Everyone deserves an opportunity to prosper
Join the movement to stop poverty and violence from threatening Africa's future, triggering a mass migration crisis
Everyone deserves an opportunity to prosper
Join the movement to stop poverty and violence from threatening Africa's future, triggering a mass migration crisis
a downward spiral
Everyone deserves the opportunity to prosper, free from poverty, and ensuing violence.
Yet in West Africa, a downward spiral of increased violence is destabilizing local economies, increasing migrations and threatening the stability of the broader region and potentially Europe.
At the heart of it all are unemployed youth at the risk of being recruited to conduct violent acts.
A DOWNWARD SPIRAL
Everyone deserves the opportunity to prosper, free from poverty and ensuing violence.
Yet in West Africa, a downward spiral of increased violence is destabilizing local economies, increasing migrations and threatening the stability of the broader region and potentially Europe.
At the heart of it all are unemployed youth at the risk of being recruited to conduct violent acts.
casting a shadow of fear, anxiety, and desperation
10x
The size of the current migrant crisis
50%
of W. Africa’s population is in Nigeria
tens of millions
of potential migrants
what can be done?
We believe that the best way to disrupt this downward spiral of poverty and violence is to create opportunities for dignified and fulfilling work for the very demographic at the risk of being led astray: The Rural Youth.
We make farming much more profitable
We started our journey at the epicenter of this crisis in Northern Nigeria, Babban Gona’s innovative technology platform and program makes farming much more profitable for smallholder farmers, turning at-risk youth into successful entrepreneurs.
This, in turn, stimulate local economies, disrupting the cycle of poverty and violence.
what can be done?
We believe that the best way to disrupt this downward spiral of poverty and violence is to create opportunities for dignified and fulfilling work for the very demographic at the risk of being led astray: The Rural Youth.
We make farming much more profitable
Located at the epicenter of this crisis in Northern Nigeria, Babban Gona’s innovative technology platform and program makes farming much more profitable for smallholder farmers, turning at-risk youth into successful entrepreneurs.
This, in turn, stimulate local economies, disrupting the cycle of poverty and violence.
THE BABBAN GONA SOLUTION
double profitability vs average farmer
By improving crop yield per hectare, reducing cost of production, and increasing unit price at market.
HALT THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND VIOLENCE
By turning unemployed youth at risk of conducting violent acts into successful agricultural entrepreneurs.
CREATE PROSPEROUS COMMUNITIES
Life improves as violence is reduced and individuals, families and economies prosper.
Join the movement to halt the cycle of poverty and violence to create prosperous communities
the babban gona solution
double profitability vs average farmer
By improving crop yield per hectare, reducing cost of production, and increasing unit price at market.
HALT THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND VIOLENCE
By turning unemployed youth at risk of conducting violent acts into successful agricultural entrepreneurs.
CREATE PROSPEROUS COMMUNITIES
Life improves as violence is reduced and individuals, families and economies prosper.
Join the movement to halt the cycle of poverty and violence to create prosperous communities
SINCE 2012
Jobs created
+2x
Net income increase compared to the national average
Acres sustainably farmed by smallholder members
Individuals in local communities impacted
Resulting in the injection of tens of millions of dollars into rural economies, dramatically decreasing poverty, violence and migration.
SINCE 2012
Jobs created
+2x
Net income increase compared to the national
Acres sustainably farmed by smallholder members
Individuals in local communities impacted
join the movement
We can’t allow this cycle of poverty and violence to continue to threaten Africa’s future and a mass migration crisis in Europe. There is simply too much at stake.
Join the movement to provide millions of youth dignified and fulfilling work, halting the cycle of poverty and violence and know you are helping millions of people prosper.
PEOPLE ARE TALKING
– Bill Gates, Gates Notes
about babban gona
Rising youth unemployment in West Africa increases violence, which destabilizes regional economies and threatens to accelerate a migration problem that would dwarf the current refugee crisis.
Located in Nigeria in the heart of West Africa, Babban Gona uses a unique technology platform to make farming more profitable to create millions of youth jobs, interrupting the root causes of violence, stimulating strong economic growth, and alleviating the migration problem.
aBOUT bABBAN gONA
Rising youth unemployment in West Africa increases violence, which destabilizes regional economies and threatens to accelerate a migration problem that would dwarf the current refugee crisis.
Located in Nigeria in the heart of West Africa, Babban Gona uses a unique technology platform to make farming more profitable to create millions of youth jobs, interrupting the root causes of violence, stimulating strong economic growth, and alleviating the migration problem.
climate change
Babban Gona continues to drive efforts to simultaneously enable farmers to mitigate climate change, as well as adapt and build resilience.
CLimaTE CHANGE
Babban Gona continues to drive efforts to simultaneously enable farmers to mitigate climate change, as well as adapt and build resilience.
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Babban Gona goes a step further to support rural women in establishing businesses and overcoming existing social and cultural constraints to accessing education and training, financing, and inputs.
Lagos, Nigeria
