Together, Faster and Farther

Bettering lives and Livelihoods

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About

What is our initiative?

Praisegate Services and Consult is an African organization dedicated to improving the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable populations through transformative food systems, nutrition, and public health initiatives.

Committing to providing development and consulting services, we connect poor and vulnerable people with the necessary resources to achieve food and nutrition security and access to essential public health services.

Actions

Key Strategic Initiatives

01.

Joining and converging voices

at multiple levels spanning the political, business and philanthropy
02.

Mobilize to increase recognition,

access and convergence of the appropriate technical expertise at all levels and relevant sectors
03.

Support and facilitate

the joining and mobilization of finance and other relevant assets through regular
04.

Support and facilitate appropriate

Leadership Development for short, medium to long term capacity building for sustainable reduction of food, nutrition
05.

Initiate, sustain, support

and facilitate impactful engagement with relevant development communities at all levels (community members and leaders,
Actions

Key Strategic Initiatives

01.

Joining and converging voices

at multiple levels spanning the political, business and philanthropy
02.

Mobilize to increase recognition,

access and convergence of the appropriate technical expertise at all levels and relevant sectors
03.

Support and facilitate

the joining and mobilization of finance and other relevant assets through regular
04.

Support and facilitate appropriate

Leadership Development for short, medium to long term capacity building for sustainable reduction of food, nutrition
05.

Initiate, sustain, support

and facilitate impactful engagement with relevant development communities at all levels (community members and leaders,
Impact

Key Strategic Impact Domains

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Better policies and strategies, better execution:

Support government and various. Development organizations to better articulate and execute impactful policies and strategies.

Better Financing:

We will support and facilitate actions and mechanisms for improved financing for transformative food systems, nutrition, and public health priorities within the context of

Better Technical Capabilities:

We will support and facilitate with tools, processes, mechanisms and resources that will help in bridging identified and necessary technical capacity gaps

Better Leadership Skills:

We agree with the expressed position that ‘leadership is perhaps the most critical element in the battle against malnutrition and poor basic health conditions and that without insight,

Data, Evidence, and Analytics
Influencing Policy, Finance and Communication
Food Systems, Nutrition and Basic Public Health Interventions
Leadership Development
Community Engagement
Community Engagement

Strengthen engagement with relevant communities and domains for impactful development

Leadership 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

Food Systems, Nutrition and Basic Public Health Interventions
  • Food Systems and Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture 
  • Maternal Nutrition
  • Infant and Young Child Nutrition
  • Adolescent Nutrition 
  • Primary Health Care
  • Climate Change and Sustainability
Influencing Policy, Finance and Communication
  • Leadership Dialogues
  • Technical Consultations
  • Strategic Networking 
  • Deploying Strategic Communication Models 
Data, Evidence and Analytics
  • Rigorous policy and programmatic reviews
  • Development Research, Assessments and Surveys 
  • Decision Science Tools and Digital Innovations 
Victor Ajieroh, Ph.D.
Lead Consultant & Founding DirectoR

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).