Our founder, Nikki Okrah was invited to her undergraduate alma mater Northwestern University, where she gave an inspiring speech at the Weinberg College 2024 Convocation. Out of the 11 school Convocations, the Daily Northwestern only wrote about her speech. Read the full article below.
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Nikki Okrah, founder and CEO of Chaku Foods, delivered an inspiring speech. Reflecting on her journey, she urged the graduates to embrace future challenges with courage and resilience.
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Chaku Foods is committed to maximizing smallholder farmers' profits while minimizing climate risks in thriving agricultural communities.
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Read more about founder & CEO Nikki Okrah’s path to finding her purpose from college to career to building Chaku Foods.
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Chaku Foods was privileged to be featured in 2024 Harvard PIC. Hear directly from our farmers and founder Nikki Okrah on how our model of mapping, predicting and collecting crops from smallholder farmers in Ghana is making a generational impact.
Watch VideoMay, 2024
Nikki Okrah, our Founder and CEO is invited to attend the 2024 Skoll World Forum for the first time as a delegate.
Read ProfileApr, 2024
Chaku Foods’ founder and CEO selected as a 2023 Mulago Rainer Fellow for work in improving livelihoods of African smallholder farmers by creating access to markets.
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Chaku Foods, a Harvard Innovation Labs Social Impact Fellowship Fund (SIFF) recipient (2021) and President’s Innovation Challenge (PIC) Winner (2021) gains external recognition for work.
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As the 2021 Grand Prize winner of Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge (PIC) Open Track, Nikki Okrah, founder and CEO of Chaku Foods, provides updates on how Chaku is using AI/ML to predict small-holder harvests in Africa.
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Nikki Okrah, founder and CEO of Chaku Foods, receives the grand prize award in the Open Track for Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge (PIC).
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