Rage for Change eve Africa

Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli

December 13th 2017

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That’s me!!!

Sold a lie that youth are the leaders of tomorrow in a Continent where:

• Over 70% of the population is under 35 years old

• The average age of our presidents is over 60 years

• The life expectancy rate in West Africa is under 60 years

OUR MISSION: To inspire, empower and equip a new cadre of African leaders by providing the skills and tools for personal, organizational and community transformation.

OUR VISION: To be recognized as the premier resource centre for developing dynamic, innovative and principled leaders, who will drive Africa's realization of its full potential.

OUR PROGRAMMES: • Youth LEAP - Changing the mindset of youth, equipping them to lead ethically and motivating them to

deliver positive change in their communities. • Business LEAP - Supporting entrepreneurs in instituting systems and structures that are crucial for

business sustainability. • eLEAP - Creating an online resource centre with technology enabled tools for developing innovative,

dynamic and ethical leaders.

LEAP Africa: Promoting Ethical & Effective Leadership

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LEAP’s Impact To-date

• Trained 50,000 youth, entrepreneurs and teachers directly, with over 250,000 indirect beneficiaries

• Direct beneficiaries have commenced over 1,000 change projects

• Worked in six African countries, and 26 Nigerian States

• Published 11 books used by trainers and key partners across Africa

• Pioneered training on succession and ethics in Nigeria, including eLearning courses on ethics

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LEAP Africa Social Innovators Programme

Showcase the impact of

youth social innovation on

local communities to

demonstrate that youth can

serve as effective change

leaders in Nigeria.

Identify, encourage and

support youth-led social

enterprises focused on

improving the lives of

people in local

communities.

Provide international

recognition for local

change-makers and

access to international

partnerships and

opportunities through

collaborative

opportunities with

strategic partners.

Equip young change

makers with skills,

training and support to

enhance their individual

effectiveness and the

sustainability of their

innovations.

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permission from LEAP Africa

SAFERMOM UNFIRE

Social enterprise that helps pregnant and new mothers make informed health decisions using low cost mobile technologies in their local languages., voice services, helpline and an app.

Adeloye Olarenwaju Co-Founder

Social enterprise that produces low-cost innovative feeds from organic waste such as mango seeds, black fly lava and seaweeds.

Kelvin Ogholi Co-Founder

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• 32.9% of children under the age of 5 are stunted and

7.2% are wasted, one of the leading causes of under

5 mortality

• Over the long-term, stunting results in 10-17% loss

of wages, and it is estimated that Nigeria loses over

US$1.5 billion in GDP annually to vitamin and

mineral deficiencies alone

• 4.7million people in the Northeast are currently food

insecure and 3.2 million are facing a food crises.

• Hunger kills more than AIDS, Tuberculosis and

malaria combined

Propelled by Rage about the Level of Hunger and Malnutrition in West Africa

Idea born in Senegal

Corruption Microbusinesses –

struggling to scale

Dependency on Oil

Revenues and

Imports

Untapped

Agribusiness

Landscape

Low rates of

breast feeding

Poor compliance

with mandatory

fortification

Limited

manufacturing

base

Conflicts in

Northern Nigeria

Poverty

Hunger

Ignorance

Illiteracy and

Unskilled

workforce

Dependency on

Imported Food

• High cost of

nutritious food

Illiteracy and

Unskilled

workforce

• Low yields

• Limited mechanization

• High rates of post harvest

losses

• Expensive financing

• Limited access to markets

• Limited innovation

Many of the Root Causes are Man-Made

AACE Foods: Addressing Malnutrition and

Empowering our Farmers

• Our Mission: To provide nutritious and tasty food products made from the best of West Africa’s fruits, herbs, cereals and vegetables.

• Our Vision: To be the preferred provider of food in West Africa, thereby contributing significantly to the improved nutritional status of our people, and better the livelihoods of our farmers.

• Our Values: Proudly West African, Quality Products, Cost & Time Efficiency, Continuous Improvement and Accountability.

AACE FOODS:

Products

AACE Foods’ provides a wide array of products to retail, wholesale, commercial and institutional buyers. Our products include:

• Complimentary Food: Soya Maize, So-So Nourish (Sorghum-soya blend), Maize Flour, and Cowpea Flour directly focused on addressing moderate malnutrition in Nigeria

• Spices: Black Pepper, Garlic, Ginger, Chilli, Tumeric and Yellow Pepper (Cameroun or Nsukka)

• Spread: Spicy Peanut Butter (Ose Oji)

• Seasonings: Fried Rice Seasoning, Jollof Rice Seasoning. Pepper Soup, Suya/Barbeque (Yaji), Curry

• Commodities: Soybeans, Maize, Coriander, Chilli, and Black Pepper.

Source: AACE foods

• AACE Foods partners with governments, NGOs and development agencies to provide nutritious food to IDP camps and community healthcare centers.

