Elijah Amoo Addo

Elijah Amoo Addo
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Accra, 1 ga Augusta, 1990 (33 shekaru)
ƙasa	Ghana
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Cambridge (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan kasuwa

Elijah Amoo Addo (An haife shi 1 ga watan Agusta 1990) ɗan ƙasar Ghana ne mai dafa abinci kuma mai salo na abinci wanda ya zama ɗan kasuwan zamantakewa ta hanyar ƙirƙirar Food for all Africa. An kafa Food for all Africa a cikin 2014, kamfani ne mai zaman kansa wanda ke gudanar da cibiyar tallafin abinci ta farko ta yammacin Afirka. Bisa ga babban birnin Ghana, Accra, ƙungiyar tana amfani da shawarwari da aikace-aikacen wayar hannu na raba abinci don ciyar da dubban yara masu rauni ta hanyar farfadowa da rarraba abinci. Aiki tare da gidajen cin abinci, manyan kantuna, kamfanoni masu rarraba abinci, da ƙananan manoma na karkara, ƙungiyar Addo tana tattara ragowar abinci ko abincin da ba a so wanda ya aka kusa dai naamfani da shi a sake rarraba shi ga yara marasa galihu a gidajen marayu, asibitoci da ƙananan makarantu. Har ila yau, kungiyar tana aiki kan matakin manufofin kasa don saukakawa masu samar da kayayyaki don ba da gudummawar abinci da neman haraji. Bugu da kari, bayan gano cewa kusan kashi 46% na abincin da ake nomawa a gonaki a Ghana yakan tafi a asara saboda rashin kyawun hanyoyi, manyan motocin dakon kaya da rashin ingantaccen kasuwanci, Food for All Africa na hada kai da masu ruwa da tsaki a harkar abinci ta Ghana da nemo hanyoyin da za a rage barnar abinci.

A shekarar 2017, Sarauniya Elizabeth ta biyu ta ba Addo lambar yabo ta shugabannin matasa a fadar Buckingham, saboda irin gudunmawar da ya bayar wajen sake fasalin tsarin rabon abinci a Ghana, domin rage almubazzaranci, da kawar da yunwa, da kawar da fatara da rashin abinci mai gina jiki. Ya kuma sami lambar yabo ta Takeda Young Entrepreneurship Award daga Takeda Foundation a shekarar 2018.

Ƙuruciya da ilimi

An haifi Addo a ranar 1 ga watan Agusta 1990 a Accra, Ghana amma ya fito daga Akuapem-Mampong. Yaro daya tilo a cikin ‘ya’yansa hudu, ya rasa iyayensa yana da shekara 12, ya tafi wurin innarsa a Legas, inda ya yi makaranta. Ya ci gaba da tafiyarsa karatu a makarantar sakandare ta St. Thomas Aquinas da ke Accra, Ghana sannan ya kammala kwas a fannin ilimin abinci a makarantar Sphinx Hospitality da hidimar abinci a Legas, Najeriya. Yana da takardar shedar kasuwanci da gudanarwa daga YALI West Africa RLC-GIMPA kuma ya sami takardar shaidar Canjin Jagora a Jami'ar Cambridge a 2017.

Sana'ar dafa abinci da ƙwazo

Tafiyar Addo a matsayin mai dafa abinci ta faro ne a birnin Lagos na Najeriya lokacin da ya fara aiki a gidan abinci a matsayin dan dako don tallafawa karatunsa. Watarana yana gaggawar komawa gida sai ya jefar da wani miya na zaitun da shugaban masu dafa abinci ya shirya, yana tunanin asara ce. Hakan ya sa mai dafa abinci ya fusata har ya zage shi. Kuka ya fara yi yana fadin "kana tunanin idan iyayena suna raye zan kasance a nan a matsayin mai tsaftacewa yayin da abokan aikina ke makaranta?" Wannan ya taba shugaban Chef wanda ya yanke shawarar ba shi shawara kuma ya tallafa masa ta hanyar karatun dafa abinci a makarantar koyon sana'a ta Sphinx da ke Legas. Bayan samun horo, ya samu aiki a gidan cin abinci na Marios, sannan daya daga cikin gidajen cin abinci mafi yawan jama'a a Legas, kuma a shekarar 2010 ya koma Ghana don taimakawa wani dan kasuwa dan kasar Lebanon wanda ya ga aikinsa a Legas don bude gidan cin abinci na Chase. Bayan shekara daya ya dawo Legas bisa gayyatar mai ba shi shawara ya yi aiki a otal din nasu har na tsawon wata shida, ya kuma tashi ya zama Sous Chef.

