Onyeka Akumah

Onyeka Akumah

Onyeka Akumah

Onyeka Akumah (an haife shi 21 Oktoba 1984) ɗan kasuwan fasaha ne wanda ke mai da hankali kan harkokin sufuri, noma, gidaje, da kuma sassan watsa labarai. An fi saninsa da wanda ya kafa Treepz Inc. Kafin kafa kamfaninsa a shekarar 2019, Onyeka Akumah shine shugaban kamfanin Farmcrowdy. Ana ganin cewa ya taka rawar gani wajen samun nasarorin kamfanoni daban-daban na fasahar kere-kere da kasuwanci a Afirka inda ya rike mukamai da kuma bayar da gudunmawa wajen bunkasar su.^[1][2][3]

Rayuwar sa da karatun sa

An haifi Onyeka a jihar Legas, kuma kafin ya kai shekaru 2, iyayensa suka koma jihar Sokoto dake arewa maso yammacin Najeriya inda ya yi karatun firamare da sakandare. Onyeka ya yi digirin sa na farko a Jami’ar Sikkim Manipal India inda ya kammala da digiri na A ko Daraja na Farko a Fasahar Fasahar Sadarwa..^[4]

Ayyuka

Onyeka ya tsunduma cikin harkar kasuwanci tun yana karami, inda ya gina sana’o’i har ma a lokacin da yake jami’a yana samun nasarori da gazawa yayin da yake girma. Bayan ya sami digiri na farko, Onyeka ya fara kwarewar aiki tare da British Council a matsayin mai kula da gidan yanar gizo kafin ya ci gaba da shiga Deloitte a matsayin mai kula da Kasuwancin E-Marketing na Gabas, Yamma da Tsakiyar Afirka. A cikin 2010, ya kasance Manajan Kasuwancin Yanar Gizo na Wakanow, sannan daga baya ya yi aiki tare da GTB don ƙaddamar da Kasuwar SME Hub Onyeka ƙwararren masani ne na kasuwancin e-commerce wanda ƙwarewarsa ta shafi manyan kamfanonin e-commerce kamar su Rocket Internet mallakar Jumia, Konga da Travelbeta. suna jagorantar harkokin kasuwancin su da kasuwanci. Shi ne wanda ya kafa Farmcrowdy, Plentywaka, Crowdyvest da RentSmallSmall. Ya yi murabus a matsayin Shugaba na Farmcrowdy a 2021 kuma a halin yanzu shine Shugaba na Treepz (tsohon Plantywaka). Vanguard (Nigeria) ya kasance cikin manyan 'yan kasuwa 10 na Najeriya tare da Uche Pedro, Seun Osewa, Anthony Ejefoh, Linda Ikeji da Temie Giwa-Tubosun. A cikin Oktoba 2021, Peace Hyde ta yi masa hira da Forbes Africa Feature, inda ya yi magana game da tafiyarsa ta kasuwanci. An kuma nuna shi a kan Techcrunch inda ya yi magana game da Farawa na Afirka da Fadada Duniya.^[5]

A ranar 2 ga Maris, 2021, Onyeka ta yi murabus a matsayin Shugaba na Crowdyvest bayan sayar da kasuwancin 100% sannan aka nada Tope Omotolani a matsayin Shugaba bayan ta jagoranci mallakar kamfanin gaba daya..^[6]

Treepz

A watan Satumba na 2019, bayan kwarewar sufuri na bas, Onyeka tare da abokan aikinsa Johnny Enagbolor, Oluseyi Afolabi da John Shaibu sun kafa Treepz. A lokacin aikin sake yin suna a cikin Satumba 2021, kamfanin yana buƙatar ƙarin suna a duniya wanda aka yarda da shi, don haka canjin daga Plentywaka zuwa Treepz Inc. Treepz Inc yana gina dandamalin motsi na Afirka wanda ke ba masu ababen hawa dacewa, aminci, da kwanciyar hankali a kan tafiyarsu ta yau da kullun. Tare da aiki a Najeriya, Ghana da Uganda, Treepz ta kwaso mahaya sama da 800,000. An saita Treepz Inc don tarwatsa sashin sufuri tare da ayyuka kamar tafiye-tafiye na yau da kullun. Hawan tafiye-tafiye da mafita na tikitin yanzu. A cikin Disamba 2021, Treepz ya haɗu da kamfanin bas mai shekaru 53 mai lasisi, CMS Taxi da Motor Nigeria Limited (CMS T&M), don ƙididdige jigilar kayayyaki ga abokan ciniki miliyan 1.6 kowace shekara. Suna gudanar da ayyukansu ne a yankin Central Business na Legas da suka hada da Marina, Legas Island, Victoria Island, Ikoyi da Lekki a jihar Legas, tare da motocin bas da kananan motoci.^{[5] [7]}

