Born many years ago into the Royal Family of Ile-Titun, Oke Afin Street in Otun-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Prince Adetoyi Ezekiel Olabode is an Agric Entrepreneur who has had an astonishing career cutting across various aspects of Nigeria’s agriculture value chain. He is the Founder and Country CEO of Hi NUTRIENTS, a member company of ADM USA with over 50,000 staff worldwide including indigenes from Otun-Ekiti (his hometown).
Prince Olabode is no doubt, one of Ekiti’s finest exports when it comes to human capital development for collective socio-economic growth. He is a Harvard University-trained entrepreneur and motivational speaker.
He continued his academic journey to the University of Ilorin, Ilorin Kwara State, where he obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture (B.Agric Hons) with a specialization in Animal Production. He earned a Master’s Degree in Animal Nutrition and Bio-Chemistry (M.sc Hons) with a Ph.D. grade from the University of Ibadan and later had an executive training at Harvard Business school Boston USA, couple with senior Management programme, Grooming Enterprise Leader( GEL) at Pan Atlantic University (Lagos Business School, Nigeria).
Not forgetting to mention that Prince Olabode is a revered author of many books including his autobiography titled; ‘The Entrepreneur’ which features his intriguing life story, Dr. Olabode is a man possession several leadership qualities which have translated into building skills of many youths nationwide, transforming job seekers into job creators. His vision for the development and expansion of the Agric space in Nigeria’s economy is quite amazing.
Olabode is a recipient of over 47 awards locally and internationally. Back home in Otun, he was bestowed the Oore Award of Excellence in Business in Nigeria in 2014 by HRM Oba Oladele Adedapo Popoola (Oore of Moba Land).
He is a man duly gifted in motivating many youths through literature series. Some topics making waves amongst Entrepreneurs include; 7 TRAITS OF A RESPONSIBLE MAN, PRACTICAL LESSONS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, etc.