Addo ya dawo Ghana kuma a shekarar 2011, ya hadu da wani mutum mai tabin hankali wanda ke kwato ragowar abinci daga masu sayar da kayayyaki a tituna domin ciyar da abokan aikinsa masu tabin hankali a kan tituna. Wannan ne ya ba shi kwarin gwiwar kafa gidauniyar Chefs for Change Ghana, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta wacce ta kwato wuce gona da iri daga kamfanonin karbar baki don ciyar da marasa galihu da bayar da shawarwari kan almubazzaranci da yunwa. A shekarar 2015, Chefs for Change ya zama shirin Food for all Africa, wani kamfani na zamantakewa wanda ke gudanar da bankin abinci na farko a Yammacin Afirka ta hanyar samar da hanyoyin abinci mai ɗorewa ga yara masu rauni, tsofaffi da masu tabin hankali ta hanyar banki abinci, noma da taron masu ruwa da tsaki a cikin tsarin samar da abinci na Ghana.

A shekarar 2012, an zabe shi don jagorantar dafa abinci a +233 Jazz Bar a Accra kuma ya zama Sakataren kungiyar masu dafa abinci na Greater Accra, inda ya yi aiki tare da shugabannin kungiyar don sake fasalin tare da mai da hankali kan horar da masu dafa abinci na dalibai don inganta matakan bayarwa a cikin kasuwar aiki. Ya kuma yi aiki a Burger da Relish amma a shekarar 2015 ya yi murabus don mai da hankali kan jagorancin shirin Abinci ga Food for all Africa. A shekarar 2017, ya fara aikace-aikacen wayar hannu ta Okumkom ("It Ends Hunger") a matsayin dandamali don kawo kayan abinci na gida masu araha ga al'ummomin, tare da kantin sayar da al'umma na farko da ke Teshie, Accra.

Kungiyarsa ta Food for All Africa ta dawo da abinci tsakanin dala 8,000 zuwa dala 10,000 duk shekara don tallafawa sama da masu cin gajiyar 5485 a fadin kasar Ghana kuma a shekarar 2014 an zabi daya daga cikin mafi kyawun ayyuka na duniya 100 don kawo karshen yunwa da fatara a Ghana ta Dubai International Awards for Best practices. Tana fatan kaiwa da tasiri ga mutane masu karamin karfi miliyan 1 nan da shekarar 2020.

A cikin 2017, an zabe shi a matsayin daya daga cikin masu kawo sauyi daga Afirka a cikin Commonwealth da lambar yabo ta ta Sarauniya Elizabeth II ta Burtaniya a Fadar Buckingham don karrama ayyukansa na ci gaban zamantakewa a fadin Commonwealth, ciyar da marasa galihu da kuma gyara tsarin rarraba abinci na Ghana don shawo kan sharar abinci, yunwa, talauci da rashin abinci mai gina jiki. A shekarar 2018, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Takeda Young Entrepreneurship Award a taron Takeda na shekara-shekara a Tokyo, Japan don aikace-aikacen wayar hannu na Okumkom da shagunan abinci na al'umma, wanda ke kawo samfuran abinci masu araha da dacewa ga al'ummomin ta hanyar wayar hannu, gidan yanar gizo da al'umma shagunan manufa.

Kyaututtuka da karramawa

• 2015, Wanda aka zaba don Kyautar Kyauta ta Afirka a Ayyukan Al'umma
• 2017, Kyautar Shugabannin Matasan Sarauniya
• 2017 100 Mafi Tasirin Matasan Afirka
• 2018, Takeda Foundation Young Entrepreneurship Award
• Delivered a pitch at the EuroAfrican Forum.

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

• Elijah Amoo, Chef dan Ghana, mai shekaru 26, Mai gudanar da Bankin Abinci ga marasa galihu Archived 2019-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
• Sarauniyar ta karrama mai dafa abinci haifaffen Ghana ne saboda sha'awar dafa abinci Archived 2023-06-05 at the Wayback Machine