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Wall Street to African farmsteads. Two very different worlds, but some of the same lessons: resilience, partnerships and the courage to keep building.
Join us for The Audacity to Build on 27 August, 2–4 PM.
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#Entrepreneurship #SocialInnovation
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What does it take to walk away from a predictable career, move to Africa, and dedicate yourself to building something that matters?
In this episode of Diary of an African Entrepreneur, I sit down with Jehiel Oliver, Founder and CEO of @HelloTractor , to unpack his journey from finance in the United States to building an agricultural technology company across Africa.
We talk about the realities of building in Nigeria, navigating uncertainty, earning trust, making difficult decisions, leading people, raising capital, and having the patience to build for the long term.
But at the heart of our conversation is something bigger than entrepreneurship. It is about purpose, conviction, and the ambition to contribute to Africa’s economic sovereignty.
Watch the full episode and join the conversation on my YouTube channel youtu.be/Tnmz-JwCQDQ
#JehielOliver #HelloTractor #DiaryOfAnAfricanEntrepreneur #AfricanEntrepreneurship #EconomicSovereignty
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Meet Esther Cheruiyot, a commodity depositor at Mauka WRS Certified Warehouse in Mauche Ward-Nakuru County, who shares her journey with WRS and the difference it has made.
#WRS #structuredcommoditytrade #solutiontopostharvestlosses
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The Council, CGA and Hello Tractor, under an AGRA-supported programme, conducted a stakeholder engagement among aggregators drawn from Nakuru County, to promote WRS adoption and increase commodity deposits at Mauka Certified Warehouse.
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𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 : 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝘀 & 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗣 𝗔𝗜 𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗔 𝟴𝟭
A farmer in Kisumu asks about her land, out loud, in Kiswahili. She gets an answer.
No smartphone. No data bundle. No app. Weather by SMS over 2G. Inference hosted in Kenya.
One conversation, built across three continents. AI infrastructure that works where the cloud does not.
𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿.
Video is also on our youtube channel: youtu.be/Tyx5MOVO0oc?si=gONQ…
@UN @UNDP @AIHub4SD @MsingiAI @HelloTractor @mimit_gov @Cineca1969 @EkStep_Org
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With support from AGRA, WRSC, led by CEO & Registrar Ms. Lucy Komen, mobilized commodity deposits and pre-launched AFC’s Warehouse Receipt Financing product.
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In📍Katete, Mapulanga is helping smallholder farmers do more — offering land prep to harvest & transport through the Govt-WFP Private sector led mechanisation🚜 initiative.
Using @HelloTractor's digital platform, he connects 👨🌾 to machinery, markets & climate-smart practices.
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The Warehouse Receipt System Council, in collaboration with @HelloTractor and @Agri_FinanceKe , engaged farmers in Rongai, Mauka and Mau Narok, Nakuru County, on the WRS as part of ongoing sensitisation and commodity deposit mobilisation efforts, supported by @AGRA_Africa .
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"If the farmer doesn't succeed, everyone loses. But there is a sequencing to executing on that problem: we had to secure the tractor owner first." @HelloTractor’s @JehielOliver on ecosystem design on #TheDirt 🎙️ Watch Ep 008: youtube.com/watch?v=VC09aR2x….
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@HelloTractor rents tractors to African smallholders by the hour, booked from a phone.
2.5M+ farmers served. 18 countries. 100% repayment from first-time borrowers.
John Deere became its largest investor.
Mechanisation is a finance problem, not a machinery problem.
#GlobalPulseAfrica #SmartAg
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"If the farmer doesn't succeed, everyone loses. But there is a sequencing to executing on that problem: we had to secure the tractor owner first." @HelloTractor’s @JehielOliver on ecosystem design on The Dirt 🎙️ Watch Ep 008: youtube.com/watch?v=VC09aR2x….
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By 2050, over 600M working-age Africans will be seeking jobs.
Dr. Nneka Enwonwu from @HelloTractor Nigeria shares how digital technology in agribusiness is creating jobs for youth & turning agriculture into an opportunity engine.
Watch our conversation: youtube.com/watch?v=0190iFlb…
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Capital keeps coming up in AgriFinTech 💬🌱
We joined @HelloTractor for Beyond the Check: 🚜 with keynote speaker Tony Wilkins.
🎥 From angel investing lessons to founder missteps & ecosystem insights — here’s a snippet.
Watch the full conversation👇
youtube.com/watch?v=DHaJEtnu…
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In her @awieforum 2025 session, @MotolaOyebanjo, Senior Director of Regional Communications – Africa @Heifer spoke about the need to rethink how young agripreneurs are financed using examples from @AyuteAfrica winners such as @HelloTractor.
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⏰ Countdown to #ALE2025 is on!
We caught up with 🚜 @JehielOlivier, Founder of @HelloTractor , as he shared insights on agrifintech investments & why you can’t miss ALE!
🎟️ Seats are limited—secure yours now: vabu.app/9th-agrifin-annual-…
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Tour of the Deputy Chief of Mission in the Eastern Province!!
On his recent tour to the @RwandaEast, our DCM @ron_margalit_ had an opportunity to visit several institutions and had engagement with different leaders
In @NyagatareDistr, he witnessed the launching of the second Mechanization Hub by @HeiferRwanda and @HelloTractor.
This hub is set to to boost farmers’ access to modern agri-tech and improve productivity particularly for small holder farmers
#HeiferImpact #SmartAgriculture
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Building a tech-enabled agriculture business, you have to first realise that you operate in an ecosystem. - Jehiel Oliver, @HelloTractor CEO
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That ecosystem is challenged by a number of risks for instance, lack of infrastructure, all of these challenges are challenges that take time and partnership to solve. That informed @HelloTractor's strategies. - Jehiel Oliver, @HelloTractor CEO
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You really need to figure out how to reverse engineer ecosystems and partners within the ecosystem you exist in, that can help shoulder that load. - Jehiel Oliver, CEO at @HelloTractor
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Drawing from the report and the contributions made in this launch, what stands out is the need to be dynamic as a leader in the food system ecosystem. - Jehiel Oliver, CEO at @HelloTractor
