AFS Forum 2024

Prof. Thomas Reardon

lead author, ASSR

om Reardon is a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University. Tom has been at MSU since 1992; IFPRI Research Fellow 1986-1991; Rockefeller Foundation Post-Doc with IFPRI in Burkina Faso 1984-1986; Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 1984, and masters from the Université de Nice and Columbia University. Tom is also Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at IFPRI since 2022.

Tom researches the transformation of food value chains: (1) the “supermarket revolution” and the "food service revolution" (2) the “Quiet Revolution” in the “Hidden Middle”, a term coined by him for SMEs in the midstream of value chains; (3) R&D and farm inputs supply chain transformation; (4) e-commerce and food delivery intermediaries. He studies the impacts of these transformations on food industry business strategies, on farms, consumption/nutrition, and employment. Tom also researches “Rural Nonfarm Employment” inside and outside of food systems.

Tom works mainly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and has stayed 21 years in those regions. His current field survey projects and primary data analysis are in Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania, and survey data analysis in Bangladesh, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, and Myanmar.

Tom is Fellow of Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and Honorary Life Member (equivalent of Fellow) of International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE). He has nearly 44,000 citations in Google Scholar with an H index of 96 as of March 2023. He ranks in the top 1.6% of 67,000 economists globally tracked by IDEAS/REPEC. Tom is in Who’s Who in Economics; was featured on the front page of the New York Times; was the first agrifood economist invitee to the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Tom teaches a graduate class on food systems organization (AFRE 841), a graduate class on agriculture in international development (AFRE 861), and an undergraduate class on international agrifood markets (AFRE 327) in fall semesters; he mentors doctoral and masters students (100 since 1992).

Ms. Agnes Kalibata

President, AGRA

Mr. Amath Path Sene

Managing Director, Africa Food Systems Forum

Ms. Femi Oke

International Journalist, Broadcaster and Moderator

Hon. Ildephonse Musafiri

Minister of Agriculture and livestock Rwanda

Hon. Dr. David Moinina Sengeh

Chief Minister & Chief Innovation Officer, Republic of Sierra Leone

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Foundation Manager, ACGO Corporation, Nigeria

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CEO Eza Neza and Vice- chairperson of RYAF, Rwanda

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AGRA Country Director, Rwanda

Mr Ademola Ajagbe

Regional Managing Director, Africa, The Nature Conservancy

Rt. Hon. Dr. Edouard Ngirente

Prime Minister of Rwanda

Ms. Josefa Sacko

Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment (ARBE), AUC

Hon. Hussein Mohammed Bashe

Minister of Agriculture of Tanzania

Prof. Thomas Reardon

lead author, ASSR

Mr. William Asiko

Vice President for Africa, Rockefeller Foundation

Dr. Chema Triki

AASR Author

Mr. Wandile Sihlobo

Chief Economist, AgBiz South Africa (AASR author)

Hon. Rose Kayi Mivedor

Minister of Investment, Togo

Mr. Michael Shaw

Director Well Sping Development

Ms. Anna Riley

Managing Partner at Sofala Partners

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Executive Director , Mastercard

Ms. Michelle Gortan

Chief Executive Officer, Macdoch Foundation.

Mr. Jemery Awori

CEO Ecobank

Dr. Simeon Ehui

Director-General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture?(IITA)

Ms. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko

Commissioner for Rural Agriculture at the African Union Commission

Mr. Stefanos Fotiou

Director of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub

Mr. Claver Gatete

SG and Executive Secretary United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Mr. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez

CEO GEF

Hon. Dr. AlDahak

Minister of Environment of UAE, COP 28

Hon. Bryan Acheampong

Minister of Agriculture Ghana

Dr. Girma Amente

Minister of Agriculture, Ethiopia

Ms. Susan Steffen

DG Pan-African Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

Mr. Nico Jensen

IKEA Foundation

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CEO, African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)?

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Senior Partner, Africa Chairman, McKinsey & Company, Africa

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Minister of State for Resource Mobilization and Public Investment, Rwanda

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Minister of International Development, Norway

Dr. Beth Dunford

Vice President AfDB, Agriculture

Dr. Frannie A. Léautier

CEO South Bridge Investments,

Mr. Francis Gatare

CEO, Rwanda Development Board

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CEO Novo Nordisk Foundation CEO - Vice President Claus Felby

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Assistant to the Administrator - Resilience and Food Security (RFS), (USAID)

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President Diana Holdings, Morocco

Ms. Zouera Youssoufou

Managing Director and CEO Dangote Foundation

Mr. Bagore Bathily

CEO of Laiterie du Berger, Senegal

Mr. Kevin Mbundu

Co-Founder, Kivu Noir, Rwanda

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CEO Team Creatif, UK-France

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Chairman & Founder Africa SME Champions Forum

