Meet The Foundry
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Highlights
Highlighting Acumen Fellows Suleiman Shifaw and Zahara Legesse Kauffman
Finding Community in Crisis
Highlighting India and Spain Fellows
How Trust Enabled A Community to Provide Crucial Support Across the Globe in Just Two Weeks
Highlighting India Fellow Vimal Kumar
Transforming the Status Quo Through Everyday Leadership Moments
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Highlights
Highlighting Acumen Fellows Suleiman Shifaw and Zahara Legesse Kauffman
Finding Community in Crisis
Highlighting India and Spain Fellows
How Trust Enabled A Community to Provide Crucial Support Across the Globe in Just Two Weeks
Highlighting India Fellow Vimal Kumar
Transforming the Status Quo Through Everyday Leadership Moments
Jamil Akbar
Co-Founder and COO
Food Systems Fellow
Jamil Akbar is one of the Co-founders and the COO at iFarmer. Ifarmer is an Agri Fin-tech platform which provides access to finance, access to agriculture input (seed, fertilizer, advisory services) and access to market for farmers. Established in 2019, ifarmer currently has over 80,000 farmers on their platform. Jamil is a tech enthusiast, an entrepreneur and a problem solver, who sincerely manages and constantly feeds his hunger for doing something new. With more than 8 years of white-collar experience in the industry of Information Technology, he specialises in managing complex operations and large teams in challenging and mission-critical scenarios.
Program
Fellowship
Program Region
Global
Year
2023