• Presence in 10 states in supermarkets and open air markets

• Displaced imports of bulk spices and currently supply leading FMGCs

• Exports to Netherlands and the United States

AACE’s Impact-to-date AACE’s Impact-to-date

Baby Fatima, Durumi Internally

Displaced Camp FCT, Abuja

• At only 4 kilograms, she weighed

50% less than the World Health

Organization’s standard

• Fatima was wasted and tethering

on the edge.

• Through AACE Foods’

intervention, and the consumption

of our products, her turnaround

was dramatic

• Have worked on mandates across West

Africa:

– Value chain analysis

– Policy analysis

– Market entry / Strategic consulting

– Project implementation

• Across a broad range of value chains:

Co-Founded Sahel Capital Partners & Advisory Ltd. - an agriculture and nutrition focused management consulting firm

Niger

Ghana Liberia

Senegal

Nigeria

Niger

Burkina Faso

Sahel Capital Partners & Advisory Limited

Footprint:

Selected clients:

Nigerian Dairy Development Program (NDDP)

Source: Sahel Capital Partners and Advisory Limited, newsweek.com, Punch.ng

• Key project objectives: Improving the

livelihoods of smallholder dairy farmers in

Nigeria by enhancing the productivity of

their cattle and integrating them into the

formal dairy value chain in Nigeria.

• Project coverage: Kano and Oyo states

• Anticipated Impact: Impact lives of over

30,000 people especially women,

enhance their livelihoods, and stimulate

the emergence of a viable local dairy

industry.

146,297

households

to be

impacted

15,000

Commercial

Cassava

Farmers to

be impacted

Building an Economically Sustainable,

Integrated Seed System for Cassava in

Nigeria Project (BASICS) Project coverage: Oyo, Ogun, Kogi, Kwara State

Project duration: 4 years (2016 – 2019)

Consortium members: IITA, NRCRI, Context

Global Development/Sahel Capital, Catholic Relief

Services (CRS), Fera, RTB (CGIAR Group),

National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC),

SAHTECNO (SAH) Technology

Yam Improvement for Income and Food

Security in West Africa II Project

Project coverage: Oyo, Enugu, Benue,

Nasarawa, Niger, FCT

Project duration: 6 years (2017 – 2022)

Consortium members: IITA, NRCRI,

Context Global Development, Sahel

Sahel’s Engagement in Seed Systems and

Value Chain Transformation

“A people without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without

roots.”

Marcus Garvey

Our Mission: Centre for Memories is a repository of the history and culture of Ndigbo, informing and empowering leaders to serve with excellence and integrity. Our vision is to be the leading hub for Igbo history, culture, and excellence. A vibrant center for events and activities to promote knowledge, dialogue and community

• A monthly theater and film series • An artist or historian in residence • Social innovation space • Library • Café • Children’s Corner • Language lab • Artists corner

“Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.”

Prof. Chinua Achebe

BECOMING BOLD FOR CHANGE: FOUR STEPS

Change yourself

Impact your sphere of Influence

Change your community

Transform your country and the world!

Channel your pain, play or passion

It may be: 1. Our Girls – Bring Back our Girls!!! 2. The poor state of our health and educational systems 3. The shortage of adequate transportation 4. Road safety 5. The plight of widows 6. The anguish of the physically challenged 7. Mental health 8. Access to clean water 9. Teenage pregnancy 10. Violence against women 11. Freedom of speech 12. Human rights 13. Malnutrition 14. Racism 15. Gender inequity 16. Infant or maternal mortality etc. 17. Others Take your pick – the list of needs in our society is very long.

Many Challenges Abound!

On November 4th, the 2017 Global Nutrition Report – titled Nourishing the SDGs revealed that 88% of countries reviewed are confronted with a serious burden of either two or three forms of malnutrition (childhood stunting, anaemia in women of reproductive age and/or overweight in adult women

26 Girls Lost at Sea – Buried in Italy!!! Their Lives Matter!!!

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Sense of Urgency Population trends: 1980 – 477 Million 2016 – 1.2 Billion 2050 – 2.4 Billion

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Prerequisites for Scaling "Vision without action is just a dream, action without vision just passes the time, and vision with action can change the world." Nelson Mandela

Mission

Values

Structure

Pathways to Scale

Business Model

Talent & Leadership

Financing Partner-

ships

Vision Theory of Change

Building

Blocks for

Scaling

Business models that

scale

Demand Driven

Measurable Impact

Simple

Engages the

Community

Leverages Technolog

y

Low Cost

PARTING THOUGHTS

Be the first, but never the last

– leave a door open for others to enter!!!

• Mentor at least one other person

• Educate at least one other person

• Groom a woman to succeed you in your

current position

• Write a will, and leave something for your

daughter

We all currently sit under the shade of trees that we did not plant.

Today, resolve to plant trees under whose shade you will never sit!!!

Image courtesy of Shutterstock

Hope has two beautiful daughters; Their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.” Augustine of Hippo

THANK YOU!!!

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Ndidi Nwuneli

Founder, LEAP Africa

Co-Founder, AACE Foods

Director, Sahel Capital

@ndidinwuneli

nnwuneli@leapafrica.org

+234 (0) 73 837 7217, 1 2706541/2

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