Dr. Donal Brown

Associate Vice-President, Programme Management Department, IFAD

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CEO Africa Microsoft

Hon. Eric Rwigamba

Minister of State for Agriculture and Animal Resources

H.E. Gaston Dossouhoui

Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries

Dr. Mandefro Nigussie

CEO, Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI)

Mr. Parmesh Shah

Global Lead, Data Driven, Digital Agriculture and Innovations, World Bank

Mr. Stewart Collis

Senior Program Officer Digital Solutions, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Jonathan SSTC)

Ms. Brenda Mulele Gunde

Global Senior Technical Specialist for ICT4D, International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)

Mr. Josh Woodward

Digital Agriculture Advisor, USAID

Mr. Innocent Musabyimana

Chief Agriculture Technology Officer, AFDB

Ms. Niriksha Shetty

CEO, Precision Development (PxD)

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CEO, Digital Green

Dr. Rajeev Chawla

Strategic Advisor and Chief Knowledge Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India

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Chief Strategy Officer, Center for Digital Public Infrastructure

Mr. Samuel Praveen

Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India

Mr. Sanjay Jain

Director, Digital Public Infrastructure, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF-DPI)

Ms. Chen Hattav

Growing IL Ecosystem Development Manager, Israel Innovation Institute

Mr. Kristofer Hamel

Ag Innovation Lead , President Court of the United Arab Emirates

Dr. Enock Chikava

Director of Agricultural Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)

Mr. Eli Habimana

Managing Director Norrsken Africa

Ms. Danielle Nierenberg

Co-founder, The Food Tank

Mr. Chirstian Irakoze

Vertical & Hydroponics, Rwanda

Mr. Christian Merz

(GIZ) leading a BMGF funded project on AI information exchange for Ag advisory services

Mr. Ranveer Chandra

(MSFT research) Building LLM for Ag at MSFT Research

Ms. Aisha Walcott-Bryant

Google Kenya Leading Google effort on AI with a focus on Africa

Mr. Ken Lohento

FAO - Gen AI for agriculture advisory services in Africa

Ms. Debrah Mallowah

Cluster Lead and Head of Bayer Africa

Mr. Daniel Annerose

CEO & Founder, Manobi Africa

Ms. Wambui Chege

Director, Agrifood Systems & Climate at the Mastercard Foundation

H.E. David Lane

(Ret.), President, Annenberg Foundation Trust & AGRA Board Member

Hon. Frank Tumwebaze

Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and fisheries, Uganda

Hon. Balarabe Abbas

Lawal, Minister of Environment

Mr. Ibrahima Coulibaly

President of Network of Farmers' Organizations and Agricultural Producers of West Africa (ROPPA)

Ms. Ruth B. Musoke

Project Coordinator GROW, Private Sector Foundation, Uganda

Mr. Lassine DEMBELE

Minister of Agriculture, Mali

Hon. John Steenhuisen

Minister of Agriculture, South Africa

Hon. Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani

Minister of Agriculture Cote dIvoire

Mr. Divine Ntiokam

Executive Director, Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network Global (GCSAYN)

Ms. Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti

Award-winning Kenyan environment activist

H.E. Reuben Mtolo Phiri

Minister of Agriculture of Zambia

Ms. Elizabeth Nsimadala

President EAFF

Mr. William Warshauer

President & CEO, TechnoServe

Ms. Sephora Kodjo

CEO Foundation Sephix and co-founder African Women Leaders Network

Mr. Arnold Puech d'Alissac

President of the WFO

Mr. Khalid Bomba

MasterCard Foundation

H.E. Dr. Jakaya Kikwete

Former President, United Republic of Tanzania

H.E. Tony Blair

President of the TBI

Hon. Didier Molisho Sadi

Chairperson Committee on Rural Economy and Agriculture, Pan-African Parliament (PAP)

Hon. Ismal Sombi

Minister for Agriculture, Animal Resources and Fisheries , Burkina Faso

Hon. Gladys Ganda

Member of Parliament,?Malawi.?

