Ovieyi Harry

🫀God First | Driving Youth Participation in Agriculture | Agribusiness | Youth Development | Project Management

#foodsecurity #innovation #agriformation

[temilade @theglobaltemi]

Silent moves is for established people.
If you are growing in your career, SHARE YOUR GOOD WORK!

[Farmer Samson Ogbole @Samsonprolific]

Farm

A person who runs a farm is called a farmer.

Farming is a career.

If you start a shop with N10,000, it will take time to build to N100m.

If you start a shop with N50m, you will get to N100m faster.

The same principle applies in every business, like in farming.

Farming is capital intensive.
Farming is knowledge intensive.

The deception of the sector is, you can start with what you have and what you know.

The truth:
You need to know that you need to grow what you have and increase what you know to increase your pace.

Start with what you have
Start with what you know

Start! Be patient!
Throw in honesty & diligence

You may not get there, but you won't remain here.

#FarmerSamson #TheWizardFarmer

[Subomi @subomiplumptre]

𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗥 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆: Why my Company is Pivoting to Internships

If you lead a small company in Africa, by now, you've gotten the memo. Educational systems are failing and the pipeline for talent is shrinking.

The few "good" staff are either being scooped up by bigger firms or are leaving the country ("Japaing").

And, this generation of employees ain't loyal. You'll recognize it from their CVs. They spend 2 or 3 years in organizations before moving on. So, once you train them, there's a high probability they will leave.

Then, there's the uptick in anxiety and impostor syndrome plaguing young workers. The harsh macro-environment, wave of technology addiction and fracturing families are contributory factors.

So, what are you to do as a CEO?

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀

The first time I heard @SimonSinek speak about generational workplace issues, I balked at the implications for Africa. What I took away was that leaders would increasingly do the work parents should have done at home (but didn't do).

And so, in the evolving workplace, mentoring, and coaching must be prioritized. As a CEO, your main headache will no longer be the technical work but the personal baggage that people bring to work.

In other words, you will be dealing with stuff that should've been dealt with at home, or personally.

Case in point: companies want staff that are street smart but in an average privileged middle-class African home, children never do the following on their own - use public transport, haggle at a local market or cook for an entire family - until they are shipped off to College.

In the west, camping is not just a parental bonding exercise. It's an excuse to teach children survival skills. What is the equivalent in middle-class Africa now?

The rich typically use internships in the companies that they own, and prestige sports to hone independence and socialization in their children.

𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀

Some of the issues plaguing young workers are societal:

1. Incessant consumption of bad news and the proliferation of click bait.

2. Use of technology devices all-day every day.

3. Excessive peer comparison on social media, and online bullying.

These things are causing shorter attention spans, increased anxiety, low self-esteem, impostor syndrome and a lack of socialization, resulting in loneliness.

How are small organizations supposed to cope with what parents, educators, governments and self should have addressed before people resume for work?

𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀

How does a growing company compete with large firms for top talent and then be expected to take on the additional burden of social deficits?

If the biggest companies are having to poach from their peers to fill their talent pipelines, what is a small entity to do?

Something has to give because as a CEO, if you don't address these issues, your company will find it difficult to attract good talent, and even when you do, you will experience high staff turnover and poor productivity.

[Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala @NOIweala]

Today, it is with humility and a great sense of honour that I thank each and every one of the 166 WTO members for the consensus they achieved in supporting my reappointment! Thank you for the wonderful words of recognition and support. I don’t take this lightly. I also want to thank my colleagues in the Secretariat Staff for their dedication and hard work.

This is an enormous responsibility and I will redouble my efforts to work with each and every member to try and deliver the results this organization needs, including the necessary reforms to make it fit for 21st century challenges. We’ve done it before, we can do it again! I am also grateful to my family, my country, to the Africa Region, and to all my friends and colleagues from all over the world who have reached out with hundreds of congratulatory messages. Thank you for the recognition!

