Kofi Debrah
2024-2025 Obama Foundation Africa Leader
Co-Founder and Partner, OKO Forests
Ghana
Kofi Debrah is the co-founder and partner of OKO Forests, a company that works with farmers to create economic and regenerative agroforestry systems. A community-building entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience, he is passionate about creating and implementing business systems that raise the incomes of tropical rural farming households while regenerating biodiversity. Kofi has worked with leading institutions on high-impact projects for farmers and farmer cooperatives in Ghana. Kofi is an advocate for tropical rural farming communities, using a listening-first approach to design and implement solutions. Over the past three years, Ghanaian families that partnered with OKO Forests have seen a 40% growth in their incomes, leading to a significant improvement in their livelihoods.
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