Hon. John Mutunga

Member of Parliament, Kenya

Hon. Sidie Mohamed Tunis

Speaker, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament

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Commissioner, Economic Community of Central African States, (ECCAS)

Hon. Jeremy Lissouba

(MP), Assemble Nationale, Republic of Congo

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Hon. Samira Rafaela

Member of the European Parliament

Prof. Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu

President, Association for the Promotion of African Studies

Hon. Francoise Uwumukiza

member of parliament Rwanda and East Africa. Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA)

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Thow, Global Citizen Prize Winner 2024, Act4Food Youth Movement

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Ugandan Activist

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Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of Rwanda

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Special Advisor, Yara International

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Managing Partner, Agrolay Ventures

Ms. Nancy Iraba

Healthy Seaweed CO. Limited (Seaweed Cafe), Tanzania

Dr. Kelley Cormier

Food Safety Division Chief, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development?(USAID)

Mr. Israel Chigozirim

Riwe Technologies LLC, Nigeria

Mr. Thione Niang

CEO Jeuf Zone

Mr. Winstone Odhiambo

Head of Tanzania, Yara International

Ms. Nana Amoah

Director, Gender, Youth and Inclusivity, AGRA

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Head, PANA, Mastercard Foundation

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Head of Public affairs sustainability and Safety Africa, BAYER

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Minister of State for Youth , Rwanda

Dr. Simon Winter

Executive Director, Syngenta Foundation

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CEO, Heifer international

Mr. Nixon Gecheo

Senior Digital Officer at AGRA, AGRA

Ms. Yana Watson Kakar

Youth Presidential Advisory Board, African Development Bank

Prof. Joachim von Braun

(Distinguished Professor, University of Bonn),

Dr. Ousmane Badiane

President AKADEMIYA 2063.

Ms. Lee Ann Jackson

UNITED STATES Head of the Agro-Food Trade and Markets Division, (OECD);

Dr. Wanjiku Kamau Ruetenberg

Founder and Executive Director, B-WEL/Senior Fellow, Ford Foundation

Ms. Wanjira Mathai

Head WRI

Dr. Lauren M. Phillips

Deputy Director, FAO

Dr. Agnes Quisumbing

Senior Research Fellow at IFPRI- CGIAR

Mr. Gabriel Boc

Senior Agricultural Specialist, Green Climate Fund

Dr. Lauren Lonchi

World Bank IFPRI

Prof. Edward Mabaya

Department of Global Development, Cornell University

Dr. George Bigirwa

Executive Managing Director of CGIAR, AGRA

Dr. Ismahane Elouafi

Executive Managing Director?of?CGIAR, AGRA

Mr. Paul Newman

CEO, SDG2 Advocacy Hub & Founder, Chefs Manifesto

Mr. Roy Steiner

Rockefeller Foundation

Ms. Kaya Sheila

MasterCard Foundation

Ms. Esther Dassanou

Director, Gender Programs, Mastercard,

Chef Pierre Thiam

Chef at Nok by Alara

Chef Dieuveil Malonga

Chef at Meza Malonga

Dr. Sylvia Lopez-Ekra

Deputy Director, UN Food Systems Coordination Hub,

Ms. Estherine Lisinge Fotabong

Director of Programmes, NEPAD

Dr. Lawrance Haddad

CEO GAIN

Hon. Datuk Seri Haji Mohamad Sabu

National Agrofood Policy 2021-2030 (NAP 2.0), Malaysia

Hon. Paulo Texeira

Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Farming,

Hon. Dr. Mohamed Sadiki

Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Forestry of the Kingdom of Morocco

Hon. Dr. Mabouba Diagne

Minister of Agriculture, Food Souverainity and Livestock, Senegal

Mr. Boaz Keizire

Head, Policy & Advocacy, AGRA

Dr. Benedik Oramah

President of Afri Exim bank,

Dr. Alvaro lario

President, International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Mr. Diagana Ousmane

Vice President for West and Central Africa, World Bank Africa

Dr. George Donkor

President, EBID

H.E. Aly Lamine Zeine

Prime Minister of Niger,

Hon. Mithika Linturi

Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kenya

Ms. Ann Vaughan

Deputy Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security (REFS), USAID

Mr. Johan Swinnen

Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Mr. Michael Sudarkasa

CEO, African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP)

Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa

Director of Agriculture and Rural Development, African Union

Mr. Christian Witt

Senior Program Officer - Soil Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)

Mr. Mehdi Filali

VP Farmer Solutions, OCP Africa, Morocco

Mr. Luis Alfredo Peréz

Senior Vice President, Business Unit Africa, Yara International

Mr. Henk van Duijn

President and CEO, International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)

Mr. Vishwajit Sinha

CEO Dangote Fertilizer

Prof. Fatunbi Oluwole

Director of Research and Innovation, FARA

Hon. Dr. Demba Sabally

Minister of Agriculture, The Republic of The Gambia

Hon. Ernesto Max Elias Tonela

Minister of Economy & Finance, Mozambique

Hon. Chipoka Mulenga

Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia

Mr. Patrick Heffer

Deputy Director General, International Fertilizer Association (IFA)

