Kola Masha: How farming could employ Africa's young workforce -- and help build peace
Kola Masha: Jak rolnictwo może dać młodym Afrykanom pracę oraz wspierać pokój
Kola Masha is the founder of Babban Gona, the first for-profit social enterprise in history to be awarded the prestigious Skoll Award, due to its financial sustainability and highly scalable impact. The organization is part-owned by the farmers they serve. Full bio
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at the University of Sussex
z Uniwersytetu w Sussex
in armed conflict.
w konfliktach zbrojnych.
wzrosła siedmiokrotnie.
tak jak tlen podsyca ogień,
do braku bezpieczeństwa.
of getting a coveted job
perspektywą zdobycia dobrej pracy
died that day, applying for a job,
zginęło tego dnia, starając się o pracę,
for a few thousand open positions.
aplikujących na kilka tysięcy stanowisk.
have entered the Nigerian workforce alone.
weszło na nigeryjski rynek pracy.
is under the age of 18.
ma poniżej 18 lat.
in the next 20 years.
w najbliższym dwudziestoleciu.
entering the workforce
wchodzących na rynek pracy
do małej wioski w północnej Nigerii,
in northern Nigeria,
most recently hit
brutal bombings and searing poverty,
to halt the spread of this insecurity,
aby zatrzymać zagrożenie
as a job-creation engine?
do kreowania miejsc pracy?
in countries like Thailand,
w krajach takich jak Tajlandia,
the same economic challenges as us.
z podobnymi wyzwaniami ekonomicznymi.
two million cars a year --
2 miliony samochodów rocznie,
profitable small farmers,
of less than one percent.
the productivity of its small farmers,
wydajność drobnych rolników,
to start to dominate
they attracted investment
przyciągnęli inwestycje
like starch from cassava.
jak skrobia z manioku.
with investment in education,
to even higher-value manufacturing.
przetwórstwa przemysłowego.
and follow a path similar to Thailand,
i podążać za Tajlandią,
young farmers on farming.
młodych farmerów do rolnictwa.
discussion, we'll call "Saminu,"
nazwijmy go "Saminu",
that this would not be easy.
in northern Nigeria.
w północnej Nigerii
of playing for hours with his friends,
o wielogodzinnych zabawach z kolegami,
the beautiful rock formations
he would leave.
nadarzającej się okazji.
work so hard as farmers,
to pair with their hard work
przyniosła owoce.
most of it at fire-sale prices,
they could get 50 percent more.
mogliby zarobić 50% więcej.
that life was not easy.
że życie nie jest proste.
more patches than tires,
would be ripped away from him,
zostanie skradziony,
who were not so lucky --
nie mieli tyle szczęścia.
once they'd lost their motorcycles,
out to wreak vengeance
zemścić się na społeczeństwie,
had turned its back on them.
odwróciło się do nich plecami.
they joined insurgent groups,
że przyłączyli się do grup buntowników,
in bombings and kidnappings.
w atakach bombowych i porwaniach.
stało się realnym wyborem.
on their small farms,
to make a life for themselves;
has grassroot-level leadership,
and investment to scale
"great farm" in Hausa.
- "wielka farma" w języku Hausa.
do naszego pomysłu,
of our partners,
20 000 drobnych rolników.
and triple their net income
i potrojenie dochodów
to start a goat-rearing business,
i zacząć hodowlę,
are entering the African workforce,
wejdzie na afrykański rynek pracy,
having opportunities in agriculture.
ma szanse na pracę w rolnictwie.
through models similar to ours,
poprzez model podobny do naszego,
a year in financing.
150 miliardów dolarów dofinansowania.
it is a small number --
wierzytelności handlowych
zadłużenia światowego,
in the world today,
agricultural development programs.
programów rozwojowych rolnictwa.
that our model works,
że nasz model działa,
in small farmers in Africa.
w małe farmy w Afryce.
of young men across Africa,
w którym miliony młodych Afrykanów,
ambitni, młodzi ludzie
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kola Masha - Agricultural leaderKola Masha is the founder of Babban Gona, the first for-profit social enterprise in history to be awarded the prestigious Skoll Award, due to its financial sustainability and highly scalable impact. The organization is part-owned by the farmers they serve.
Why you should listen
At Babban Gona, Kola Masha oversees Nigeria's largest corn producing enterprise through a program that franchises thousands of mini corn farmer cooperatives across northern Nigeria, increasing the profitability of the smallholder farmers by three times above the national average. This dramatic increase in net income is accomplished by delivering an integrated holistic package of training, farm inputs and marketing services, on credit. Babban Gona has been able to deliver this credit while maintaining one of the highest repayment rates in the world, currently above 99.9 percent. The project was created to attract youth to agriculture and away from the looming instability of extremist groups.
Prior to moving back home to Nigeria, Masha held multiple leadership roles in leading global organizations, including General Electric and Abiomed. Upon moving home to Nigeria, he gained extensive public and private sector experience as a Senior Advisor to the Nigerian Federal Minister of Agriculture and as CEO of a subsidiary of the Notore Group, one of the country's leading agricultural conglomerates.
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