Adanne Uche, a Nigerian agro-processing entrepreneur on a mission to improve consumer nutrition — Lionesses of Africa

Share a little about your entrepreneurial journey. And, do you come from an entrepreneurial background?

I am a graduate of Foreign Languages and Literature with no previous knowledge in entrepreneurship. I started my first business after the birth of my first daughter, but having no entrepreneurial skills it failed after 2 years. I started another business after a year, it still did not work, that is until I found something I really love doing and that is food, cooking. So I thought to myself, what about cooking and food that could give me joy and at the same time pay me a salary. So Ady’s Food Mart came to fruition with a N30,000 loan from my brother, I decided to solve food adulteration problems starting with Palm Oil, then grew to other food ingredients and a world of spices, where we process, package and distribute healthy spices to families in Nigeria. It has been a rollercoaster since then, but something I am confident in saying is that we have scaled to become a household name.

What are your future plans and aspirations for your company?

We wish to be a household name in the agricultural value chain of spice production in Africa and the world where African dishes are appreciated.