Dr. Aggrey Angumya

Executive Director,?Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa

Mr. Dossa AGUEMON

Director of Cabinet and UNFSS National Convenor, Benin

Hon. Celso Ismael Correia

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Mozambique

Mr. Sean De Cleene

Former Special Adviser to the UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Food Security and Nutrition

H.E. Ms. Paula Ingabire

Minister of ICT & Innovation, Rwanda

Mr. Raph Mupita

group president and CEO MTN,

Ms. Maryanne Ruguru Gichanga

Director, AgriTech Analytics, Kenya

Ms. Lucy Chioma Aniagola

Founder, Agrodemy Enterprises

Mr. Dick Lukala

FSC, Ifakara

Ms. Esther Kimani

Founder and CEO, Farmer Lifeline Technologies

Mr. Ayodeji Balogun

Group CEO, AFEX

Mr. Amadou Gallo Fall

President of Basketball Africa League,

Mr. Nick Barigwe

CEO Rwanda Finance Limited,

Mr. Jeremy Awory

Ecobank CEO,

Mr. Brian Milder

Founder and CEO of Aceli Africa ( Africa SMEs)

Ms. Marie Ange Mukagahima

Managing Director, Zima Health Group, Rwanda

Ms. Ogola Lois Kange

CEO, Smileyz Kitchen, Nigeria

Mr. Nana Opoku Agyeman-Prempeh

CEO, GrowForMe

Mr. Abrhame Endrias

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Mr. Georgie Ndirangu

former Head of Pan-African Program Communications, Mastercard Foundation

Dr. Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze

Minister of Trade and Industry, Rwanda

H.E. Mutale Nalumango

Vice President of Zambia

Mr. Albert Halwampa

Director General, Zambia Development Agency,

Hon. Situmbeko Musokotwane

Minister of Finance, Zambia

Hon. Collins Nzovu

Minister Green Economy and Environment, Zambia

Dr. Victoria KwaKwa

Regional Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa, World Bank

H.E. Chileshe Kapwepwe

COMESA Secretary General

Ms. Jolenta Joseph

Founder, Sanavita Company Limited, Tanzania

Mr. Ernest Mugisha

Business Leader, Speaker & International Host, Rwanda

Ms. Maya Stewart

Co-Founder, Lenzie Mills, Malawi

Dr. Martin Fregene

Director of Agriculture, African Development Bank (AfDB),

Dr. Gunhild Anker Stordalen

Founder and Executive Chair, EAT

Hon. Renata Miranda

Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply, Brazil

H.E. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

Former President, Nigeria

Dr. Francesco Branca

Director, Nutrition for Health and Development, (WHO)

Ms. Hanna Tetteh

Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa

Mr. Omar Abdi

Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF

Dr. Appolinaire Djikeng

Director General (ILRI) Senior Director for Livestock Based-Systems (CGIAR), ILRI and CGIAR

Ms. Bettina Iseli

CEO Member Executive Management and Chief Program Officer, WHH (Welthungerhilfe).

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Director General, WHO

Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted

Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health, World Fish & World Food Prize Laureate,

