NIKKI

2019 - Tropics Business: 200 Changemakers - Best Agribusiness Brand • Chaku Food's brand Nikki's Plantain Crisps was recognized as the best Agribusiness brand and founder Nikki Okrah as one of 200 Changemakers for the Johannesburg based Tropics Magazine... While working for Visa in Central Europe, Middle East and Africa, Nikki saw that large retailers were often always Visa's largest merchant clients with hundreds of millions in payment volume. Specifically, in several Sub-Saharan African countries many retailers didn't sell crops and products sourced from African farmers or companies and Nikki recognized a gap in the market to integrate more African farmers and products into established retail not only in Africa, but the U.S. through exports. She wanted to create a system that enabled African farmers to be closely connected to finished products so they can share in the wealth generated through retail. She left Visa to pursue this idea and created Chaku Foods while pursuing her MBA at..

Also known as: Nikki Okrah