Onyeka Akumah (Farmcrowdy)
Onyeka Akumah co-founded Farmcrowdy with Akindele Phillips, Tope Omotolani, Jimoh Maiyegun and Ifeanyi Anazodo in 2016. Farmcrowdy is a Nigeria’s first digital agriculture platform that is aimed at connecting farm sponsors with real farmers in order to increase food production while promoting youth participation in Agriculture.
Farmcrowdy is already impacting the lives of over 3,000 small-scale farmers over the last year. It has created a new category of online platforms and is focused on increasing food production, impacting 50,000 small-scale farmers in Nigeria over the next 5 years and engaging 2 million Nigerian youth to participate in agriculture.
Before establishing Farmcrowdy, Onyeka was the Chief Commercial Officer of Travelbeta.com. He has also worked with Konga.com as former Vice President – Marketing, Jumia.com as former Director – Marketing & Partnerships, Wakanow.com as Online Marketing Manager, E-Marketing Coordinator for Deloitte for West, East and Central Africa, and Webmaster for British Council in Nigeria.
Onyeka is currently on the Board of leading tech start-ups in New York and Lagos Nigeria. He was named 2017 Tech Start-up CEO of the Year at the Nigeria Technology Awards as well as one of the Top 20 Young Entrepreneurs to Watch in Africa by the African Youth Forum in Egypt and more.