Dr. Patrick Webb

Chief Nutritionist

Dr. Matshidiso Moeti

Regional Director Africa, World Health Organization (WHO),

Mr. Steven Smidth

Crop Trust

Ms. Ann Twiler

Board Chair, GAIN

Ms. Anita Zaidi

President of Gender Equality, BMGF

Ms. Valerie Guarnieri

Assistant Executive Director, World Food Program

Ms. Janet Karemera

CEO Rwanda Convention Bureau

Ms. Michaella RUGWIZANGOGA

Chief Tourism Officer, Rwanda Development Board

Ms. Santiago Alba Corral

Vice President Programs and Partnership, IDRC

Ms. Siny Samba

CEO, Le Lionceau (Senegal), 2023 Waya winner

Mr. Mossadeck Bally

CEO and Founder of the Azalai Hotel Group,

Mr. Peiman Milani

Director, Food Initiative, Rockefeller Foundation

Ms. Yvonne Makolo

CEO Rwandair

Ms. Christine Campeau

Global Advocacy Director, Food Systems, CARE International,

Mr. Ndavi Muia

Regional head Africa

Ms. Kitty Van der Heijden

Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF,

Ms. Clare Akamazi

CEO NBA Africa ,

H.E. Geoge Weah

Former President of Liberia

Mr. Amadou Galo Fall

President of NBA Africa

Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana

?Minister of Health, Rwanda

Ms. Marlne Ngoyi

CEO FEDA, Rwanda,

Ms. Diane Karusisi

CEO Bank of Kigali,

Hon. Aurore Mimosa MUNYANGAJU

Minister of Sports Rwanda

Mr. Laurence Haddad

Excutive Director Gain

Ms. Isabelle Masozera

Women Empowerment Champion, Global Moderator and Journalist

Ms. Vicki Wilde

Senior Program Officer, BMGF

Ms. Hixonia Nyasulu

Founder, Ayavuna Womens Investments & AGRA Board Member

Ms. Hellen Onyango Oyare

Helena Agspace, Kenya

Ms. Nathalie Akon Gabala

Director, Gender and Economic Inclusion, IFC

Ms. Kampeta Pitechette Sayinzoga

CEO BRD, Rwanda

Hon. Sam Kawale

Minister of Agriculture Malawi

Ms. Binta Touré Ndoye

AGRA Board Member,

Ms. Betty Kiplagat

Government Affairs Leader, Africa & the Middle East, Corteva,

Ms. Judy Matu

National Executive Chairlady, AWAK,

Ms. Jane Maigua

CEO Exotic Nuts EPZ,

Ms. Oluyemisi Iranloye

CEO, Psaltry International, 2023 WAYA Award winner

Ms. Jennifer Ramnauth

Chief Digital & Information Officer at the Mastercard Foundation

H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki

The African Union Special Envoy for Food Systems

Sir David Nabarro

Strategic Director, 4SD Foundation

Dr. Fadel Ndiame

Chief Executive Officer, FSTS (PTY) Ltd, ACMC Certified Coach, Group Executive, Senegal

Ms. Carla Montesi

EU Director for Green Deal and Digital Agenda, Directorate-General for International Partnerships, Belgium

Mr. Leonard Mizzi

Head of Unit at the European Commission, Directorate-General (DG) for International Partnerships - Sustainable Agri-Food systems and Fisheries

H.E. Stefano Gatti

Director General for Development Cooperation, Italy

H.E. Dr. Amna Al Shamsi

Minister of Climate Change and Environment, UAE

Ms. Inger Andersen

Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Ms. Diane Holdorf

Executive Vice President, WBCSD

Mr. El Hadji As Sy

Chair Koffi Annan Foundation

Hon. Jenny Moffitt

Under Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs, United States Department of Agriculture?(USDA)

Ms. Melinda Bohannon

DG Humanitarian & Development, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UK

Ms. Cristina Duarte

UN USG, Special Advisor on Africa

Mr. Daniel Whiley

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, US Department of Agriculture

Mr. Roberto Perosa

Vice Minister of Agriculture, Brazil

H.E. Eric W. Kneedler

Ambassador of the USA to the Republic of Rwanda.

Mr. Paul Garaycochea

Director for Sustainable supply chains; agricultural and food systems, BMZ,

Mr. Mamadou Biteye

Executive Secretary, African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)

Ms. Astou Dia

President, Womens Investment Club (WIC)

Ms. Mia Beers

Deputy Assistant Administrator Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security & USAID?Resilience Coordinator

Mr. Paulin Basinga

Global Director of Policy Advocacy and Communication, BMGF

Ms. Consolee Uwimana

Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, Rwanda

Ms. Victoria Sabula

CEO, Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)

Ms. Hope Murera

Managing Director and CEO, Zep-Re (PTA Reinsurance Company), Kenya

Mr. Ougfaly Badji

Senior Rural Development Economist, Islamic Development Bank

Ms. Natalie JABANGWE

Executive Secretary/CEO, Timbuktoo Africa Innovation Foundation

Mr. Sam Akyianu

MD of Africa Growth Fund (Gender-lens investment

Ms. Vivian Onano

Founder/Director at Leading Light Initiative

Ms. Wanjiku

Coffee Farmer, Kenya

Ms. Hedwig Siewertsen

Head of Inclusive Finance, AGRA

Ms. Nelly Mukazayire

Deputy CEO, RDB

Ms. Hindou Ibrahim Oumarou

Chadian Environment Activisi

Ms. Cyntia Kamikazi

Director Gender, African Development Bank

Ms. Rachel J

Team leader FCDO

Mr. Edward Davey

Partnerships Director , FOLU

Dr. Ozonnia Ojielo

UN Resident Coordinator, Rwanda

Mr. Ertharin Cousin

Former WFP Executive Director

Ms. Adeyinka Badejo

Deputy Regional Director, World Food Programme

Ms. Alice Nzamukosha

Vice President of Zone 2, CODIGA Cooperative

Mr. Bernard Hien

Regional Director, West and Central Africa Division, IFAD

Mr. Ahmed Madobe Nunow

Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation of the Federal Republic of Somalia

