Nwachinemere Emeka is a goal-driven, innovation, and technology enthusiast, passionate about transforming Africa's food system. He is a graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he studied Mechanical Engineering. Aside from receiving specialized Business and Entrepreneurship training from the Enterprise Development Center, Pan African University, Lagos, Nwachinemere also studied Financial Innovation for Economic Development at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The multi-award-winning serial entrepreneur has a dream that one day, extreme poverty and hunger will be eradicated from Africa and the world, and he is helping create that future through the Kitovu Technology Company. This start-up builds climate-smart farming and post-harvest infrastructure for African agriculture. He is a writer and public speaker with an interest in governance and advocacy.
Founder/CEO at Kitovu Technology Company
Graduate Course, Financial Innovations for Economic Development - 2022
B.Eng (Mechanical Engineering) - 2012
Nigerian Innovation Awards 2016
World Bank Ideas for Action Competition Winner 2017
Africa Prize for Innovation (Shortlist) 2018
TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
AFSIC - Investing in Africa 2022
Euromoney Conference
Annual Gathering of the World Bank/IMF, 2017
Startup South
United Nations Global Online Dialogue Series
TEDx Arochukwu