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N’guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier

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N’guessan’s desire to venture into agriculture lead to the founding of Yaletite Entrepreneurship Group Cl, an agricultural group with the aim of producing and marketing food crops for profit, locating subsidies for students with disabilities, and mobilizing youth for agricultural employment. At inception, the group’s primary objective was to produce and market food crops to support his school and personal needs. But as time went by, his desire to impact young people burgeoned, so he acquired subsidies for students with disabilities and employed young locals to assist in farmland preparations.

His venture responds to two major needs: firstly, knowing the culture and the processing of agricultural products cultivated by the population, which rarely consumes these expensive products, and secondly, but more importantly, assisting the more disadvantaged. Working with 32 employees, they transform locally sourced raw materials into finished products helps generate revenue, of which some of the profit made is given to the poor.

The Yaletite Group hopes to diversify into agro-processing, transforming cocoa to chocolate, and strengthening the group’s assistance of the mentally ill, lepers, and widows. Even in the face of challenges regarding financing and transportation, Koffi looks forward to expanding his market beyond Cote d’Ivoire to create an establishment across Africa and be ranked among the top African businessmen of his time.

N’guessan Koffi Olivier was born to a farmer and a housewife. Growing up, he gained his primary education at the EPP in Dabouyo, where he was appointed the president of the school to raise funds for two years in order to build three classrooms– an experience that hallmarked the start of his entrepreneurial leadership journey.

 

2019

Africa: Young African Entrepreneurs Shine at the 2019 Anzisha Prize Awards

All Africa

24/10/2019

N'guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier, Anzisha Prize fellow from Cote d'Ivoire, is already making a million dollars a year at 22 years old.

Interview with Koffi Jacques Olivier NGUESSAN -TYEGRO- Ivory Coast

Land of African Business

10/09/2019

Koffi Jacques Olivier N'Guessan is an Ivorian entrepreneur, founder of a Start-up, Tyegro, specializing in the cultivation, processing and marketing of 100% organic agricultural products. We went to meet him to learn more about his ambitions.

2016

Anzisha Prize: the little geniuses of African innovation

LePoint

10/10/2016

Under 25, Heritiaina Randriamananatahina, Yaye Souadou Fall, and Koffi Jacques Olivier N'Guessan have been spotted for their daring projects.

2016 Finalists for Anzisha Prize- Africa’s Leading Youth Entrepreneurship Award.

Opportunities for Africans

29/08/2016

African Leadership Academy, in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, is proud to announce Africa’s top youth entrepreneur finalists for the sixth annual Anzisha Prize .

2015

Four young African agri-preneurs seizing opportunities in farming

How We Made It in Africa

10/07/2015

Over 500 of Africa’s youngest entrepreneurs applied for the 2015 Anzisha Prize. The competition, which recognises and celebrates entrepreneurs between the ages of 15 and 22, will be announcing this year’s 12 finalists in upcoming months.

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