Mr. Aissatou Ndiaye Dieng

UNHCR Representative Rwanda

Hon. Ms. Josephine Joseph Lagu

Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in South Sudan

Mr. Kayitare Shema

Vice President of the Cooperative, CODIGA Cooperative

Ms. Lian Biar Kuoirot Deng

NextGen Ag Impact Network, South Sudan

Mr. Anthony Mhagama

Programme Manager, IUCN

Ms. Martha Phiri

Director Social and Human Capital, AfDB

Ms. Morgan Gillespy

Executive Director, Food and Land Use Coalition

Ms. Nobuko Tabahshi

Executive Manager, UNICEF

Dr. King-David Amoah

President of FONG, Network of West African Farmers and Agricultural Producers' Organizations (ROPPA) Ghana

Ms. Esther Penuri

Philipines Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (Guest)

Mr. Kolyang Palabele

PAFO & PROPAC

Mr. Ishmael Sunga

CEO, SACAU

Ms. Ruramiso Mashumba

Regional Lead: Africa, Global Farmer Network (GFN), Zimbabwe

Ms. Juliana Kantengwa

Farmers association Rwanda

Wangeci

Farmers organization, Kenya

Mr. Forster Boeteng

Deputy CEO - Operations, Tree Crop Authority, Ghana

Ms. Manes Ngoma

President, Farmers Union of Malawi

Mr. Stephen Muchiri

CEO, Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF)

Mr. Philip Kiriro

East Africa Farmers Federation Board Member

Dr. Sinare Yusufu Sinare

President, SACAU

Dr. Olivier Kamana

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Animal Resources (MINAGRI), Rwanda

Dr. Babafemi Oyewole Olulopo

CEO, Pan-African Farmers Organization

Ms. Anita Erskine

Erskine Global Communications

Prof. Carlos Lopes

Professor, Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town

H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta

Former President, Republic of Kenya

H.E. Lionel Zinsou

Former Prime Minister, Republic of Benin; Founder and Managing Partner, Southbridge

His Majesty King Letsie III

Kingdom of Lesotho

Dr. Donald Kaberuka

Chairman and Managing Partner of SouthBridge

Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs

world-renowned economics professor, bestselling author,

Dr. Maximo Torrero

Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Mr. Pascal Lamy

Chair of the Paris Peace Forum and the Climate overshot commission

H.E. Mohamed Beavogui

Former Prime Minister Guinea

Dr. Bram Govaerts

Director General, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

Dr. Qixin

Senior lecture China Agricultural University, CAU President

Prof. Shenggen Fan

China Agricultural University, CAU President

Ms. Xiaoyun Li

China Agricultural University, CAU President

Mr. Jonathan Said

Vice President, Center for Technical Expertise, AGRA

Dr. Stella Nordhagen

Senior Technical Specialist, Switzerland

Mr. Daniel Njiwa

Head of Regional Food Trade & Resilience under Policy & State Capability Division, AGRA

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Director General WTO

Mr. Wamkele Keabetswe Mene

Secretary General ,AfCFTA

Dr. Gaimore Zanamwe

Managing Director Afriexim Bank

Hon. Arefaine Berhe

Minister of Agriculture Erythrea

Dr. Boubacar Manneh

Africa Rice Director General

Mr. Freddie Tucker

Investment Director, British International Investment

Mr. Ramesh Moochikal

Chief Executive Officer, Africa Improved Foods

Mr. Lubiao Zhang

Director General, Foreign Economic Cooperation Center, MARA, China

Dr. Wamkele Mene

Secretary General of AfCFTA

Ms. Providence Mavubi

COMESA Director

Mr. Tom Kehoe

Lead Regional Program Africa, BMGF

Mr. Mansoor Ahmad

MBE, Deputy Group Head – Africa Economic Development & Team Lead – Agribusiness Investment & Food Trade, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

Dr. Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze

Minister of Trade and Industry of Rwanda

Mr. Serigne Gueye Diop

Minister of Commerce and Industry, Senegal

Ms. Doherty Oluranti

Director Export Department, Afri Exim Bank

Hon. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Cuong

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development for Vietnam.

