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Fellowship Year: 2025
Nationality: Ghana
Job Title: Co-founder and CEO
Organisation: GrowForMe Limited

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Job Title: Co-founder and CEO

Organisation: GrowForMe Limited

Professional History: Nana Opoku Ware Ofori Agyeman-Prempeh has more than a decade's experience in fintech, agritech, and technology and his entrepreneurship has been focused on developing tech solutions for underserved markets. He is spearheading Grow For Me's Pan-African strategy after successfully deploying the first farmer-centric service on the largest mobile money platform in Ghana, MTN-Mobile Money. This provides farmers with a ready market, inputs, training, insurance, loans and savings. He also spearheaded the creation of Africa’s first crowdfunding regulations to open up retail financing to small and medium-sized businesses to address challenges in Africa’s food systems.

Nana represented Africa’s private sector at the the 32nd Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa.

Academic and professional credentials: MPhil. in Agricultural Engineering (Machine Systems)

Programs: Mandela Washington Fellowship in 2019
Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) program from 2015 to 2016

Nationality

Ghana
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The African Leadership Institute (AFLI) focuses on building the capacity and capability of visionary and strategic leadership across the continent. Developing exceptional leaders representing all spheres of society, the Institute’s flagship programme is the prestigious Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellowship. Offering a multifaceted learning experience and run in partnership with Oxford University, it is awarded annually to 20-25 carefully chosen candidates, nominated from across Africa. Alumni of the African Leadership Institute form a dynamic network of Fellows passionately committed to the continent’s transformation, bridging the divide between nations and ensuring that Africa is set centre-stage in global affairs.