Deji Adebusoye 2024 Speaker

Partner

Sahel Capital

Biography

Deji is a Partner at Sahel Capital, a food and agriculture-focused private investment firm in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sahel Capital manages the Fund for Agriculture Financing in Nigeria (FAFIN) and the Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA). Deji co-leads SEFAA, an impact-first fund investing in agribusinesses that provide direct or indirect benefits to smallholder farmers across 13 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, Deji leads investments and portfolio management for SEFAA and recently managed FAFIN portfolios, two of which were recently exited. He is a director on the board of Coscharis Farm Limited. Before that, he spent three years in various senior roles with Syngenta Crop Protection AG. As the head of operations, he played a significant role in the formal opening of Syngenta Nigeria. He later became the Global Portfolio Operations Manager for one of the company’s business units in Switzerland. He started his career by building systems and processes for Procter & Gamble across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Deji is an African-Asia Impact Investing (AAII) Fellow and a Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture (CALA) Fellow. Deji studied chemical engineering at the Obafemi Awolowo University, where he graduated with a first (1st) class degree and has an MBA from INSEAD Business School.