Kola Masha: How farming could employ Africa's young workforce -- and help build peace
Kola Masha: Çiftçilik Afrika'nın iş gücünü nasıl istihdam edip huzurlu bir ortam yaratabilir?
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
araştırmacılar 1997'den beri
in armed conflict.
küresel eğilimi gözlemledi
olduğuna inanırız.
fazla gencimiz var:
cumartesi sabahında
of getting a coveted job
hayalini kurduğu
died that day, applying for a job,
o gün iş başvurusunda öldü.
for a few thousand open positions.
başvurunca izdihamda öldü.
have entered the Nigerian workforce alone.
Nijerya kuvvetlerinde işe girdi.
is under the age of 18.
yarısı 18 yaşının altında.
in the next 20 years.
Nijerya kuvvetlerine katılacak.
entering the workforce
iş gücüne katılırsa
in northern Nigeria,
most recently hit
brutal bombings and searing poverty,
küçük bir köye yerleştim...
to halt the spread of this insecurity,
için tarımın gücünü
as a job-creation engine?
ekonomik bir tampon oluşturabilir miyiz?
in countries like Thailand,
gibi 1980'de bizimkine benzer
the same economic challenges as us.
yaşayan ülkelerden biliyoruz.
two million cars a year --
2 milyon araba üretiyor --
profitable small farmers,
kazançlı küçük çiftliklerle,
of less than one percent.
the productivity of its small farmers,
verimliliğini önemli ölçüde artırdı
to start to dominate
başlayabildi.
they attracted investment
like starch from cassava.
with investment in education,
yatırımları ile birleşince
to even higher-value manufacturing.
and follow a path similar to Thailand,
ve Tayland'dakine benzer
young farmers on farming.
çiftçilerimizi satmak zorundaydık.
discussion, we'll call "Saminu,"
için 'Saminu' diyeceğim,
that this would not be easy.
olmayacağını açıkça gösterdi.
in northern Nigeria.
güzel bir köyde büyüdü.
of playing for hours with his friends,
harikulade hikayeler anlatır,
kırsal kayalıklarda
the beautiful rock formations
he would leave.
terk edeceğini biliyordu.
work so hard as farmers,
çiftçi olarak çok çalışıp
oldukları şey 'babu'---hiçbir şey.
çalışmalarının karşılığını almak,
to pair with their hard work
most of it at fire-sale prices,
they could get 50 percent more.
hasadı ölü fiyattan satıyorlar.
that life was not easy.
more patches than tires,
would be ripped away from him,
korkarak yaşadı her gün.
who were not so lucky --
once they'd lost their motorcycles,
out to wreak vengeance
had turned its back on them.
vuranlardan intikamını aldı.
they joined insurgent groups,
ve adam kaçırma olaylarında
in bombings and kidnappings.
isyancı gruplara katıldıklarını söyledi.
on their small farms,
yeterli parayı kazanmayı sağlamalıyız
to make a life for themselves;
olmaları için.
has grassroot-level leadership,
liderliğe sahip olduğunu
yönetimi ve yatırımı
and investment to scale
"great farm" in Hausa.
'Babban Gona' adını verdik,
of our partners,
and triple their net income
net gelirlerini akranlarına göre
to start a goat-rearing business,
perakende dükkanına sahip olacak
are entering the African workforce,
Afrika iş gücüne katılacak.
having opportunities in agriculture.
tarımda fırsatlara sahip.
through models similar to ours,
ile bu fırsatlara sahip olmak için,
a year in financing.
finansmana ihtiyaçları var.
it is a small number --
in the world today,
agricultural development programs.
modellerinden farklı olabilmek için.
that our model works,
yatırım yapmadıkları halde
in small farmers in Africa.
of young men across Africa,
genç adamlar
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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