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Our Founding Team

Afraqua’s founding partners have extensive on-the-ground Africa execution experience, and a global agri-food network

Mark Amechi

Aquaculture/Africa

  • Owner/founder of Tropo Farms 

  • Ghana, West Africa’s largest tilapia producer and #2 in Africa

  • Built the company from zero over past 25 years

  • Pioneered the tilapia industry in Ghana

  • Masters in Aquaculture (Thailand)

  • Asset 7_300x

Management & Strategy/Global 

  • Experienced senior executive in global agribusiness 

  • Previously Chief Strategy Officer of Olam (largest ag/food company in Africa) based in Singapore

  • Private equity operating partner in UK

  • Executive Committee member and Division Head at Bunge Ltd. based in US, Brazil, Europe

  • McKinsey consultant

  • MBA (Harvard)

Ben Pearcy

  • Asset 7_300x

Tejan Fadlu-Deen

Construction & Logistics/Africa

  • Early career in Fisheries Protection in Sierra Leone, Member of Fisheries Advisory Board for Government

  • Founded company providing Support Services and Camp Construction to NGO’s, mining companies, and other organizations across Africa

  • Entrepreneur in construction and logistics projects in Africa

  • Masters in Fisheries Economics (Portsmouth University)

  • Asset 7_300x
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