Farouk Khailann is the Group CEO of Premium Africa Holdings, an Africa focused investment holding company with assets in Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Canada and the UAE. He equally serves as Managing Partner of Akon Lighting Africa.

Farouk obtained a B.Ed. of Social Sciences from the University of Cape Coast and also has certificates from the Ghana Stock Exchange.

Before his current position, he took managerial roles at other organizations while acquiring skills in Agriculture, Stocks and investment, pursued with an ardent hunger for African development.

His company, Premium Africa Holdings operates in the areas of construction, ICT, mining, agribusiness, energy and investment consultancy. He currently works closely with government officials across Africa on various interventions geared towards the economic transformation of their respective countries.

At the third edition of Meet the Farmers Conference coming up on the 27th and 28th of November at the Marina Hotel at Dubai, Farouk Khailann will be speaking on the Agribusiness Opportunities in Africa.