Yemisi Iranloye quit her job to build an agribusiness company with clients like Nestlé and Unilever.
While the West obsesses over lab-grown meat and impossible burgers, Nigeria's Yemisi Iranloye is proving that Africa's food innovation lies in mastering what we've always grown best. Her pivot from corporate comfort to cassava empire, landing Nestlé and Unilever as clients, exposes how foreign multinationals are quietly banking on African agricultural expertise while local consumers remain disconnected from these homegrown success stories. This isn't just agribusiness; it's reclaiming the narrative around African food systems one root at a time.
While the West obsesses over lab-grown meat and impossible burgers, Nigeria's Yemisi Iranloye is proving that Africa's food innovation lies in mastering what we've always grown best. Her pivot from corporate comfort to cassava empire, landing Nestlé and Unilever as clients, exposes how foreign multinationals are quietly banking on African agricultural expertise while local consumers remain disconnected from these homegrown success stories. This isn't just agribusiness; it's reclaiming the narrative around African food systems one root at a time.
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