From Abidjan at the EUACC's Financing Agribusiness in Africa Forum, we talk with Mr. Wilfrid Amoakon, self-made entrepreneur and Chairman of Group Ashante.

Forget romanticized startup tales: Amoakon offers an unflinching look at building agricultural businesses across West Africa – from cocoa and beef to tomatoes – while navigating financial systems; he says treat farmers like transactions, not partners.

What You’ll Discover in This Episode:

• Finance Isn’t the Problem—Banking Is: Why Mr. Amoakon calls banks “money sellers,” and what that says about Africa’s credit ecosystems.
• A Call for Farmer Solidarity: Why the next agricultural revolution won’t be state-led, but farmer-driven. Amoakon's case for direct farmer-to-farmer collaboration across borders – no government middleman required.
• Food Sovereignty Economic Survival: How Africa can grow what it eats—and stop exporting what it should be processing, and why growing Africa’s own wheat and processing its own cashews isn’t just patriotic, but it’s economic survival.
• Scaling Impact, Not Just Profits: How Ashante Group quietly sustains 10,000+ livelihoods (aiming for 15,000 families at $1,000/month) across eight countries.
• Military Meets Maize: Yes, even Zambia’s military is farming—here’s why.

This isn’t about "disruption" or empty inspiration. It’s about the messy, pragmatic work of building systems that serve people, not capital. Amoako challenges us to imagine an Africa that feeds itself, funds itself, and organizes itself.#AfricanAgriculture #FinanceGap #FarmerCollaboration #FoodSovereignty #AfricanEntrepreneurs #EconomicSystems #AshanteGroup #WilfredAmoako