How Onyeka Akumah started the Crowdfarming Platform Farmcrowdy & Impact Funding Platform Crowdyvest
In this episode meet Onyeka Akumah, a serial-entrepreneur and the co-founder of Farmcrowdy and Crowdyvest.
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Farmcrowdy is a digital agriculture platform in Nigeria that connects small-scale farmers with investors for the purpose of boosting food production, while Crowdyvest became a platform where members get access to impact-driven investment opportunities.
In the interview that we did with Onyeka back in 2019 he shares about:
- How he came up with the idea for Farmcrowdy
- Why raising funds is a continuous process in their business
- How him and his co-founders piloted their business
- And what his advice for young Nigerians is
There is a lot of gold in this interview and we hope you learn as much as we did.
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And now, without further ado, enter Onyeka.
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Thomas
Thomas is initiator of Africax.org, co-founder of ecological sanitation company EcoToiletten, digital automation agency Strandschicht and the non-profit tackling youth empowerment YES Founders Foundation. He co-authored a book on Youth-led Changemaking and coaches entrepreneurs on resilience and mental well-being.
