Page - PROFILE
ABOUT Aliu Oluwafemi Royal
Oluwafemi is the Founder of Africa’s fast-rising Agric-tech Organization – MyFarmbase Africa (http://myfarmbase.com.
Prior to founding MyFarmbase Africa, Oluwafemi was on the global team of Welcome2Africa International, a London-based privatesector company catalyzing innovative financing and investment for medium and large-scale Agribusinesses in Africa from Europe. His role as Communications and Marketing Executive led the company to be recognized by Oxford Business Group, Financial Nigeria and Guardian.
He is currently a Senior Consultant for CropIT, a precision agriculture company driving digitization of African Agribusiness with governments, private sector and financial institutions.
He was a nominee of the 2018 Future Africa Awards, dubbed African Forbes Award and 2018 Ogun Youth Awards Prize for Agriculture.
He is an Ashoka Changemakers fellow, a Common Purpose Global Leader, a two-times TEDx Speaker, an African Changemakers Fellow, a Young African Journal for Development Author at the African Union HQ and he holds a Soil Chemistry degree from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.
Appearances
- Sponsored participant, Young Leaders Pre-Forum Convergence on Sustainability (2014)
- Delegate, Youth Stakeholders Forum with Governor Fashola (2014)
- Delegate, International Council on Economic Education Training on Entrepreneurship by Rotary Club of Altadena, California (2014)
- Delegate, National Leadership and Development Seminar, Cotonou, Benin Republic, (2015)
- Building Committee Chairman, 10-million-naira NCCF Building Project executed in 120 days (2016)
- Moderator, Agriculture Innovative Financing Panel at Sheraton Hotels, Abuja in conjunction with AFDB, AFEX and other global organizations (2016)
- Volunteer Member/Editor, Wikimedia Foundation/United Nations Association of Nigeria (2018)
- Volunteer member, Africa Fintech Summit, Lagos (2018)
- Co-Lead, Sexy Farming Campaign completed with a tour in Kampala, Uganda (2018)
- Moderator, Climate Change and Agriculture panel at the Agric Social Media Week hosted by Corporate Farmers and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Lagos (2018)
- Facilitator, Agriculture Expert Panel at the African Youth Empowerment Forum, University of Legon, Ghana. (2018)
- Speaker, TEDx Ibara on “Smart Agriculture and Technology” (2018)
- Speaker, TEDx FUNAAB “Blockchain in Agriculture” (2018)
- Speaker, South-South Tech Convergence on “Smart Agriculture and Technology” in Akwa Ibom (2018)
- Paper Presenter, Young African Journal for Development, African Union Headquarters, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa (2018)
- Nigeria representative, Climate Change and Green Growth Policy Strategy Dialogue, African Green Growth Forum, Rwanda, Kigali. 2018
- Speaker, West African Youth Summit organized by Young African Leaders Forum, Lagos 2018
- Delegate, SDG e-conference Foodathon, Wageningen Campus, The Netherlands (2018)
- Speaker, Food Security Futures Summit organized by HEDA, Oxfam with the support of Nigerian Government (2018)
- Delegate, Africa Fintech Summit Lagos organized by Dedalus Global(2018)