Julius Adewopo

Julius Adewopo Ph.D. is currently the co-founder of WeCollect Data Gathering and a former senior data innovation consultant within the Development Data Group at the World Bank, where he led initiatives supporting national agencies to advance food security priorities, including deployment of citizen-powered high-frequency real-time price data system. Julius previously served as senior technical lead at Mercy Corps, where he oversaw the piloting of emerging technologies for humanitarian action. Also, as a digital agriculture innovation scientist within CGIAR, he was principal investigator on multi-donor projects and successfully co-developed tools (including mobile apps and advisory platforms) that empowered smallholder households, mostly in Africa, to improve their knowledge, agronomic productivity, and livelihood outcomes. In 2019, the Agropolis Foundation awarded him the Louis Malassis Prize for Digital Innovation in Montpellier, and he continues to explore innovative pathways for data-driven decision-support on food insecurity through inclusive technology and real-time intelligence for action.