entrepreneurs Archives - MTFC | Meet The Farmers Conference - Nov 2019 - Dubai UAE https://mtfc.crenov8.com/tag/entrepreneurs/ Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:31:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://mtfc.crenov8.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cropped-MTFC-2019-copy-32x32.png entrepreneurs Archives - MTFC | Meet The Farmers Conference - Nov 2019 - Dubai UAE https://mtfc.crenov8.com/tag/entrepreneurs/ 32 32 Personality of the Week: Cynthia Mosunmola Umoru https://mtfc.crenov8.com/specials/personality-of-the-week-cynthia-mosunmola-umoru/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=personality-of-the-week-cynthia-mosunmola-umoru Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:28:16 +0000 https://mtfc.crenov8.com/?p=6192 Cynthia Mosunmola Umoru is a farmer and agribusiness entrepreneur. She founded Honeysuckles, intending to sell processed agricultural produce to certain food chains and restaurants. Inadequate supply […]

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]]> Cynthia Mosunmola Umoru is a farmer and agribusiness entrepreneur. She founded Honeysuckles, intending to sell processed agricultural produce to certain food chains and restaurants. Inadequate supply and low quality of food items prompted the move towards her farm and food supply chain business.
Cynthia’s love for entrepreneurship began at a very young age. While she led the Young Farmers’ club of her secondary school as the President, Cynthia crafted and sold hair clips and ribbons at school. Although she aimed to be a Medical Doctor, Cynthia ended up studying Zoology/Animal Biology at the Lagos State University. This was as a result of the violence in Northern Nigeria, where the Medical school was situated.

See also: Personality of the Week – Peter Awin

Cynthia Mosunmola Umoru oversees the development and operations of a 7000-hectare agribusiness engaged in farming, food production, processing and distribution of a wide range of produce. She is an Ashoka Fellow and Goldman Sachs 10,000 women Scholar. She also served as an ambassador, advocate, and consultant to the Youth Division of African Union Commission.
Honeysuckles produce high-quality products from its farms and ponds.

Cynthia trains and mentors young Nigerian youths that want to venture into agricultural food production through her ABIRA Agricultural Support Initiative. She is also engaging schools, governments, and businesses to recognize the absence of infrastructure to participate in modern agriculture, especially for the youth. Cynthia was recently selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader.

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]]> MTFC launches Innov8Agric Challenge to promote Innovation in Agric Entrepreneurship https://mtfc.crenov8.com/news/mtfc-launches-innov8agric-challenge-to-promote-innovation-in-agric-entrepreneurship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mtfc-launches-innov8agric-challenge-to-promote-innovation-in-agric-entrepreneurship Thu, 31 May 2018 20:30:46 +0000 https://mtfc.crenov8.com/?p=3455 Applications are now open for the maiden edition of MTFC Innov8Agric Challenge. The innovation challenge which is a key event at this year’s edition of Meet […]

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]]> Applications are now open for the maiden edition of MTFC Innov8Agric Challenge.
The innovation challenge which is a key event at this year’s edition of Meet The Farmer’s Conference will host young farmers, agripreneurs, and Innovators in the Agric Value Chain to compete for the grand Prize of 5,000USD, an all expense paid trip to Dubai for the Grand Finale, access to follow-on funding amongst other business opportunities.

Organized by Crenov8, the challenge is aimed at promoting innovative ideas for early stage Agric entrepreneurs from all sectors of the agriculture ecosystem who are applying creative and innovative methods to improve the agriculture value chain.

Interested entrepreneurs can apply via: http://mtf.crenov8.com/innov8agric.  The selection team made up of successful entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders will be selecting the best ideas based on innovativeness, originality and viability of the idea. Deadline for the application is 30th June, 2018.

The regional finale will hold during the Meet the Farmers Conference in 4 African cities – Accra Ghana on 4th July, Nairobi Kenya on 2nd August, Kigali Rwanda on 5th September, Abuja Nigeria on 4th October while the Grand Finale will hold on 4th November 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Selected businesses will have the opportunity to exhibit and participate in the regional satellite conferences. Winners will emerge from each region and then go on an All-expense paid to Dubai to participate and exhibit in the MTFC grand finale and pitch for the top prize of 5000USD as well as follow-on funding and investment opportunities. They will also have access to a high worth pool of investors and potential customers at the conference.

Innov8 Agric Challenge is an initiative of the Agri Value Chain Development Conference, Meet The Farmers Conference (MTFC) which will hold across four African Countries and in Dubai, UAE with the focus on The Future of Agribusiness.

Register to participate in the conference via https://mtfc.crenov8.com

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