2024 — Present
Co-founder & CEO · Verte Tower
Directing strategy and a seven-member team; leading prototype development, market validation and fundraising for locally engineered vertical farming systems designed for resilient food production.
Innovation · Agritech · Research · Programme Leadership
GEORGINA YAA
KWARTEMAA BOAMAH
I build and scale practical solutions at the intersection of sustainable agriculture, innovation, youth development and science — from market-facing agritech products to programmes that create opportunity for farmers, young people and communities.
Tema / Accra, GhanaAvailable for partnerships, speaking & collaboration
Founder · Innovator · Researcher
Co-founder & CEO, Verte Tower
1,600
farmers trained in sustainable farming practices
GHS 400K
fundraised toward Verte Tower's development
2
peer-reviewed scientific publications
Profile
Turning ideas into products, programmes and measurable impact.
I am an innovation and programme professional with experience leading teams, developing products that have reached the market, and supporting young people to turn ideas into practical solutions. My work spans agriculture, education, health and climate, where I have managed projects, secured funding, built partnerships and introduced technologies serving farmers and communities.
My work is grounded in a long-term commitment to sustainable development — especially zero hunger, climate action, responsible production, decent work, gender inclusion and youth opportunity. I combine scientific training, entrepreneurial execution and programme leadership to move from evidence and prototypes to adoption, partnerships and scale.
Experience
Leadership across agritech, research and youth innovation.
AGRITECH
2022 — 2025
Chief Operations Officer · AkoFresh
Coordinated cross-functional operations, trained 1,600 farmers in sustainable practices, supported more than US$150,000 in grant fundraising and advanced solar-powered cold storage deployment.
2023 — 2024
Outreach Coordinator · Shasha Network
Built education partnerships with 28 stakeholders and coordinated career development and innovation sessions for 300+ teenagers across Ghana and Zambia.
2021 — 2023
Research Assistant · Noguchi Memorial Institute
Worked on infectious-disease research, including COVID-19 LAMP assay validation and microbiome studies, with responsibilities spanning workflow development, laboratory assays, analysis and scientific writing.
Selected projects
Built for adoption, resilience and access.
Flagship venture
Verte Tower
A Ghanaian agritech venture developing solar-powered, AIoT-connected vertical hydroponic systems for households, smallholder farmers and urban/peri-urban food production. The solution is designed to reduce land and water pressure while making controlled, productive growing more accessible.
94%
less water
89%
less space
Solar
powered production systems
AIoT
smart sensor monitoring
Innovation leadership
AkoFresh
Operational leadership for a solar-powered cold-chain solution aimed at reducing post-harvest loss, strengthening smallholder farmer income and extending shelf life for perishable produce.
Education
ReL
Led the design of a remote-learning platform that supported 800 hearing-impaired students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Food systems
WellFed
Led farmer training and the development of post-harvest management technology that reached approximately 7,000 farmers.
Circular economy
Reecoplast & Bidigreen
Contributed to plastic recovery and pollution education, and supported women and youth with eco-friendly charcoal production and livelihood creation.
Qualifications
Scientific depth. Entrepreneurial execution. African innovation leadership.
2025 — 2026
Master, African Innovation Leadership
POLIMI Graduate School of Management · Politecnico di Milano
2017 — 2021
BSc Biochemistry · First Class Honours
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Accelerators & programmes
Standard Chartered Foundation Women in Tech Accelerator
UNICEF StartUp Lab
UG NKABOM CNR
WomenEntrepreneurs4Good, HEC Paris
Speaking & engagements
Conversations that move ideas forward.
Selected documented talks, panels and industry engagements.
May 2026 · Presentation
Sustainable Vertical Farming
Presented with Verte Tower co-founder Jennifer Oppong-Danquah at a Ghana Netherlands Business & Culture Council programme.
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October 2024 · Programme & engagement
WomenEntrepreneurs4Good
Recognized among the HEC Paris programme laureates; HEC profiles her founder experience. Participation in the programme is documented, but a personal stage appearance is not independently verified.
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Recognition for innovation, sustainability and leadership.
2024
TotalEnergies Startupper — Power’Up Winner
Recognized for Verte Tower’s sustainable-energy and vertical-farming concept.
2024
GreenTech Innovation Challenge
Verte Tower was among the ideation-stage winners supported by Fidelity Bank Ghana and Innohub.
2024
Presidential Pitch Season 5
9th place with Verte Tower, receiving GHS 80,000 in support.
2024
Best Presentation · One Health Research
Recognition for research communication and presentation.
2024
Ghana Climate Innovation Center · Cohort 9
AkoFresh featured within GCIC’s green-economy venture portfolio.
2020
Best Team Leader · Enactus Ghana
Leadership recognition during undergraduate social-enterprise work.
Press & public profile
Publications, features and external validation.
Selected reporting, features and peer-reviewed research. Each card opens its original publisher.
FreshPlaza · 2026
“Technology should support farmers, not create barriers to adoption”
Feature on Verte Tower after the UNICEF StartUp Lab and its approach to real-world adoption.
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Spark · 2025/26
Verte Tower celebrates its transformative UNICEF StartUp Lab journey
Feature on the company’s impact strategy, innovation ecosystem and Georgina’s founder journey.
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TotalEnergies Ghana · 2025
Startupper of the Year Challenge: Innovation and sustainability
Official announcement naming Georgina Boamah / Verte Tower as Power’Up Winner.
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Ghana News Agency · 2024
GreenTech Innovation Challenge winners
Coverage listing Verte Tower among the selected agritech ventures.
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MyJoyOnline · 2024
Winners of NEIP Presidential Pitch Season 5
Lists Georgina Boamah and Verte Tower in 9th place with GHS 80,000 support.
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HEC Paris · 2024
WomenEntrepreneurs4Good: Meet the 2024 Laureates
Recognizes Georgina among 10 international laureates through her work with AkoFresh.
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HEC Paris · 2024
Why supporting female founders matters more than ever
Founder-focused story discussing customer research and the WE4G experience.
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BMC Infectious Diseases · 2024
High abundance of butyrate-producing bacteria in SARS-CoV-2-infected persons
Peer-reviewed research co-authored by Georgina.
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PLOS ONE · 2023
Assessing regular surgical nose masks as a SARS-CoV-2 sampling method
Open-access paper where Georgina contributed to formal analysis, investigation and writing.
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Scientific publications
Research contributions.
BMC Infectious Diseases · 2024
High abundance of butyrate-producing bacteria in the naso-oropharynx of SARS-CoV-2-infected persons in an African population: implications for low disease severity
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-09948-z
PLOS ONE · 2023
Assessing the performance of regular surgical nose masks as a sampling method for SARS-CoV-2 detection in a cross-sectional study
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293001
Contact
Let’s build something that creates measurable value.
For partnerships, innovation programmes, speaking engagements, agritech collaboration, youth development initiatives or research-led projects, reach out directly.