Connecting global demand and aligned capital with credible African agricultural operators.
Sokan is building the relationships, data and trust layer that help farmers, processors, buyers, investors, experts and the African diaspora find the right people to build with.
1,000+ people are already in the Sokan network.
By 2050, Africa's population is projected to reach around 2.5 billion people. That means more than 1 in every 4 people on Earth will be African.
That population will need:
Agriculture sits underneath much of it.
Africa's food market is projected to reach $1 trillion by 2030.
The World Bank has repeatedly highlighted the scale of Africa's growing food and agribusiness market, driven by population growth, urbanisation and rising demand.
This is not a small niche. It is one of the largest economic opportunities on the continent.
But opportunity alone does not create prosperity. Someone has to:
That is where Sokan wants to play.
A continent with enormous agricultural potential still imports tens of billions of dollars of food. FAO estimated Africa's agricultural import bill at around $56 billion, having risen by roughly $10 billion in only two years.
At the same time, Africa has extraordinary agricultural potential and a rapidly growing domestic market. That contradiction matters.
Because every product that can competitively be grown here, processed here, packaged here, distributed here, creates another opportunity for:
That is the opportunity Sokan is exploring.
Millions of Africans around the world have built:
For many of us, leaving Africa was part of the pursuit of opportunity. I know that personally.
My mother left Nigeria looking for better opportunities for our family. I later moved to the UK at 15. Africa remained home — but increasingly I found myself asking:
Why should leaving be the only route to opportunity?
I do not want the next generation to feel they have to choose between Africa and opportunity. I want them to have the option of finding both. That is a big part of why I started Sokan.
You can contribute from London. Manchester. Toronto. New York. Dubai. Amsterdam. Sydney. Anywhere.
You might have:
Africa does not only need money. It needs connected people willing to build.
Sokan wants to help make those connections useful.
This is not about shutting Africa off from the world. Global trade matters. Exports matter. Foreign investment matters. Partnerships matter.
But Africa should capture more value from the resources it already produces.
More production. More processing. More African ownership.
By 2050, more than one in four people globally is projected to be African.
That means the question is no longer whether Africa matters to the future global economy. The question is:
That is why the next 20–30 years matter.
The World Bank identifies competitive agribusiness as one of the major opportunities for creating jobs at scale across Africa.
Agriculture should not only mean subsistence farming. The opportunity includes:
Agriculture is an industry. And Africa needs more African-owned businesses throughout that industry.
Global and African buyers tell us what they need. We identify potential operators. We qualify. We verify where appropriate. And we connect when there is genuine fit.
Investors tell us what they are looking for. Operators show us what they have built. We screen the opportunity, collect evidence, understand the capital requirement, and where appropriate, help bring the right people together.
You may not own a farm. You may never want to. That is okay. You might bring capital, skills, buyers, expertise, distribution, technology or connections. Sokan helps you find credible ways to participate.
Africa does not need more hype. And investors do not need more promises. We want to know:
That is how trust gets built.
Sokan exists to help credible African agricultural businesses access:
We want to connect Africans on the continent with Africans around the world — alongside credible global buyers, investors and partners.
Because Africa already has extraordinary people. The challenge is often that the capital, demand, skills and operators are disconnected.
Our job is to help connect them.
An Africa that:
More production. More processing. More African ownership.
My story is part of the reason Sokan exists. My family left Nigeria in search of opportunity. I later moved to the UK at 15.
I have spent years building businesses, working with people and organisations, creating communities and learning what it takes to execute across borders. And somewhere along that journey, the question became impossible for me to ignore:
What are we going to build back home?
I do not believe every African in the diaspora needs to move back. But I do believe we can:
And build an Africa our children genuinely have the option to choose. That is what Sokan means to me.
Africa's projected food market by 2030.
Projected African population by 2050.
People globally projected to be African by 2050.
Estimated African agricultural import bill reported by FAO.
Young Africans entering the workforce each year.
People already in the Sokan network.
But only if we build.
You do not have to do everything. You just have to know where you can contribute.
If you are:
Or an African in the diaspora asking: "How can I build back home?"
From African soil to global shelves.