Raheem Akinsanya
Exco Chairman, SWAVFS
Raheem Akinsanya, a full time farmer, born in Abeokuta, Ogun State Nigeria has a Bachelor's Degree in Aquaculture and Fisheries Management from the prestigious Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. He took to farming as a career in 2017 and founded Awetan Farms International Limited with specialty in cash crops and vegetables. He has to his honour a few awards. He is married to Adenike Akinsanya and they have an adorable son.
Sunday Adeleke
Exco Vice Chairman, SWAVFS
Sunday Adeleke is a fellow of ICAN, an Associate of CITN and Certified Information System Auditor. He has several years of relevant experience in managing corporate risks, business processes and reengineering, financial and treasury processes with the sole aim of realizing corporate objectives. He is a business coach, an entrepreneur and a motivational speaker.
Presently, he the CEO of S.A. Farms where he specializes in the cultivation of vegetables and other crops.
Boluwatife Maybee
Exco General Secretary, SWAVFS
Boluwatife Maybee is an experienced legal practitioner specialized in conflict management and advocacy. She is the General Secretary of the Association.
She graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University and proceeded to the Nigerian Law School Bayelsa. Her love for farming started from her teen days in a village called Imasayi in Yewa North Ogun State. She is the CEO of Tyragrow Farms; a farm into the cultivation of Tomatoes, Pepper and Okra.
Abisola Ijalana
Treasurer
Abisola Ijalana is an award winning female Nigerian photographer and Farmer. She runs (@m12photography and @M12farms) based in Lagos, Nigeria. She carved a niche in the Nigerian photography industry, laying a foundation for the development and growth of Newborn, Baby & Children Photography as a distinct and specialist field of photography in Nigeria before venturing into farming.
Bisola has won awards and received some nominations in Nigeria and Africa. Some of these include;
Extra Mile- Innovative Business Award (Essence Awards 2017) Winner
The Entrepreneur Africa Prize for Creative Arts (Entrepreneur Africa Awards 2018) Winner
Final 3 Nominee, ‘Young Entrepreneur Award’ 2017 - Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Awards held in Cape Town, South Africa.
A graduate of Biochemistry from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria and also with a Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management from the prestigious Pan-Atlantic University. She is an alumni of the British Council Creative Enterprise Programme (2011) and the Women in Management & Business (WIMBIZ) Mentoring Training Programme 2012.
Bisola has had a number of interview features by some top media platforms including; The Entrepreneur Africa Magazine (September 2018 Edition), BusinessDayNewspaper (Enterprise Highflier’ in the “Entrepreneur Today” page), Glam Magazine Africa (April- June 2017 edition), R2TV (Breakfast Show), SpiceTv Africa, WazobiaMax TV, The Nation Newspaper, Africa Business Radio, Television Continental (Arts Express Show) & TVC News (Breakfast Show)
Adebimpe Ogunbunmi
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Adebimpe Ogunbunmi O. is a trained Dental Technologist. she studied at The Federal School Of Dental Technology and Therapy Enugu Nigeria. She has her expertise in Orthodontics and the restorative aspect of Dental technology. She is also a seasoned Farmer with a Decade of Experience. Her years of experience have been of immense value towards contributing to the growth of her fellow farmers and the Association where she serves as the Secretary Board of Trustees.
She currently runs an in-house farming program where she teaches kids to farm.