zones that surround forest reserves. OKO is currently working at two forest reserves in Ghana. Kofi has managed, created and led multiple high impact projects and social mobilisation campaigns, he has worked with high profile individuals and global institutions. He is born and raised in London in a Ghanaian household, he graduated from the University of Southampton with a BSc in Social Anthropology.
Ohene Charles Boahene Godwin describes himself as a young energetic man of Royal Citrus Growers Company. He holds a B. Sc in Agriculture, the University of Cape where he took courses such as research methods, agronomy, micro and macroeconomics, entrepreneurship, agricultural extension, agricultural marketing, animal science, soil science and computer science. He has extensive knowledge for research methods, ability to generate and develop financial forecast ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. I am good at communicating and analytical skills, possess excellent presentation and interpersonal skills and am able to handle multiple tasks.
Michael Vinyo Addae is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana – Part II and an Associate Member of Association of Business Executives, UK (ABE). And he holds Higher National Diploma in Accountancy from Ho Polytechnic. He has over 10 years of work experience (International and local in a multi-cultural environment) in Office and Project Administration, Financial Management in the SME Sector and Development Sector (NGO). He worked with Youth Empowerment Synergy (YES-Ghana), Burro Brand Ghana Ltd, SEND-Sierra Leone, SEND-Liberia and SEND Ghana as Finance and Administrative Manager. Michael founded Vinmak Consult in August 2009 that provides Business Support Services to SMEs in Tamale.
Osman Abdulai is a trained Agronomist and a Business Professional, having received his education at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana). Abdulai has played pivotal roles in market segmentation and customer satisfaction surveys in the agribusiness value- chain. He is currently the CEO of Tmtooni Agro Supplies, an agri-business enterprise based in Tamale. Abdulai has participated in several countries, Regional and community level events and training workshops including policy implementation, conservation agriculture, natural resource management, team building, project design, and implementation and abreast with national and global agriculture and development issues; which have seen him interact and gather knowledge and experience especially at the community level.
Issahaku Zakaria is a professional development and business practioner with over 13 years of experience in development assistance and business development programs in Ghana. He has several years of experience in implementing inclusive approaches in the livelihood, food security and economic empowerment sectors; including working with women and smallholder farmers, Agric. business companies and FBOs. He is an expert in value chain/business development and has worked on Agricultural value chain development and integration in domestic and global markets, business development of SMEs especially in the agribusiness sector as well as the promotion of private sector participation in market system development. As an agronomist, He is very much interested and has been involved in adaptive research on agronomy of crops especially in the field of conservation agriculture in response to changing climatic conditions and Agric business development.
Alhaji Issahaku Mahama is the founder and CEO of Tiyumtaba Farms and Investments Limited. He has previously worked as Member of Parliament for Gushegu Constituency from 1993 to 1996. He currently works as a chairman of the Seed Producers Association of Ghana, Northern Region branch. He has had two awards as best Rice Seed Farmer and Best soybean farmer in 2000 and 2003 respectively. With years of experience in producing certified seed for farmers across the country, Alhaji Issahaku Mahama got the motivation to establish Tiyumtaba farms and investment limited to serve as a platform to promote the availability, distribution, and utilization of climate-smart and resilient crops to the Ghanaian farmer.
Linda Lariba Atibilla’s quest to campaign against female migration from her community to cities such as Accra and Kumasi in search of non-existent jobs inspired her to start Hope Givers. Hope Givers, established in 2011, is a Shea and natural cosmetic production business started by seed funding from Africa Women’s Development Fund, Enactus Manchester and 70% of Linda’s salary saved over a period of 6 years. She has a Bachelor in Environment and Resource Studies from the University for Development Studies, a certificate in Rural Entrepreneurship, Global Change Leadership and Markets and Livelihood from Coady Institute at St Francis Xavier University in Canada. She is a YALI fellow from the Accra Leadership centre. She is also an incubate from Guzakuza (Ignite) and MBC-Africa.
Bernice Dapaah is a prolific young woman popularly known for her insatiable innovative drive in social entrepreneurship. She has recently been crowned with the prestigious CEO Business Award by the Africa Aurora Business Network (AABN) and has been a long-time Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum as well as an Alumni of the Harvard University’s Executive Education Program. Bernice has over a decade of work experience in both the profit and non-profit industries. She is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Biodiversity and Natural Capital.
Janette Poku Akom is the co-founder and Managing Director of Kwamoka Farms and Processing Ltd, a bamboo-based Agroforestry plantation. She has over 30 years of experience in Marketing and Management. Janet started her career with Societe de Transport La Vente et L’Industrialisation (Cote D’Ivoire) before moving back to Ghana where she worked with Poku Transport Group of Companies as the General Manager. She latter co-founded Kwamoka Farms and Processing Ltd along with several other companies under the Kwamoka Group Ghana Ltd brand. Under her leadership, Kwamoka Group Ghana Ltd has improved its Customer Retention by 75% and has consequently increased the company’s bottom line.