Omoti Abdulkebiru

Omoti Abdulkebiru is a seasoned agribusiness finance and development leader with over 24 years of experience mobilizing investment, expanding SME credit, and strengthening agricultural value chains across Nigeria. He brings a rare blend of banking expertise and development leadership, structuring over 18 billion in agribusiness lending during his tenure in Nigeria’s financial sector and channeling more than $40 million in private investment while at USAID.

Currently serving as Project Management Specialist for Agribusiness and Enterprise Development at USAID Nigeria, Omoti oversees initiatives totaling more than $57 million across seven states, boosting resilience and food security for over 1.5 million smallholder farmers. He has forged partnerships with 300+ exporters, aggregators, and SMEs, formalized equitable business contracts to encourage sustainable agribusiness investment, and led capacity-building programs that have reached 90,000+ small enterprises.

Earlier in his career, he held senior roles at six leading Nigerian banks, where he designed and managed agribusiness finance portfolios that expanded credit access for thousands of enterprises and built partnerships with regulatory and financial institutions including the Central Bank of Nigeria, NIRSAL, and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. His expertise spans investment structuring, market systems development, climate-smart agricultural programming, and stakeholder engagement in both stable and fragile environments.

Omoti holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics and Resource Management, an MSc in Agricultural Economics, an MBA in Business Administration, and a B.Agric in Agricultural Economics. He is recognized for his ability to bridge finance and development, delivering commercially viable, inclusive solutions that drive agricultural transformation and long-term sustainability across Nigeria and beyond.