Wiatta Thomas

Wiatta Thomas is the Co-Founder and CEO of AquaFarms Africa, and a youth employment and entrepreneurship expert, with 10 years of experience in building entrepreneurial ecosystems in West Africa. A veteran entrepreneur and dedicated to promoting African autonomy and economic empowerment, Thomas has launched several companies that provide solutions to obstacles that are most prevalent to African SMEs, such as access to financing and value chain services A food sovereignty activist, Thomas is currently empowering urban African youth through an innovative low-cost social franchising ownership model in aquaponics, a soilless farming technology. Thomas aims to leverage group economics and agri-tech solutions to decrease barriers to entry to markets, in turn building pan-African economic autonomy.