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EAGLES NEST

The Agribusiness Pitch Arena

“Where ideas sprout and investors bite.”

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Youth Trained

about the nest

Ghana's First Agribusiness Pitch Arena

Ghana’s youth possess immense creativity in agriculture — from precision irrigation tools to local seed innovations, value-added food processing, and post-harvest technologies. Yet, access to finance remains their greatest barrier.

Our Mission

EAGLES NEST is a bold, reality-style pitch competition modeled after the famous Dragon's Den format. It provides a national stage for young agripreneurs—especially students from agricultural colleges and early-stage agribusiness founders—to pitch their most innovative, scalable ideas directly to real investors willing to invest a minimum of USD $5,000 per venture.

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Showcase Innovation

Showcase Innovation Spotlight youth innovation in agriculture and agri-technology across Ghana.

Facilitate Investment

Enable direct venture capital and private equity investment deals between entrepreneurs and angel/VC investors.

Build Readiness

Strengthen investment readiness of agribusinesses in the idea and seed stage.

Promote Agripreneurship

Establish agricultural entrepreneurship as a viable and exciting career path.

the journey

How It Works

From idea to investment in four strategic stages designed to discover, refine, and fund Ghana’s most promising agribusiness ventures.

  • Step 01. Call for Entries

    Nationwide Expression of Interest launched via social media, radio, and partner institutions. Submit your concept and 90-second video pitch.

    Duration: 3 Weeks

  • Step 02. Screening & Bootcamp

    Panel of experts shortlist 30-40 applicants. Selected teams undergo a 2-day investment-readiness bootcamp to refine pitch decks.

    Duration: 1 Week

  • Step 03. The Den

    Enter the dramatic Eagles Nest arena. Pitch for 5 minutes, followed by 7 minutes of Q&A and live negotiation with the Eagles.

    Duration: 1 Day

  • Step 04. Deals & Follow-Up

    Deals captured on camera and formalized post-event. Afarinick provides post-investment support, monitoring, and mentorship.

    Duration: 6 Months

The Investor Panel

Meet The Eagles

Each Eagle brings expertise, capital, and a commitment to invest at least USD $5,000 per deal. They’re not just investors—they’re mentors, connectors, and champions of agribusiness.

STEVEN NHYIRA ODARTEIFIO

CO-FOUNDER, EAGLES NEST
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ELORM GOH

CEO OF AGRISOLVE LTD
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KWABENA OWUSU-ADJEI

MANAGING PARTNER, THIRDWAY CAPITAL
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Become an Eagle

Are you an investor, agribusiness firm, or impact fund looking to support Ghana’s next generation of agripreneurs? Join our panel of Eagles and make a real difference.

  • Minimum investment capacity of USD $5,000 per deal
  • Expertise in agribusiness, finance, or tech
  • Commitment to mentorship and support

Selection Process

What We Look For

Our expert panel evaluates each pitch across six key dimensions to identify ventures with the highest potential for success and impact.

Innovativeness & Originality

Novel solutions addressing real agricultural challenges.

Market Potential

Clear market demand and revenue opportunity.

Feasibility & Scalability

Practical implementation and growth potential.

Social And Environmental Impact

Positive contribution to communities and environment.

Team & Leadership

Strong, capable team with clear vision.

Presentation & Clarity

Clear communication and compelling pitch delivery.

Who Should Apply?

Students & Graduates

Ages 18-35 from Ghana's agricultural colleges and universities (Kwadaso, Ohawu, Damongo, Ejura, Wenchi, Pong-Tamale, etc.)

Youth-Led Startups

Early-stage agribusiness ventures and cooperatives with innovative solutions.

Innovators

Those with prototypes in crops, livestock, aquaculture, agro-processing, agritech, irrigation, or mechanization.

Take The Leap

Ready to Pitch Your Vision?

Submit your Expression of Interest today and take the first step toward transforming your agricultural innovation into a funded business. The Eagles are waiting.

  • Direct access to investors with minimum $5,000 commitment
  • 2-day investment-readiness bootcamp training
  • National visibility and media exposure
  • Post-investment mentorship and support
  • Networking with industry leaders and peers
  • Opportunity to transform your idea into a funded business

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STEVEN NHYIRA ODARTEIFIO

CO-FOUNDER, EAGLES NEST

Across more than a decade in investment banking, management consulting, agri-finance, and agribusiness—spanning London, Southeast Asia, and West/East Africa—Steven has structured, raised, or delivered over $100 million for high-impact, crop-focused initiatives: climate-smart production systems, commercial large-scale farms, and agricultural economic enclaves.

He is the Head of Food Systems at the UN World Food Programme (Ghana), where he leads a $25 million country portfolio advancing crop-value-chain transformation: a national post-harvest-loss (PHL) reduction programme serving 100,000 youth and women farmers; an agroforestry and carboncredit program building climate resilience for 15,000 farmers; an access-to-finance and market access support programs linking over 11,000 smallholders to structured buyers.


