BOOK announcement: Food Entrepreneurs in Africa. Scaling Resilient Agriculture Businesses

5 March 2021. AGRA's Voices of Africa: Episode 1 featuring Ndidi Nwuneli, Co-Founder of Sahel Consulting.

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Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (2021) Food Entrepreneurs in Africa. Scaling Resilient Agriculture Businesses. 208 pp. (16th March 2021)

Entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of the agriculture and food sector in Africa, which is projected to exceed a trillion dollars by 2030. This book is the first practical primer to equip and support entrepreneurs in Africa through the process of starting and growing successful and resilient agriculture and food businesses that will transform the continent. Through the use of case studies and practical guidance, the book reveals how entrepreneurs can leverage technology and innovation to leapfrog and adapt to climate change, ensuring that Africa can feed itself and even the world. The book will:

• Inspire aspiring entrepreneurs to start and grow resilient and successful businesses in the agriculture and food landscapes.
• Equip aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs with practical knowledge, skills, and tools to navigate the complex agriculture and food ecosystems and develop and grow high-impact and profitable businesses.
• Enable aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs to develop scalable business models, attract and retain talent, leverage innovation and technology, raise financing, build strong brands, shape their ecosystem, and infuse resilience into every aspect of their operations.

The book is for aspiring and emerging agribusiness entrepreneurs across Africa and agribusiness students globally.

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Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (2016) Social Innovation In Africa. A practical guide for scaling impact 172 pp.

Encouraged by the emergence and early impact of social innovators on the African Continent, but frustrated by the slow pace of large scale change, this book is focused on filling the knowledge gap for those tackling Africa’s serious social problems. 

 

It lays out the required building blocks for achieving scale at impact. By creating clear mission, vision, and values statements and piloting and rolling out business models that are demand-driven, simple, and low-cost, with compelling measurement and evaluation tools that leverage technology. It also explores the steps for attracting and retaining talent and financing and forming strategic partnerships with the private, public and non-profit sectors to foster scaling. Practical case studies provide inspiration for those who seek to become innovators or to be employed by them.