Mr. Mulualem Syoum

CEO, AeTrade Group (AeTrade Group)

Mr. Daouda Sembene

CEO, AfriCatalyst (former Executive Director, IMF)

Ms. Katerina Ntep

Deputy Vice President for Sector Operations, Millennium Challenge Corporation

Dr. Deodone

Perdue University

Hon. Anxious Masuka

Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement, Zimbabwe

Mr. Gilbert Nyatanyi

CEO, Agaciro

Hon. Gabriel Mbairobe

Minister of Agriculture of Cameroon

Mr. Forster Boateng

Deputy CEO, Operations, Tree Crop Authority, Ghana

Ms. Treasure Maphanga

Chief Operating Officer, AeTrade Group

Mr. Kebba Colley

Director of Inclusive Business, IDH

Mr. Alfred Chengula

Cofounder, Imara Tech

Mr. Isdor Paul Nkindi

Principal Legal Officer, BRELA 

Mr. Claude Bizimana

CEO NAEB

Mr. Daan Wensing

CEO IDH

Ms. Sarah Dahhani

Agronomic project manager , OCP Africa

Ms. Aissa Toure

AfDB Country Representative, Rwanda

Ms. Shudufhadzo Musida

Miss South Africa 2020 & UNFPA's Regional Champion

Ms. Afshan Khan

Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition, SUN Movement

Ms. Emmastella Gakuo

COO, Savannah Circuit, Kenya

Ms. Charlotte Binya

Founder, Women in Africa, Cameroon

Ms. Hadija Jabiri

Managing Director and Founder, GBRI Ltd

Mr. Omid Kassiri

Managing Partner of McKinsey East Africa, Co-Leader of Agriculture Practice in Africa, McKinsey & Company, Nairobi

Mr. Fred Swaniker

Entrepreneur, CEO of ALU

Mr. Jehiel Oliver

Founder, Hello Tractor

Mr. Eloge Niyomwungere

Best Food Solutions, Burundi

Ms. Silahlekelwe Mbotana

Tarima Vegetables, Zimbabwe

Ms. Marcelline Koutatouka

mkTOTO, Congo

Ms. Judith Endelesi Karia

Founder and Managing Director, Ava Group Investment, Tanzania

Mr. Lionel Kadja

Regional Manager, AGRA ( curator)

H.E. Robert Beugré Mambé

Prime Minister of Cote d’Ivoire

Hon. Souleymane DIARRASSOUBA

Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

Mr. Michel Arrion

Executive Director, International Cocoa Organization

Mr. Makhtar Diop

Managing Director IFC

Hon. Jacques Assahore Konan

Minister of Environment of Cote d'Ivoire

Mr. Ndayambaje Christian

RYAF member, CEO of NCWC Ltd. and the vice coordinator of RYAF, Rwanda  

Dr. Abebe Haile-Gabriel

Assistant Director General, Regional Representative for Africa, FAO

Prof. Eric Yirenkyi Danquah

Director, West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement, Africa Food Prize 2022 Winner

Mr. Ibrahima Cheikh Diong

Special Representative to the President of BADEA on ESGs and Former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) and Director General (GDG) of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group

H.E. Khalifa Al Kuwari

DG Qatar Fund for Development

Ms. Sanda Ojiambo

CEO & Executive Director Global Compact

Ms. Elisabeth Mrema

Deputy ED UNEP

Mr. James Mwagui

President, Equity bank

Ms. Maria HÅKANSSON

CEO, Swedfund

Ms. Delphine Traore

Africa Director SANLAM

Ms. Vera Songwe

Chair of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility

Mr. Ssenyimba Samuel Collin

Lead , Lead Investment Portofolio, BMGF

Mr. Chris Mitchell

Economic Development Expert, BCG

Mr. Frank ASWANI

CEO, African Venture Philanthropy Alliance

Mr. Felix Lamah

Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Guinea

Ms. Aissata Lam

CEO Investment Promotion Agency of Mauritania (APIM)

Mr. Nick Barigye

CEO Kigali Financial Centre

Ms. Éliane Ubalijoro

PhD Director GFeneral, ICRAF CIFOR

Mr. Vera Sekaran

Managing Director, Vertivegies, Singapore farms with Artificial Intelligence ( Singapore)

Ms. Gerardine Mukeshimana

VP IFAD, AVP IFAD

Ms. Susan M. Lund

Vice President, Economics and Private Sector Development, IFC

Ms. Liz Wilson

Deputy CEO, Small Foundation

Dr. Axel Klaphake

Director Economic and Social Development, Digitalisation(GIZ)

Mr. Sriram Bharatam

CEO and Founder Kuza, Kenya

Mr. Albert Munyabugingo

Co-founder and CEO Vuba Vuba Africa LtD, Rwanda

Mr. Ivan Shema

CEO of 1000 hills products

Mr. Ken Akinwande

Head Digital , OCP

Ms. Anu Adedoyin Adasolum

Co-Founder, CEO at Sabi

Mr. Ismael Belkhayat

CEO and Founder, Chari, Morocco

Ms. Adesuwa Ifedi

Senior Vice President of Africa Programs, Heifer International

Ms. Coura SENE

Regional Director, wave Digital Finance

Ms. Daniel Whitley

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, US Department of Agriculture

