Isaac Femi Renner
Director, Africa 2000
Trustee (UK)
Coordinator, Village Economic Empowerment and
Self-employment Programmes
emi Renner is a geologist and accountant. He is one of the founders of Africa 2000
and co-ordinates its activities. He worked in the Animal Feeds Production Unit and
Fisheries Department of Lagos State Ministry Agriculture before proceeding to
University of Maiduguri to study Geology. He worked as hydrogeologist in Chad
Basin Development Authority, Benin – Owena River Basin and the Federal Department of
Water Resources (FDWR) both in Nigeria. In these positions he supervised borehole drilling
projects, borehole rehabilitation projects and river training programmes. While at FDWR he
produced reports on activities of Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority. He served
as Geologist on the Presidential Task Force for Rural Water Supply in Sokoto state.
In 1986, he attended the Water Engineering for Developing Countries course at
Loughborough University where he got some exposure to alternative or’ intermediate’
technologies appropriate for use in developing countries.
During his work in various organisations he observed that gulf exits between management
and engineering departments in many organisation and this made him to register for the
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) studies. He has since worked as
Finance Officer or Accountant in several public, private and voluntary sector organisations in
London including the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Science
Museum and the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux. He works as a business
consultant and has participated in several business start up programmes. He set up one of
the first African owned meat and food processing companies in the UK.
Femi dreams of Africa that is not synonymous with suffering, conflict, hunger and death and
hopes that he can make valuable contributions to poverty alleviation programmes in areas like
enterprise development, rural water supply, renewable energy and secure livelihoods.
and co-ordinates its activities. He worked in the Animal Feeds Production Unit and
Fisheries Department of Lagos State Ministry Agriculture before proceeding to
University of Maiduguri to study Geology. He worked as hydrogeologist in Chad
Basin Development Authority, Benin – Owena River Basin and the Federal Department of
Water Resources (FDWR) both in Nigeria. In these positions he supervised borehole drilling
projects, borehole rehabilitation projects and river training programmes. While at FDWR he
produced reports on activities of Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority. He served
as Geologist on the Presidential Task Force for Rural Water Supply in Sokoto state.
In 1986, he attended the Water Engineering for Developing Countries course at
Loughborough University where he got some exposure to alternative or’ intermediate’
technologies appropriate for use in developing countries.
During his work in various organisations he observed that gulf exits between management
and engineering departments in many organisation and this made him to register for the
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) studies. He has since worked as
Finance Officer or Accountant in several public, private and voluntary sector organisations in
London including the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Science
Museum and the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux. He works as a business
consultant and has participated in several business start up programmes. He set up one of
the first African owned meat and food processing companies in the UK.
Femi dreams of Africa that is not synonymous with suffering, conflict, hunger and death and
hopes that he can make valuable contributions to poverty alleviation programmes in areas like
enterprise development, rural water supply, renewable energy and secure livelihoods.
... contributing to the development of Africa and Africans
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