Male worker cutting of grapes on vinyard

How to uplift farmers through tractor sharing 

In this episode of the Better Heroes podcast series, host Matt C. Smith talks to Jehiel Oliver about helping marginalized farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa access tractors and improve their lives.

What is the impact of a tractor? How does access to these machines improve education, decrease child labor and increase food security? What does it mean to be an entrepreneur with purpose?

Today’s Better Hero is Jehiel Oliver, founder and CEO of Hello Tractor. His goal is to help marginalized farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa access tractors and improve their lives.

Learn more about Jehiel and Hello Tractor here.

Key takeaways: 

  • Through regenerative agricultural practices and bringing microfinancing to agriculture, Hello Tractor is an application that is successfully attempting to help improve the business practices of smallholder farmers.
  • Through the EY Ripples program, EY people work with impact entrepreneurs, such as Hello Tractor, to help increase food security and improve access to education.
  • The EY Ripples program brings together the combined skills, knowledge and experience of the global EY network in pursuit of one shared vision: to positively impact one billion lives by 2030.

You can also listen to this podcast via other platforms including Apple and Spotify.

For your convenience, full text transcript of this podcast is also available.


Presenters


Matt C Smith
Professional MC, Broadcaster & Host, The Lunicorn

Jehiel Oliver
CEO and Founder at Hello Tractor

Podcast

Episode 3

Duration

0h 35m 47s