Celebrating Forbes African 30 Under 30 Tech Heroes Part 2 

Uka Eje, 29

Thrive Agric, Nigeria

Uka Eje started out selling KFC and catfish pepper soup, and also started an online food portal as an undergraduate. He now owns Thrive Agric, an aggregator company that provides a ready market for smallholder farmers in Nigeria. Thrive Agric competed in Crenov8’s Innov8 Agric Challenge and Google Developers Launchpad Space. He currently employs a total of 120 staff and has been able to fund over 15, 000 farmers across Nigeria. Eje is a Mandela Washington Fellow and an alumnus of the Young Africa Leaders Initiative, 2018.