Profile of Executive Director
Evans Kyere-Mensah is the founder and Executive Director of Agricwealth-Ghana, a not-for- profit organization that seeks to inspire, mobilize, train, support and drive agricultural transformation among the youth in Ghana and Africa. Evans has successfully held various conferences, on modern methods of farming and agribusiness, across various institutions in Ghana; successfully executing an APEL CIDA-KNUST project that trained over 200 women in mushroom production in five communities in Bono Region and developed a thriving market for them between 2012 and 2013. He is the initiator and lead converner of Ghana Youth Agriculture Summit, a wholly non-partisan platform that has gathered and registered over 10,000 young farmers under its umbrella. The summit seeks to mobilise over 3 million youth across Ghana and beyond; to channel their energies, talents and focus into agricultural entrepreneurship and climate change analysis, with other green initiatives. The aim is to spur the national development agenda for food and nutritional security, mitigating climate change risks, reducing youth unemployment and create decent income for the youth, women and the vulnerable in society.
The annual summit attracted over 5000 youth across Ghana, with many stakeholders in the agribusiness space at KNUST in April 2022 and 7000 in 2023, respectively. Evans owns over 500 acres, and counting, of cassava plantation progressively expanding to 5000 in two years. He is also the owner of AgricImpact Ghana Limited and Sunkwa farms, agribusiness firms engaged in production, processing and delivery of cassava based derivatives and other agribusiness services - a multitalented personality combing determination, commitment, and intense advocacy, aiming to strategically transform the Ghanaian cassava industry; through hard work, seeking to become a leading global player in the cassava based value addition.
A believe that it is Africa’s turn to feed the world through a technological and environmentally sustainable drive of smart agriculture, to ensure food security, create jobs and reduce climate change risks is his ever-present belief. Evans Kyere-Mensah was given the "BEST AGRI ADVOCACY AWARD-2022" last year by Guzakuza and Women In Agribusiness and won the “2023 MAMPONG MUNICIPAL BEST CASSAVA FARMER AWARD” during the National Farmers’ Day Celebration. Evans passionately teaches the principles of life to drive transformation in communities, fostering positive impact on all levels of national life.