[Patrick Uduma @PatrickUduma]

The Falsehood of Justification: Proving to be right always denies you the flexibility of integrated opinions. The adaptive mind-form—open-hearted, non-judgmental, and non-biased—loses its great range of experiences, devaluing learning, development, or maturity.

[Farmer Samson Ogbole @Samsonprolific]

Dear Entrepreneur,

Be wary of platforms.

Do not assume because you share the same platform. You are now on the same level. It may rob you of the opportunity to learn from a mentor. You start seeing your destiny helper as mates or even competitors.

What is your real title? A founder is not automatically a CEO.
CEO is not just a title, it is a position, it is an office, it is a mindset, it is a growth-meter and it is a responsibility to lead generations and not to manage the company.

What is your actual title?

There is no shame in being small.
Just don't remain small.
Grow!

#FarmerSamson #TheWizardFarmer

[Abisola Olusanya | The Lagos Food Architect @Abi_Olusanya]

...infrastructure/building works ongoing at the Lagos Food security & central logistics hub, Epe, today. This project is the heartbeat of the State's 5 year ag. & food systems roadmap, tying all the projects, programmes and initiatives of @jidesanwoolu together.
@drobafemihamzat
@followlasg
@lagosagric1

[Ovieyi Harry @OvieyiHarry]

@KennethObayuwan @RoyalAgUni Congratulations 🥂

[Abisola Olusanya | The Lagos Food Architect @Abi_Olusanya]

...did you know that Nigeria produces ⅔ of the world's yam needs? With such a commodity of comparative advantage, we have done little to harness the global potentials. This is why my gratitude to the @lekymills team is unabashed. Made up of a team of young, dynamic Nigerians,

[Prince Dr. Dapo Abiodun, CON @DapoAbiodunCON]

We advocate for the establishment of more farm laboratories across the country, recognising agriculture as essential for achieving food sufficiency. Given the current situation, it is crucial for us to embrace agriculture, grow and consume our own produce.

[Farmer Samson Ogbole @Samsonprolific]

In the past 18 months, we've trained 6000 youths and women in Nigeria.

We will also extend our capacity development across 4 provinces, 30 districts, and 416 sectors in Rwanda.

Thank you to RWANDA YOUTHS IN AGRIBUSINESS FORUMN & RWANDA HORTICULTURE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE

[Farmer Samson Ogbole @Samsonprolific]

It was a great honour to have been hosted to a meeting by the Rwandan Minister of State for Agriculture, Hon. Eric Rwigamba at the Rwandan Ministry of Agriculture.

We discussed various areas of interest for both @sFarmLab and the Rwandan government, including training ...

[Ovieyi Harry @OvieyiHarry]

@LASUOfficial @uniport something we can adopt

[Ovieyi Harry @OvieyiHarry]

@Bright_dejoseph How long is English Proficiency letter valid for and can I use it for more than one school?

[Ovieyi Harry @OvieyiHarry]

@ThoughtPillow Is English Proficiency letter valid for more than a year?

[Ovieyi Harry @OvieyiHarry]

@onuchiofficial How long is English Proficiency letter valid for and can I use it for more than one school?

[Ovieyi Harry @OvieyiHarry]

@Oludeewon Baba please how long is English Proficiency letter from previous learning institution valid? I'm applying to use it for a particular school now, can I use it for more than one school and is it valid for up to a year?

[Farmer Samson Ogbole @Samsonprolific]

WRONG NARRATIVES

1. Farming is a punishment (experience from secondary school gave this impression)

2. Farming is for the illiterate (promoted by pictures in most media)

3. Farming is cheap with 100% ROI (motivational speakers & portfolio fathers at work)

Let's correct these

[Tony O. Elumelu, CFR @TonyOElumelu]

Talent I don't have, I surround myself with people who have it. You must recognise your limitations but make sure you are intelligent enough to support yourself with those who are better, those who are more intelligent in that area than yourself.

#TOEWay

[Ovieyi Harry @OvieyiHarry]

@KennethObayuwan @ClimateReality Congratulations 🥂