Who we are
Babban Gona is an award-winning, high impact, financially sustainable and highly scalable social enterprise, part-owned by the farmers we serve. Babban Gona, was created to attract youth to agriculture specifically and away from the looming instability of extremist groups.
We accomplish this by franchising thousands of farmer cooperatives across Nigeria, dramatically increasing the profitability of the smallholder members 2.5 times above the national average. This dramatic increase in net income is accomplished by delivering an integrated holistic package of training, farm inputs and marketing services, on credit. Babban Gona has been able to deliver this credit while maintaining one of the highest repayment rates in the world, currently above 99%, leveraging our comprehensive 8 levels of risk mitigation.
We developed the model with our partners that include His Highness Muhammad Sanusi II, the Sarkin (Emir) Kano, Nestle, IITA, DfID, USAID, GIZ, AGRA, BMGF, Skoll, Kiva, FMCB, Mulago, GIF and Rockefeller Foundation amongst others.
Key Responsibilities:
Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
Develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality
Monitor all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards.
Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools
Meet with the software/product designers to determine quality assurance parameters.
Review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics (e.g. defect densities and open defect counts.)
Lead the team in designing QA test procedures.
Oversee the drafting of testing documents.
Implement testing procedures and overseeing the QA process.
Troubleshoot quality issues and modifying test procedures.
Conduct analysis checks on product specifications.
Review Quality Assurance reports.
Ensure the successful deployment of products to the end-users.
Respond to requests from the design team and management.
Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs
Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs
Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements
Monitor debugging process results
Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies