Yẹmí Pedro
Indialantic, Florida, US
Yẹmí's Skills
Design
Technical
Business Development
Marketing
Operations
Product Management
Sales
Strategy
User Experience
Programming
Management
Growth
Background
Startup Experience
Founded 2+ startups
Age Group
36-55
About Yẹmí
I'm a technology, design and enterprise growth professional with experience in I.T, Construction, Communications, Education, FMCGs and Agriculture. I have been involved in several mass market solutions for Sub-Saharan Africa and delivered brand solutions for International clients like Apple, Canon, HTC and Alcatel.
I've started and co-founded several startups dealing in e-commerce, mobile internet, real estate, education, affordable artworks and energy and exited two of of the businesses.
My current Startup, Farmovo, is a for profit social enterprise focused on increasing production and getting access to market for small scale farmers and cottage industries. We in our 2 years we covered over 100 farmers in 2 towns, now we are expanding to 10+ towns/cities with the aim to cover over 5,000 farmers and deliver over 10,000 tonnes of grain/produce per quarter.
Quote
"Today, if you want to be a great company, think about what social problem you could solve." - Jack Ma
Work Experience
CEO/Director of Operations
Farmovo
April 2016 - Today
Farmovo is an agtech platform powered by smart technologies and blockchain that enables small holder farmers get funding and inputs to increase production, farmland owners get revenue from their unutilized farms by leasing them for cropping and for end-users to get farm-fresh produce & groceries at up to 50% lower than retail pricing through our efficient farm-to-table service and value partnerships with top grocery manufacturing companies
CTO
Numeriq Labs
September 2017 - Today
Virtual Ideation hub, IT projects, Digital Skills Training, IT outsourcing
Education
Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC)
Diploma, Computer Vision, Image & Multimedia
2015 - 2015
University of Lagos
B.Sc Mechanical Engineering
2000 - 2006
Accelerator/Incubator
Accelerate Labs (Powered by Microsoft & The Future Project)
2018
STARTUP NIGERIA (Powered by Office of Vice President Nigeria, NSITF & Ventures Platform)
2018
Global Impact Accelerator for Blockchain Companies (by Beyond Capital Markets)
2017
CFL Accelerator (by CofoundersLab)
2018
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Topics Followed
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Business Development
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Business Strategy
64777
E-Commerce
69747
Entrepreneurship
141522
Fundraising
85709
Leadership
78656
Management
82714
Marketing
95790
Marketing Strategy
95681
Organizational Development
18546
Product Development
86945
Social Media
62557
Startups
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Strategic Partnerships
95118
Strategy
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