People

MOHAMED SAMU
CEO & Co-Founder
An innovator and start-up founder, Erasmus Mundus scholar, policy advocate and entomologist focusing on the biological control of pest arthropods. Holds a B.Sc. in agronomy from Njala University, Sierra Leone, and pursuing the European joint master’s in plant health in sustainable cropping systems from the Valencia Polytechnic University, Spain, and the University of Padova, Italy.

AMINATA BADDI KABASORIE SUMA
Co-founder & Marketing Manager
An agripreneur with experience in bioprocessing and marking of roots and tubers. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Hon.) in international business from Limkokwing University, Sierra Leone. An awardee of UNDP Sierra Leone Social Good Summit, Best Female Agribusiness Innovator 2021, the SOS Innovation Challenge and the SCADeP inter-university Innovation Challenge 2023.

DENNIS ALPHA MOMOH
Board Secretary
A public health specialist with experience in public health administration. Holds a distinction in B.Sc. Public Health from Njala University with research interest in human health responses to insect-based proteins.

Dr Alie Kamara
Research Collaborator (Insects frass for soil health)
Senior lecturer, Department of Soil Science, School of Agriculture and Food Science, Njala University, Njala Campus.

Dr Patrick Maada Ngegba
Research Collaborator (Effects of pesticides on insects wellbeing)
Research Officer, Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute Kabala, Sierra Leone.
