Adesuwa Ifedi
Senior Vice President, Heifer Africa - Heifer International, Nigeria/United States
Adesuwa Ifedi is the Africa Senior Vice President for Heifer International, driving innovation to transform smallholder farming communities and end hunger and poverty in Africa. With 28 years of experience in agriculture, education, finance, research, entrepreneurship, and tech-enabled innovation, she has developed partnerships securing millions of dollars for transformational programs. She initiated Africa’s largest technology-enabled education transformation program, serving over one million at-risk children, and pioneered a platform mobilizing funding for local innovators supporting smallholder farmers. Adesuwa is passionate about making markets work for the poor, building systems and structures for organizations to thrive at the bottom of the pyramid. She has worked as a business consultant, supporting hundreds of start-ups, and holds degrees in Economics, Statistics, and Entrepreneurship, as well as being a Full Bright Scholar and Hubert Humphrey fellow.