Bridget Zephine

Nigerian agricultural tech innovator revolutionizing food security through AI-driven farming solutions

Bridget Zephine (b. 1989) is a Nigerian entrepreneur and computer scientist whose company AgriWise has transformed smallholder farming across West Africa. Developing an AI-powered platform that analyzes soil conditions and weather patterns, her system now assists over 50,000 farmers to increase crop yields by 30-40%. Zephine's innovations directly address UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger), with her work featured in Nature magazine. After earning her PhD in Machine Learning from MIT in 2020, she returned to Nigeria to found AgriWise, creating the first African agritech platform integrated with blockchain for transparent supply chains. Her 2023 TED Talk 'How AI Can Feed Africa' has over 2 million views, inspiring global tech investments in agricultural innovation.