Anaporka Adazabra is a founder and the CEO of Farmio Limited, an innovation that leverages web and mobile technologies, climate-smart agriculture technologies, and precision farming principles to provide full value chain solutions for farmers.
With her education in Computer Science and knowledge in agribusiness, business development and greenhouse farming, Anaporka has worked extensively in the agri-tech space and has over 8 years’ experience in agribusiness and climate tech. Anaporka in her journey to build a sustainable and scalable green business has been supported by organizations such the Ghana Climate Innovation Center, Standard Chartered Bank, Orange Corners Innovation Center and Fidelity Bank with funding, technical support and a platform to scale.
She has been recognized by her work and impact in agriculture in Ghana and Africa by various organizations such as the Best Female Entrepreneur in Ghana for the Total Energies StartUpper Challenge and Best Female Entrepreneur African Pitch Agrihack contest with AGRA and Generation Africa. Farmio was also selected as part of the Top Female Entrepreneurs in Africa with SAFEEM, GIZ, Seedstars and the Tony Elumelu Foundation. Today, Farmio is recycling over 6Tons of coconut waste annually, 24 tons of metal waste and saved up to 400,000T of CO2/e through greenhouse farming and using organic inputs while also employing up to 50 youth in direct and indirect jobs.