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Ifeyinwa Kanu

Year 3 Champion - Bioeconomy

Ifeyinwa has a love of nature and is passionate about engineering solutions to address global challenges such as food system sustainability. She holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering with research interest in the use of Artificial Intelligence and Omics analysis to optimise anaerobic processes. 

As the Founder and CEO of IntelliDigest Ltd, Ifeyinwa leads IntelliDigest on a mission to empower food system sustainability through technology innovation and capacity building, thereby delivering access to good food for more people; improving health and restoring the environment. Work includes applying cutting edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, enzyme engineering, green chemistry, and blockchain and quantum computing to make the food system more sustainable by eliminating edible food waste and converting inedible food waste at the earliest possible time to bio-nutrients and sustainable chemicals for the food system. 

Links:

IntelliDigest website

IntelliDigest YouTube 

IntelliDigest LinkedIn 

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