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“The combination of digital technology and human creativity in deploying it will revolutionize life for Africa’s farmers by overcoming isolation, speeding up change, and taking success to scale.” — Kofi Annan, Sir Gordon Conway and Sam Dryden
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Access to digital tech can make the distance b/w a remote farmer & the market even shorter than a straight line. Whereas many smallholders live several hours by foot from most markets, mobile platforms can share market price information/connect farmers to buyers in an instant.
Join us tomorrow @Agro_Centre at 2pm WAT as we recognize and celebrate the work of another agropreneur in the #AgTech space.
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“Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural transformation will be shaped by sustainable intensification, adaptation to climate change, and the rise of digital technology.” – Sir Gordon Conway

Don't miss today's edition of #theafricanfarmersstories at 1400 Hours WAT... Please join us!!!
A good afternoon shout-out to our Twitter family. It's great to start another eventful week with you on #TheAfricanFarmersStories

We'll have our guest shortly and there's a lot to learn from his journey. My name is Edobong Akpabio, your host on this Series. Welcome!!!
Our guest today is Abass Olaiya Ayotunde. He is a graduate of Mathematical Statistics and Probability from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. He is the Founder and CEO, FarmyApp, an agrotech company.
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Abass, even as an undergraduate, worked as a Lead Data Analyst at OAU to analyze data for research purposes. He also worked with Phi Analytics and Di Innovation Hub as a Data Scientist and as Lead Artificial Intelligence Lead with Data Science Nigeria.
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Abass, once again, we welcome you to our weekly Twitter Series, #TheAfricanFarmersStories where we recognize the journeys of Africa's agropreneurs and celebrate them.

Q1. You are a graduate of Mathematical Statistics. How did you find your way into #agriculture?
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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

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“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

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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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“Many young and beginning farmers start out in local markets. Some stay there, and some scale up.” - Tom Vilsack

On our #TheAfricanFarmersStories edition today, our guest is another young agropreneur making his mark in the industry. Join us at 2pm WAT.
Good afternoon, everyone. In a short while, we'll commence our interview session with our guest on today's edition of #TheAfricanFarmersStories

My name is Edobong Akpabio, your host on this Series. Let's get to know a little about this amazing agropreneur, John Agboola.
John Agboola is an agriculturist/farmer with a passion for agricultural research for development. He is a value chain catalyst with a degree in Agricultural Economics and Extension from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria.
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"It's another rainy day
but, the farmer doesn't complain."

In a short while, we will kick-off today's edition of our Tweet Chat Series, #TheAfricanFarmersStories, a programme that recognizes and celebrates the #African farmer.

My name is Edobong Akpabio, your host. Welcome!
Evans Larbi is the CEO of Beit farms, one of the major companies in the Agricultural industry in Ghana. He is a young farmer whose inspiration stems from an early introduction to farming as a family activity.
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Evans is a Farmer, Aggregator, Facilitator, Trainer, Marketer and Advocate for Rural Women & Youth in Agriculture. He has confidence that Agriculture is Africa’s answer to economic and unemployment challenges.
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