We are a local African organization committed to providing development and consulting services towards bettering lives and livelihoods of vulnerable African populations through transformative food systems, nutrition and public health initiatives.
Strengthen engagement with relevant communities and domains for impactful development
Facilitate and support the building of leadership skills and capabilities through a variety of models, mechanisms and platforms to enhance food systems, nutrition and public health impact
Victor Ajieroh is a public policy practitioner, senior expert and leader with over 25 years of progressive cross-sectoral experience in food systems, agriculture, public health and nutrition. Over the years, he has consulted and been in the employment of several organizations such as the African Development Bank, AGRA, Gates Foundation, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria, Unilever, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, the International Agriculture Program of the University of Missouri USA, the World Bank, IFPRI, GAIN, and various USAID initiatives. He is the Lead Consultant and Founding Director of the Praisegate Services & Consult based in Lagos, Nigeria.
Dr. Ajieroh has served in several senior policy advisory and program delivery roles in agriculture, food systems and nutrition in West Africa and the broader Africa region. With significant experience working with bilateral and multilateral donor programs, the private sector, international research, local non-governmental, and government institutions, he has provided leadership for a complex portfolio of investments and endeavors in support of transformative policy, programmatic, research, data, financing and leadership development initiatives in the agriculture, food systems, nutrition, and public health landscape in Nigeria, the broader Africa and beyond.
Dr. Ajieroh builds and facilitates fit-for-purpose multi-stakeholder partnership, leadership and coordination models for high impact and sustainable development priorities through strategic platforms that enable the convergence of leaders in business, politics and philanthropy. He has influenced food systems, nutrition and public health through a range of strategic, technical and financing mechanisms.
He also served on the Advisory Group of the Welcome Trust funded Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems Initiative, and on the Steering Committee of the African Academy of Sciences on African Food and Nutrition Priorities. He is a Resource Person to the African Economic Research Consortium and for several years, was part of a group of representatives supporting Eminent Members of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. He currently sits on the Boards of the World Vegetable Center, Access to Nutrition Initiative and the Food Health Systems Advisory Africa.
He has a Ph.D. from the Public Health Faculty of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and completed the Advanced Management & Leadership Program of the Said Business School, Oxford; and the Public Leadership and Policy Program of the School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG), Abuja. He is a Fellow of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria and also holds the NESG Policy Innovation Center Fellowship of the Behavioral Insights Network for Transparency and Accountability (BiNTA).
