Ijeoma is an experienced development specialist, Administrator, and Researcher with 10 years of professional experience and practical knowledge working in the public and private development sector. She has gained substantial  experience and knowledge in research and data analysis, Agribusiness Cluster (ABC) development, policy analysis, budgets,  oversee project management, coordinating tasks, and community development aimed at achieving growth and sustainable development. She has acquired exceptional skills in leadership, management, strategy formulation and implementation, designing operations, policy support and value chain analysis.

She holds a B.Sc in Economics and a masters in Socio-economics and community development.  She is an alumni of Lagos Business School and an iCRA certified agribusiness coach.

Joy is passionate about sustainable agriculture and food security in Nigeria, she has experience working with smallholder farmers, farmer organisations, agripreneurs, and other actors in the agricultural value chain.

She has over seven years of experience in project management, public relations, resource & social mobilization, and institutional capacity building. She possesses excellent skills in operations, planning, implementation & monitoring. She also has advanced communication skills from working with various internal and external stakeholders. She has worked in multi-cultural environments and possesses excellent presentation, facilitation, networking, and interpersonal skills. Additionally, she has almost 6 years of experience in people and resource management working on various projects with stakeholders across multiple countries.

Joy is an iCRA certified Agribusiness coach and holds a B.Sc degree in Geology and Mineral Sciences, an M.Sc in Mineral Exploration, and an EMBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology.