Ndidi Nwuneli launches book on entrepreneurship in Africa’s food ecosystem

Ndidi Nwuneli, founder of LEAP Africa and co-founder of Sahel Consulting, has authored a book titled: ‘Food Entrepreneurs in Africa: Scaling Resilient Agriculture Businesses’.

The book was launched at a virtual conference on March 22, with about 600 participants joining from across the world.

Nwuneli said the book highlighted her journey as an entrepreneur in the food and agriculture sector as well as her engagements with African entrepreneurs.

She said the book entails the important ingredients for starting a successful and resilient business.

Shawn Baker, chief nutritionist of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), said the book took a practical how-to approach towards food entrepreneurship and highlighted the leadership skills in management, including the use of technology.

Baker stressed the potential of the food and agricultural sector to absorb the teeming population.

In his review, Lawrence Haddad, executive director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), said the book is a practical guide for entrepreneurs in the food sector.

“Simply put, it is probably the best book I have ever read on this topic. I will make sure it is widely available to all of my staff at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition,” he said.

“I will urge my colleagues and my partners to read it, learn from it, share it, critique it and critically act on it and I urge you to do the same.”

Tito Aderoju, founder of Oryx Foods, said the book is a “mini-masters” in African agribusiness while calling on Africans to embrace entrepreneurship to proffer sustainable solutions to the continent’s problems.

Ife Olorunnipa, a consultant at Sahel Consulting, said proceeds from book sales will be devoted to Sahel’s Corporate Shared Values (CSV) programme.