Jehiel Oliver, the founder and CEO of Hello Tractor, an agricultural technology company that connects tractor owners with smallholder farmers in need of tractor services in Africa.
Jehiel has been honored with numerous awards for his work in social entrepreneurship including being recognized by Foreign Policy Magazine as a Top 100 Global Thinker and a World Economic Forum Circulars inaugural cohort member.
He was appointed under the Obama Administration to serve two years as a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa, where he most recently chaired the technology subcommittee.
Prior to Hello Tractor, Jehiel worked in consulting and investment banking. He lives with his wife, mom, and two daughters in Nairobi, Kenya.
This presentation will cover the journey of Hello Tractor using GPS, geofencing, Telematics, and the "Internet of Things" (IOT) to solve one of the world's most pressing problems: climate change and global income and food insecurity.
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To learn more about Jehiel:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jehiel/
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Podcast and Zoom Host: Rushton Hurley
Podcast Producer: Elton Sherwin
Audio edited and enhanced with: Descript Studio Sound
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