Gidajen gona

A watan Nuwamba 2016, Onyeka, tare da wadanda suka kafa shi Ifeanyi Anazodo, Akindele Philips, Christopher Abiodun, da Temitope Omotolani sun kafa Farmcrowdy Limited, wani dandali na dijital na noma wanda ke hada kananan manoma da masu zuba jari da burin bunkasa samar da abinci a Najeriya. Farmcrowdy, ya tashi da sauri, yana karɓar hannun jarin sa na farko na mala'ika na $60,000 a wata bayan ƙaddamarwa kuma a cikin 2017, ya sami jarin iri na dala miliyan 1 a Techstars Atlanta Accelerators Programme. A yau, kamfanin ya bunkasa zuwa tawagar mutane 55 da suka yi aiki da manoman karkara sama da 25,000 a fadin jihohi 16 na Najeriya da suka hada da Kano, Niger, Nasarrawa, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Edo, Akwa-Ibom, Lagos, Plateau, Kaduna, Adamawa, Niger, Kwara, Abuja, Sokoto, and Benue. Mataimakin shugaban Najeriya Farfesa Yemi Osinbajo ya bayyana Farmcrowdy a matsayin kamfanin da ya samar da sabbin arzikin noma sannan kuma shugaban Najeriya Muhammadu Buhari ya karrama shi da lambar yabo ta kasa. A watan Agustan shekarar 2019, jihar Oyo ta sanar da hada gwiwa da Farmcrowdy domin daukar manoman karkara 50,000 a jihar Oyo. Ya bayyana manufar FarmCrowdy a wani taron karawa juna sani da aka gudanar a babban ofishi da ke Lekki, Legas a shekarar 2019. Ya ce “Muna kafa wannan sabon tarin kaya ne a matsayin wani reshen Farmcrowdy domin bunkasa noma ba kawai a Najeriya ba har ma a nahiyar Afirka. .Mun kuma yi nasarar yin amfani da albarkatun da muka samu daga masu zuba jari da kuma masu goyon bayansu wajen hada kan su a harkokin kasuwanci, domin gudanar da harkokin noman abinci a nahiyar Duk da haka, wannan ba zai shafi ayyukan Farmcrowdy ba;.^[8]

Rayuwar sa

Onyeka tana zaune a Legas, Najeriya . ^[9] Lokacin da ba ya yin kasuwanci ko saka hannun jari a cikin farawa, yana jin daɗin magana da koyarwa a abubuwan da suka faru da kuma bita daban-daban. ^[10][11]

Kyaututtuka da karbuwa

• (2022) Internet Entrepreneur of the Year Award - Business Insider Africa Awards.^[12]
• (2021) African Leadership Persons of the Year - African Agricultural Champion of the Year 2020^[13]
• (2020) Ranked 24th in The Top 50 African Disruptors – The Africa Report ^[14]
• (2020) 50 African Innovators to Watch by Global Shakers ^[15]
• (2020) Top 10 Nigerian CEOs Under 40 Years ^[16]
• (2020) Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 at the GAGE Awards ^[17]
• (2019) The 100 Most Outstanding Individuals in Africa – The Africa Report^[18]
• (2019) 100 Most Influential Africans of 2019 – New African^[19]
• (2019) 26th Most Influential Young Person in Nigeria^[20]
• (2019) JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons Of Nigeria^[21]
• (2018) Top 5 Outstanding Entrepreneurs in Nigeria^[22]
• (2018) Quartz List of Africa's 30 Innovators in 2018^[23]
• (2018) 100 Most Influential Young Persons in West African Under 40 for 2018^{[ana buƙatar hujja]}
• (2018) Imperial Integrated Project- Award of Honor 2018^{[ana buƙatar hujja]}
• (2018) Upgrade Africa Award of Excellence 2018^{[ana buƙatar hujja]}
• (2018) Nigeria Technology Awards – Tech Entrepreneur of the Year^[24]
• (2017) Top 20 Young Entrepreneurs to Watch in Africa by the African Youth Forum in Egypt^{[ana buƙatar hujja]}
• (2017) Nigerian Technology Awards – Start-up CEO of the Year 2017^[25]
• (2017) Impact Award 2017 in Agriculture^{[ana buƙatar hujja]}
• (2015) Nigeria Technology Awards – Digital Marketing Personality of the Year 2015^[26]
• (2013) 1st runner up – National Youth Merit Award in Innovation^{[ana buƙatar hujja]}
• (2010) 3rd Best Website Designer for 2009 in the National Web Design Competition organized by the Federal Ministry of Youth Development in Nigeria^{[ana buƙatar hujja]}
• (2009) Brown Heart Charity Award for Young Role Models under 30^{[ana buƙatar hujja]}
• (2002) Delta State Scholarship for Academic Excellence^{[ana buƙatar hujja]}

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