VIDEO: Jollof Rise: Our Plan to Send Jollof Rice to Space | Nasir Yammama |

Jollof Rise: Our Plan to Send Jollof Rice to Space | Nasir Yammama |

Nasir Yammama is a Creative Technologist and Entrepreneur. He is the founder of Verdant, an Agri-Tech value chain company that offers innovative solutions to farmers and other stakeholders for improved food production using novel technologies. His professional interests include design, enterprise, renewable energies, and agriculture. Nasir has had mentoring from renowned entrepreneur and chairman of Virgin Group, Richard Branson, after winning 1st place at the British Council’s Enterprise Challenge competition. Nasir was recently named one of Forbes Africa’s 30 Under 30 Rising Stars to watch. In this talk, Nasir tells us how he plans on sending Jollof Rise to space. Nasir Yammama is a Creative Technologist and Entrepreneur. He is the founder of Verdant, an Agri-Tech value chain company that offers innovative solutions to farmers and other stakeholders for improved food production using novel technologies. His professional interests include design, enterprise, renewable energies, and agriculture. Nasir has had mentoring from renowned entrepreneur and chairman of Virgin Group, Richard Branson, after winning 1st place at the British Council’s Enterprise Challenge competition. Nasir was recently named one of Forbes Africa’s 30 Under 30 Rising Stars to watch.