Navigating Academia to Entrepreneurship with Hafsah Jumare, CEO of CoAmana

The Grinders Table

I had the pleasure of talking with Hafsa Jomari, CEO of CoAmana, an Agtech startup operating in Nigeria and Kenya. We discussed her inspiring journey from academia to entrepreneurship and how her obsession with solving the issue of market access for smallholder farmers led her to create CoAmana. In this episode, Hafsa shares invaluable advice she received during her entrepreneurial journey and how CoAmana has adapted and evolved over time. We also discuss the challenges of building and managing a team, the importance of having a co-founder, and the best and worst advice she has received in her career.

(0:00:01) - Exploring Curiosity and Leadership in Business (0:14:03) - Navigating Agriculture Markets (0:25:31) - Just Do It Key moments from the podcast: - Hafsah's journey from academia to entrepreneurship and her obsession with solving market access for smallholder farmers - The importance of curiosity and understanding the local context when solving problems - Challenges in building and managing a team, and the role of a co-founder - Valuable advice Hafsah received during her entrepreneurial journey and how CoAmana has adapted and evolved over time - The importance of overcoming analysis paralysis and taking action to learn and grow