Solomon Okopi

CONSULTING PARTNER

Solomon Okopi

Solomon Okopi ventured into agriculture and after a long stint in business and financing consulting. He has assisted in an advisory capacity, in the formation of several farms and agro trade transactions. Solomon also has Diploma in Poultry Husbandry, Feed Manufacturing and Hatchery Management from Barneveld (IPC Livestock) College in Holland to where he has returned several times for refresher courses. Being driven by his avid desire for knowledge, he also holds a certificate in Poultry Science from the Kenya farmers cooperative society and later, as a recipient of the FADAMA project by Federal republic of Nigeria.

He is widely travelled, having visited over 18countries. He has extensive professional and industry contacts in Kenya, China, South Africa, India, Brazil and Israel. He was part of Nigeria’s official delegates to the International Poultry and Feed Exposition in Atlanta, USA in 2014. He has also been on several official delegations to Agricultural events to Europe and Africa. This humble farmer presently has a stock capacity of 70,000 layers and a continuous broiler stock of 10,000 every 8weeks. He is always on demand as a speaker for youth empowerment and food sustainability.

Solomon comes to the table with his vast knowledge ( over 18 years industry experience) in the financing, strategic business development and marketing experience in the oil/gas arena. In the span of his career, Mr Okopi was at a time, Head of West African Operations for PEM Offshore and Group Head, Energy and Power for Oceanic Bank (now Eco Bank), Solomon was also Head of Business Development, South-South