Previously a Senior Consultant to Ghana’s Ministry of Finance/MIDA, he developed and project managed the $50M, 40,000 acre agriculture enclave program which has been envisioned to significantly reduce Ghana’s food imports by 2032.


He began his career as an investment analyst at Goldman Sachs in London before joining agri-focused private equity firm Sagevest Holdings in Accra as a Senior Analyst. Steven is a multi-disciplinary thought leader and has co-authored several thought leadership articles – the “African Globalizers Report 2017”, “African Sovereign Wealth Fund Index 2018” and “Africa’s Agricultural Productivity Conundrum Report” (2020).


Beyond his formal roles, Steven actively supports youth-led agribusinesses in his spare time, securing over $900k in financing and providing technical support for several commercial rice and vegetable production startup ventures over the last five years. He is an Aspen Resnick Leadership Scholar of the Aspen Institute 2014.

ELORM GOH

CEO OF AGRISOLVE LTD

Elorm Goh is an agribusiness leader, farmer, and social impact entrepreneur with over two decades of experience across agriculture, commodity trade, rural development, and market systems in Ghana and West Africa. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Agrisolve Ltd, a market-led agribusiness platform transforming smallholder farming through access to inputs, mechanization, aggregation, processing, finance,
and structured markets.


Her work spans deep engagement with farming communities across Northern Ghana and Burkina Faso, driven by a strong commitment to inclusive growth, sustainable livelihoods, and food system transformation. Elorm combines practical, hands-on farming experience with strategic leadership in value chain development, large-scale commodity trade, and project design and implementation.


As an established woman agribusiness professional, she has demonstrated strong expertise in agriculture value chain management, market access, rural community development, and the empowerment and mentorship of women and youth. Through her advocacy and enterprise-led interventions, she has contributed to lifting over 50,000 rural women above the poverty line, while integrating tens of thousands of smallholder farmers into profitable and resilient agricultural systems.


Elorm has successfully built and scaled high-impact enterprises, including Agrisolve Ltd (over 10 years) and Food Transactions Ltd (over 17 years). Under her leadership, Agrisolve has established an extensive network of Farmer Access Centres (Greenconnect), aggregation hubs, and processing
facilities, serving over 100 rural communities and engaging more than 70,000 farmers annually.


She is widely recognized for her ability to collaborate across public, private, and development sectors, working with partners such as USAID, DFID, IFAD, MEDA, GIRSAL, and the World Food Programme. Her leadership is anchored in strong corporate governance, data-driven decisionmaking, integrity, and a long-term vision of building resilient rural economies.


She currently serves as a Board Member of the National Seed Authority (NSA), where she also chairs the Projects and Programmes Committee, providing strategic oversight on project design, implementation, and sector-wide impact alignment. She is also a former Vice President of the
National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NASTAG), where she contributed to policy advocacy, private sector coordination, and the strengthening of Ghana’s seed industry.


Elorm holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and the Study of Religions from the University of Ghana, is an EMBA candidate at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), and is an alumna of the Women Entrepreneurship & Leadership for Africa (WELA) program. She has received multiple national and international recognitions for her contributions to agribusiness, entrepreneurship, and rural development

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KWABENA OWUSU-ADJEI

MANAGING PARTNER, THIRDWAY CAPITAL

Kwabena Owusu-Adjei is the Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer at Third Way Capital,
where he focuses on high-growth and high-impact African SMEs. Kwabena has ten years of advanced experience in infrastructure project finance, starting out at the General Electric Company (GE) where he became a Lead Transactor responsible for a number of major power projects across across West Africa, then with Aker ASA of Norway (in their Ghana operation) as a
Senior Investment Manager where he supported a $4BN investment into a deep-water oil and gas field off the coast of Ghana.


In his time with GE, Kwabena succesfully raised over $24M of project development capital, $200M in equity commitments and over $200M in debt for over 1.8 gigawatts worth of power projects. Kobby played a pivotal role in formulating GE’s LNG gas-to-power strategy in Africa and was a member of the team that developed the first project under the initiative, the “Ghana 1000” project (1 GW power plant).


At Aker, in addition to supporting negotiations with the government of Ghana to secure a “Plan of Development” (POD) approval for Aker Energy, Kwabena led Aker’s commercial due diligence and investment appraisal for a $20M investment in Ghanaian Oil & Gas Services Fund, and led negotiations and project management for Aker’s $10M investment in its SME investment fund.


After a decade of working for corporates in the energy infrastructure space, Kwabena set up a project finance advisory firm to help both start-up ventures and and seasoned businesses successfully develop projects and raise capital in a wide range of industries ranging from power and telecoms to agro-processing and logistics. During this time, Kobby successfully led joint venture negotiations between Limex Murphy International (LMI) a Ghanaian Investment Holding Company and Imperial Logistics, Africa’s largest logistics company, which saw the creation of Imperial-LMI Logistics and the entry of Imperial Logistics into the Ghanaian market and advised an African conglomorate on their acquisition of a 900MW power plant in Nigeria.


He is an alumnus of Ashesi University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration

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