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<span style="font-size:88%">''Editor: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/temoso-sebetha-2b861472/ Temoso Sebetha]''</span>

Onyeka Akumah is the founder and CEO of [[Farmcrowdy]] Limited and a technology entrepreneur with a focus on the Agriculture, Real Estate, and Transportation sectors.
<ref>[https://onyeka.ng/about/ - Onyeka. Retrieved 14 March, 2020.]</ref>

== History ==

Onyeka was born on 2 October 1984, in the Lagos State of Nigeria. His parents then relocated to Sokoto State, North-west of Nigeria where he attended primary and secondary school. The relocation happened just before he turned two years old. He later obtained his Bachelor's degree in Applied Information with a distinction at the Sikkim Manipal University, India in 2006.<ref>[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onyeka_Akumah - Wikipedia. Retrieved 14 March, 2020.]</ref>

Onyeka acquired his first work experience in 2014 as a Mentor for Start-ups & Entrepreneurship at the Rise Network. In 2015, he mentored at the Tony Elumelu Foundation and at the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria. He later joined Deloitte as the E-Marketing Coordinator for east, west, and central Africa.<ref>[https://socialmediaweeklagos2018.sched.com/info8079 - SMW Lagos. Retrieved 14 March, 2020.]</ref>

In 2010, he was positioned as the Online Marketing Manager of [[Wakanow]]. He has worked for e-commerce companies such as [[Konga]] as a Vice President of Marketing, [[Travelbeta]] as a Chief Commercial Officer, [[Jumia]] as a Director of Marketing and Partnership, and GTbank.<ref>[https://www.pulse.ng/bi/strategy/farmcrowdy-ceo-onyeka-akumah-shares-4-business-mistakes-he-made-in-the-past-that-he/syes0hk - Pulse. Retrieved 14 March, 2020.]</ref>

He launched his three start-ups, sold one, failed at one in 2012 called [[QwikGist]], and is currently the CEO of his most successful start-up, Farmcrowdy established in 2016.<ref>[https://awpnetwork.com/2016/02/26/what-entrepreneurs-can-learn-about-failure-from-the-founder-of-travelbeta/ - AWP Network. Retrieved 26 March, 2020.]</ref>

Apart from launching Farmcrowdy, Nigeria's First Digital Agriculture platform, Onyeka sits on the Board of Leading tech start-ups in New York and Lagos as an investor and advisor, including [[CoSign]] and [[Wara Cake]].<ref>[https://en.everybodywiki.com/Onyeka_Akumah - EverybodyWiki Bios and Wiki. Retrieved 14 March, 2020.]</ref>

In 2017, Onyeka was appointed to the E-Agric Stakeholders Forum by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Nigeria and was recently made one of the youngest members of the Honorary Council of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce & Industry.<ref>[https://www.africabusinessradio.com/content/106 - African Business Radio. Retrieved 27 March, 2020.]</ref>

== Achievements ==

Onyeka was named one of Africa’s 30 Innovators 2018 in a Quartz list.<ref>[https://qz.com/africa/1389574/quartz-africa-innovators-2018-a-list-of-30-pioneers/ - Quartz Africa Innovators. Retrieved 27 March, 2020.]</ref> He was also presented with an award for being one of the 100 (under 40) Most Influential Young Persons in West Africa. The award was in recognition of his outstanding achievements, entrepreneurial demonstrations and impact as a young Africa.<ref>[https://mtfc.crenov8.com/speaker/onyeka-akumah/ - MTFC. Retrieved 26 March, 2020.]</ref>

== Awards and Recognition ==

In 2015, Onyeka won the Nigerian Technology Award for Digital Marketing Personality of the year 2015.<ref>[https://nairametrics.com/2018/07/21/meet-onyeka-akumah-the-face-behind-farmcrowdy/ - Nairametrics. Retrieved 14 March, 2020.]</ref>

In 2016/2017, Onyeka was awarded the title of Digital Marketer of the year in the Nigerian Technology Awards.<ref>[https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1152106631589309&substory_index=0&id=452840261515953 - Facebook. Retrieved 26 March, 2020.]</ref>

In 2017, Onyeka won the Nigerian Technology Awards for start-up CEO of the year 2017.<ref>[https://guardian.ng/features/farmcrowdy-wins-multi-awards-including-tech-start-up-of-the-year-2017-at-nigeria-technology-awards/ - The Guardian. Retrieved 15 March, 2020.]</ref>

In 2018, Onyeka has been presented an award for being one of 100 Most Influential Young Persons in West African under the age of 40 for 2018. In 2018, Onyeka has presented an award for Quartz List of Africa's 30 Innovators.<ref>[https://theflip.africa/contributors/onyeka-akumah/ - The Flip. Retrieved 26 March, 2020.]</ref>

In 2018, Onyeka has been recognised and awarded as one of the Top 5 outstanding entrepreneurs in Nigeria by the Young Entrepreneurs Award & Summit 2018.<ref>[http://brandafriq.com/farmcrowdy-boss-onyeka-akumah-wins-young-entrepreneurship-awards/ - BrandAfriq. Retrieved 26 March, 2020.]</ref>

In 2019, The Africa Report listed Onyeka as one of the 100 most outstanding individuals in Africa.<ref>[https://greentec-capital.com/2019/06/04/farmcrowdys-ceo-onyeka-akumah-named-to-the-africa-reports-list-of-the-100-most-influential-africans-2/ - GreenTech. Retrieved 15 March, 2020.]</ref>

In 2019, Onyeka won the JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Nigeria for Scientific and/or Technological Development.<ref>[https://toyp.jci.ng/2019-honorees/ - JCI Nigeria. Retrieved 26 March, 2020.]</ref>

In 2019, the Global Leadership Institute awarded Onyeka with the Leadership Award in Agriculture.<ref>[https://www.picuki.com/media/2195831097740633232 - Picuki. Retrieved 26 March, 2020.]</ref>

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