Dr Angel Adelaja
Panelist
About Speaker
Dr. Angel Adelaja is a development consultant and entrepreneur popularly known as “Ms Green Farming”, the “city farmer” who wants to change how Agriculture is perceived. She founded Fresh Direct Produce and Agro-Allied Services (Fresh Direct Nigeria), an urban farming and Ag-tech company in Abuja, Nigeria. Fresh Direct Nigeria brings fresh premium organic produce closer to market with its stackable container farms.
She has received many awards and recognitions including Agro Nigeria 2017 Nagropreneur of the Year, HNWOTY 2017 Woman of the Year (Agriculture) and World Economic Forum 2017 Young Breakthrough Female Tech Entrepreneur of the Year.
She is currently the Special Adviser on Agriculture and Food Security to the Governor of Ogun State where is she focused on special projects, agric finance, agric innovation, private sector engagement and women and youth inclusion. She formerly served as Senior Special Assistant championing programs like the Ogun State Tomato and Chili Pepper Empowerment Program (TOMAPEP) for Women and Youth, Ogun Access to Agricultural Finance Training, State Agricultural Technology Lab, Digitizing the State agricultural land allocation process and many others.
Outside of her public sector role, she's the founder of the Urban Farmers Network, convener of Farmers 4 Progress advocacy group and was a foundational member of the Advisory Board of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Program, an MIT Solver, a World Economic Forum Global Shaper Alumnus and a mentor to aspiring young entrepreneurs.
