Funmilayo Ifekoya

Oluwafunmilayo Ifekoya (Funmi) is the Founder of AR Botanical Labs, a botanical innovation company building the science and supply-chain infrastructure to transform African medicinal plants into standardized, industry-ready ingredients for personal care, health, wellness and phytomedicine. AR Botanical Labs connects farmers and traceable cultivation with research, extraction, phytochemical characterization and standardization, addressing a critical gap that sees Africa export botanical resources while manufacturers still import refined ingredients from markets such as India and China. Funmi is building Africa’s botanical innovation engine from plant to industry ensuring more of the science, processing and value created from Africa’s biodiversity remains on the continent while producing ingredients for global industry