About

A purpose-built instrument for Africa's food future.

Bennett Smithson Green Futures Foundation exists at the intersection of three of the 21st century's most urgent imperatives: food security, climate resilience, and inclusive economic development.

BSGFF is Nigeria's most precisely positioned agri-infrastructure development Foundation — a purpose-built, technically sophisticated organisation that operates as a high-impact, investor-grade vehicle for the systematic elimination of Nigeria's ₦5 trillion annual post-harvest loss crisis.

We do not pursue advocacy or awareness. We deploy bankable cold chain infrastructure, climate-resilient logistics corridors, and gender-responsive financial mechanisms that physically protect agricultural value from the moment of harvest to the point of sale.

BSGFF is not a charity. It is a technical catalyst — a precision instrument designed to transform the most costly market failure in Africa's largest economy into a structured, investable, scalable infrastructure opportunity.

Full Legal Name: Bennett Smithson Green Futures Foundation
Short Form: BSGFF
Legal Structure: Foundation · PPP-eligible
Jurisdiction: Federal Republic of Nigeria
Primary Sector: Agri-infrastructure, Cold Chain Logistics
Geographic Mandate: Nigeria · West Africa · AfCFTA
ESG Classification: High Impact — Category II
Activation: 2025 – 2026

Mission & Vision

Mission

To serve as the definitive technical catalyst in eradicating Nigeria's ₦5 trillion post-harvest loss crisis — deploying sustainable cold chain infrastructure that bridges rural production and urban consumption.

Vision

To architect a future of absolute food security for Nigeria — safeguarding the 35 million citizens at risk of hunger by 2026 — and to position the nation as the preeminent global exporter of non-oil agricultural commodities.

Core Values

Six commitments that govern every deployment.

Resilience

Steadfast expansion of output and infrastructure despite macroeconomic volatility.

Innovation

Migrating technology-integrated logistics from pilot to nationwide industrial application.

Equity

Gender-responsive interventions empowering the market women who control 80% of urban retail.

Sustainability

Solar-powered systems and durable transit corridors engineered for an erratic climate.

Precision

Data-driven operations grounded in NAERLS metrics and Time-Temperature Management science.

Partnership

A convener bridging smallholders, DFI capital, government policy and ESG investors.

Leadership

The two-director architecture.

BSGFF is led by two directors whose complementary disciplines — institutional finance and operational deployment — form the governance spine of the Foundation.

Chief Executive Director · Founder

Ijeoma Ekeledirichukwu Bennett

Abuja, FCT · Nigeria

Retail Banking & Investment Professional · ₦6Bn Facility Closer · Agribusiness Finance · Cold Chain Infrastructure · SME Lending

A retail banking and investment professional with 16 years of experience generating measurable revenue, closing high-value deals, and building the kind of client relationships that compound over time. At Access Bank Plc, managed a ₦1.8 billion portfolio and delivered over ₦500 million in annual revenue for three consecutive years — including securing and disbursing a ₦6 billion facility for a single corporate client.

Now originates deals, manages investor relationships, and drives business development across consumer lending, wealth management and fintech — with a particular edge in agribusiness finance, cold chain infrastructure and SME lending, sectors he has both advised on and invested in personally. At BSGFF, he architects the Foundation's global ESG investor positioning, DFI engagement strategy and policy relationships, leading engagement with AfDB, IFC, AFC and NEXIM Bank from Abuja and across diaspora capital markets.

16 yrs banking & investment
₦1.8Bn portfolio managed
₦6Bn single-client facility closed
Agribusiness · Cold Chain · SME lending

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Chief Operations Director

Nmesoma Glad Ijeoma-Bennett

Nigeria

Tech-Project Management · Wildlife & Nature Ecosystems · Lead Generation · Partnership Management

A tech-project management professional with hands-on experience across wildlife and nature ecosystems — bringing an ecological systems lens to the design and delivery of climate-resilient agri-infrastructure. Equally versed in generating qualified leads and cultivating the long-horizon partnerships that turn pilots into commissioned networks.

At BSGFF, leads hub deployment, IoT and telemetry integration, procurement, safeguards and workforce development across the tri-nodal network, while ensuring the Foundation's 50%+ female-inclusion mandate is delivered end-to-end. Operational owner of the BSGFF Agri-Value Platform (BAP) rollout, solar-hybrid Green Warehouse commissioning, and the Kano–Lagos and Kaduna–Port Harcourt transit corridors — interfacing directly with cooperatives, EPC partners, technology vendors and conservation-aligned stakeholders to convert design specifications into commissioned infrastructure on schedule and on budget.

Tech-project management
Wildlife & nature ecosystems
Lead generation & partnerships
Tri-nodal hub commissioning lead

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