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“I believe agriculture has the potential to solve our unemployment problem. Africa has the potential to feed the world. The world should not be feeding us, we should be feeding the world.” – Aderonke Aderinoye

Join us tomorrow 2pm WAT on #TheAfricanFarmersStories

“Let the youth see that there is nothing wrong in being beautiful and being a farmer. Let young people see that they can become stars, even if they are from a small village.” – Aderonke Aderinoye

There's more...right here tomorrow at 2pm WAT
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"Imagine you have 50 youth working together at one location. Working together will lower their cost of production. It is easier for them to access technical support, to access financing, to buy inputs together, or to make collective sales."
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2pm WAT today

Good afternoon, dear Tweet fam. It's another Monday and a great start to a new week. Welcome to today's episode of #TheAfricanFarmersStories Series where we recognize and celebrate farmers making their mark all over the continent. Let's get to know today's guest!!!

Aderonke Aderinoye is an Agropreneur and founder of Agrihub Nigeria with over 6 years’ experience in agriculture. She is a graduate of Biochemistry from the University of Lagos and a PGD in Community Relations from the Pan Atlantic University (PAU).
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She also has certificate in Market and Social Research conducted by PAU in collaboration with GFK, Verin Germany; an Alumnus of the US consulate International Visitors Leadership Programme 2013 & the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme 2015.
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Ronke was the winner of the WIMBIZ Impact Investment Award 2015 and a finalist at the British Council Enterprise Challenge 2016. She holds a certificate in Agriculture, Economics and Nature from the University of Western Australia.
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Ronke was also a nominee, The Future Awards in Agriculture 2016 and was featured on BBC’s African Woman You Need to Know in 2016. She is a GLOBAL G.A.P Certified Farm Assurer & has worked in the financial sector in various roles.
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Ronke is passionate about building capacity in the Agricultural sector especially with youth seeking to find their way into the agricultural sector.
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She aims to improve Nigeria’s economy through the provision of solutions that will boost rural development, add value to agricultural products and empowerment of students through her project – Grow Your Food Initiative.
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Ronke wants to increase jobs in the sector by promoting her project – Young Farmers’ Incubator Programme to train youths who lack the capital & experience to run a farm. Her mission is to raise 50,000 new generation agribusiness professionals by 2025.
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Aderonke Aderinoye is the founder, Agrihub Nigeria, She is focused on the development of large scale agricultural estates/plantations. She also does some work in the power sector, to see how mini-grid in farming communities can drive agri-processing.
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Please join me to welcome our guest, Mrs. Aderonke Aderinoye. My name is Edobong Akpabio and it's a great pleasure on my part to be your host on another edition of #TheAfricanFarmersStories

Welcome, Ronke!!!

Q1. In one of your quotes, you expressed your belief in Africa's potential to feed the world. Could this have been the trigger to the establishment of Agrihub Nigeria?
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