Olalekan Sipasi (born 9 September 1987) is a Nigerian
farmer,
entrepreneur and
community development rooter with a focus on
Sustainable agriculture practice.
Education
Olalekan Sipasi received a bachelor's degree in
Animal Production
Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock. Husbandry has a long history, startin ...
and Health from the
Federal University of Technology, Akure
The Federal University of Technology Akure (informally FUT Akure or simply FUTA) is a federal government-owned university located in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. It was founded in 1981 under a drive by the government of Nigeria to create univers ...
and a master's in
Animal science
Animal science is described as "studying the biology of animals that are under the control of humankind". It can also be described as the production and management of farm animals. Historically, the degree was called animal husbandry and the ...
from the
University of Ibadan. He holds a certificate in
Business administration
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from African Management Institute,
Nairobi, Kenya and Enterprise Development Centre of the
Pan-African University, Lagos
Pan-Atlantic University is a private, non-profit educational institution in Lekki, Lagos State.
Timeline
The university had its origin as the Lagos Business School (LBS), established in 1991. The federal government approved the university as ...
,
Nigeria.
Sipasi is Currently a
PhD student
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and a
Graduate research assistant
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at the department of Horticulture and Natural Resources at
Kansas State University
Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...
.
Establishments
ProtectOzone
ProtectOzone is a
Nonprofit organization that was Co-founded by Olalekan Sipasi and Olayanju Folasayo in 2015 in
Nigeria to set in motion citizen awareness in protecting the
ozone layer
The ozone layer or ozone shield is a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. It contains a high concentration of ozone (O3) in relation to other parts of the atmosphere, although still small in rela ...
, and train indigent children, women, farmers and youths in
sustainable agricultural practices to improve their living subsistence.
This initiative came as a result of Sipasi trip to
Tanzania in 2015 and his encounter with
South Sudanese,
United Nations Volunteers - Dr Hussien I M Shagar. Who told him for the first time in his life about voluntary service. This later fired-up his interest of what he could do to help his country.
Prior to setting up ProtectOzone, Sipasi had volunteered and still in the act of volunteering with different
NGOs. Notable among them are: Food4All
Ghana, Education Concern for Hunger Organization (East and West Africa), ONE in Africa, Voluntary Service Overseas Nigeria, etc.
L'Afrika Integrated Farms
As a result of his father losing faith in his success, Sipasi established L'Affrika Integrated Farms in 2011 to cater for his needs. The
farm uses herbal amino acids alternatives, an application centred around his final year project. The attention of AMPION Venture Bus of Germany was drawn to the idea and he was shortlisted to make a pitch involving five
West African countries.
Mobile Kitchen
Sipasi initiated the Mobile Kitchen Garden, where he used environmental harmful waste materials to nurture food. Fortunately for him, the
innovation brought him the 2015 Hidden Eco-hero Award, Samsung Engineering's Tunza Eco-generation,
Seoul, South Korea.
Works
Sipasi worked under the
Office of the Vice President of Nigeria on the National Livestock Transformation Plan and National Home-Grown School Feeding Program as an
N-Power Agro volunteer.
Sipasi is currently working on
United States Consulate
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sponsored project (Farming for Empowerment & Entrepreneurship Development) where he trains local youths from the rural parts of
Lagos on Sustainable Smart urban Agriculture to improve their living conditions.
He is the Country Coordinator of African Youth Employment Initiatives,
Nigeria. And also coordinator of
National Youth Service Corps
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is a program set up by the Nigerian government during the military regime to involve Nigerian graduates in nation-building and the development of the country. There is no military conscription in Nigeria, ...
, Social Development Goals.
Global engagement
Sipasi has spoken in numerous conferences on both local and international platforms on youth's participation in
agriculture.
On 24 April, Sipasi joined other 90 G20 youths in
Germany to develop and amend the Berlin Charter on "Creating Opportunities with the Young Generation in the Rural world" He was chosen as part of 30 African Change makers in the
Agricultural sector
The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining.
The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy in de ...
.
Membership
Sipasi is member of the Global Shaper of the
World Economic Forum, and holds a fellowship position of the following bodies:
*Fellow Thinking School Africa 2016.
*Carrington Fellow 2017.
*Full African Fellow of
StartingBloc Institute 2018.
*Fellow of the Social Innovators Fellowship of LEAP Africa.
*
Mandela Washington Fellowship for
Young African Leaders.
Awards
Sipasi is a recipient of the following awards: United States Consular General's Award; The Nigerian-American Partnership award; President Barack Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative Ambassador to Nigeria, 2013; Hidden Eco-hero Award 2015, Samsung Engineering's Tunza Eco-generation, Seoul, South Korea; Top 10 Go Green in the City Ambassador of the
Schneider Electric, 2016; Lion's Awards, as the most influential participant of Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), West Africa Cohort 3, West Africa Centre for Cooperate Social Responsibility;
Africa Youth Award for Agriculture; Civil Society Award for Sustainable Environment, 2017; ONE Champion 2017; Africa LEADGo Green in the city; Social Innovators Program & Award SIPA, LEAP Africa.
References
External links
Kansas State University Blog Eco Africa - The Environment Magazine The Green Institute Rhealyz Green Network IREX Organization Herox
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Living people
1987 births
People from Ondo City
21st-century Nigerian businesspeople
Yoruba businesspeople
Nigerian farmers
Nigerian company founders
Mayflower School alumni
Federal University of Technology Akure alumni
University of Ibadan alumni
Pan-Atlantic University alumni
Yoruba farmers
21st-century farmers