Chinwendu Nweke

Fellow Chinwendu Nweke (Nigeria, 2022) recently delivered a lecture on her journey as a female agricultural entrepreneur at the Kazakh British Technical University (KTBU) in Almaty. She shared her experiences overcoming obstacles faced by women in Nigeria’s agricultural sector—including limited access to resources, land ownership and decision-making processes—to found Bridge Merchant, a successful social enterprise dedicated to connecting smallholder farmers with diverse markets. “During our recent event at KBTU,” an event organizer shared in a recent post, “Chinwendu Nweke enthralled the audience with her remarkable story, unveiling the challenges she faced and the continuous process of learning and unlearning that kept her vision and passion for Bridge Merchant alive.”​