OUR STORY
Yield Initiatives is a non-profit, international development organisation, dedicated to the sustainability of the fashion sector in Africa and our growing industry.
We are specifically committed to the revival of the Cotton textile garment supply chain and to improving the living standards of cotton growers in Nigeria.
Our operations of activities are carried out in Nigeria. Our head office is in London, United Kingdom.
With better seeds, sustainability issues can be addressed.
Nigerian cotton farmers are in desperate need of better planting seeds. With better seeds, yields will increase, standards of living will increase, and then and only then can sustainability issues be addressed.
Our Team
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Rebecca Osewa has over 10 years of experience in the creative industry with a BA Hons degree in Fashion and Textiles.
Founder & CEO
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Cotton Merchant for 33 years for the biggest multinational cotton trader in the world. Established in 1851.
Non-Executive Director
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Over 39 years in the cotton industry and leading the cotton programme in Nigeria.
Non-Executive Director
Rebecca’s Creative Journey
began in 2008
2023
Working with groups of farmers across the states to produce enough yields for product production.
2022
Selected six states surrounding Central Savannah in Nigeria for the non-GMO trail test.
2021
In talks with the World Trade Organisation and travelled to Nigeria for more first-hand research.
2020
Yield Initiatives was born, standing between subsistence farmers and sustainability.
2019
Encountered challenges across the supply chain in Africa.
2018
Visited well-known manufacturing hubs in Kenya.
2016
Participated in The New Designers UK at the Business Design Center in Islington.
2015
Rebecca’s first design studio in Peckham opened.
2014
Live and worked in Ghana, producing locally made textiles for a new collection.
2008
Rebecca's creative journey began with an explorative design brief called ‘Identity’.
Growing up in London I was inspired to explore my shell routes as an African. A project brief gave me the opportunity to realise there was more to me than I even knew and allowed me to connect with my Nigerian ancestry through African installation and art pieces. This was the moment I really began to creatively express and explore my true self in different ways.
We are now in the process of developing our own T-shirt, made with the organic cotton produced from our state of the art cotton seed, grown in farms across Nigeria.