Ms. Dani Nierengberg

President Global Alliance for the Future of Food or Food tank

Mr. Martien Van Nieuwkoop

Senior Director, BMGF

Ms. Maria Helena Semedo

Deputy Director-General, FAO and former Minister

Dr. James Mwangi

CEO, Equity Bank

Dr. Strive Masiyiwa

Chairman of international technology groups Econet

Dr. Mo Ibrahim 

CEO Mo Ibrahim Foundation

Mr. Rodger Voorhies

President - Global Growth and Opportunity Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) & AGRA Board Member

Ms. Ofovwe AIG-IMOUKHUEDE

Executive Vice Chair, The Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation

Ms. Asahi POMPEY

President Goldman Sachs Foundation, Goldman Sachs

Mr. Frank Braeken

Non-Executive Director and Chairman and AGRA Board Member

Ms. Malfada Duarte

Executive Director Green Climate Fund

Ms. Diane Potey

Regional Lead of the Dutch Fund for Climate Development

Mr. Per Heggenes

CEO of IKEA Foundation, 

Dr. Birama Sidibé

Member of ABC Fund Investment Committee

Mr. Chad POLLOCK

Vice President & General Manger for East Africa, Visa

Mr. Malle Diagana

Africa Director GGGI

Ms. Atsuko Toda

Senior Director, Entrepreneurship Development, Pan African Programs at the Mastercard Foundation

Dr. Victor Oladokun

Communication and Media Advisor,

H.E. Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete

Former President, United Republic of Tanzania

Dr.  Francis Mustapha Kai-Kai

Minister of Planning and Economic Development of Sierra Leone

Hon. Romuald Wadagni

Minister of Economy and Finance,  

Mr. Ahmed Shid

Minister of Finance, Ethiopia

Dr. Mohammed Amin ADAM

Minister of Finance, Ghana

Hon. Mwigulu Nchemba

Minister of Finance , Tanzania

Hon. Wale Edun

Minister of finance and Economy

Hon. Simplex Chithyola Banda

Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Malawi

Hon. Alousséni Sanou

Minister of Economy and Finance Mali

Hon. Ali Lamine Zeine

Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, Niger

Mr. Cheikh Diba

Minister of Finance and budget

Hon. Aboubacar Nacanabo

Minister of Economy Finance and Foresight, Burkina

Hon. Matia Kasaija

Minister of Finance, planning and economic development, Uganda

Dr. Benedik Oramah

President of Afri Exim bank,

Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland

Commonwealth Secretary-General.

Ms. Marlene Ngoyi

Chief Executive Officer of the Fund for Export-Development in Africa (FEDA)

Dr. Patrick Verkoojen

CEO, Global Center on Adaptation (GCA)

Mr. Mostapha Terab

Managing Director, OCP

Mr. George Ndirangu

Consultant. Former Head of Pan-African Program Communications at Mastercard Foundation, and BBC Broadcaster & Cheng Cheng ( AGRA )

H.E. Christine Nkulikiyinka

CEO Rwanda Cooperation Initiative

Ms. Cristine Duarte

SG’s Special representative for Africa

Mr. Xiaoyong Wang

CABC President China Africa Business Council CCA, manuel

Mr. Ken Poonoosamy

Economic Development Board, Mauritius

Mr. Bakary Sega Bathily

CEO APIX Senegal

Mr. Laurent Gangbes

CEO, Agence de Promotion des Investissements et des Exportations, Benin

Ms. Aïssata Lam

Director-General, Agence de Promotion des Investissements en Mauritanie

Mr. Jerome Hassler

Chief of Staff to Group Chairman UPL

Mr. Omid Kasiri

Managing Partner for McKinsey's East Africa office

Ms. Damilola Ogunbiyi

Special envoy SE4All Nigeria

Ms. Francesco Lacamera

Director General, IRENA

Dr. Namukolo Covic

ILRI DG Rep & CGIAR East & Southern Africa Regional Director

Mr. Joseph Ngagan

Interim CEO, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP).

Mr. Carlos Sordo

Senior Project Manager Productive Uses of Renewable Energy, GOGLA

Mr. Leo Blyth

(expert in cold chain) or Charlie Miller (resp. Person at WB-ESMAP with Productive Uses of Renewable Energy).

Ms. Sarah Alexander

Global Technical Advisor, Off Grid Electrification SNV

Hon. Ophelia Mensah Hayford

(MP), Minister of Environment, Science, Innovation and Technology  

Hon. Keda Balla

Minister of Production and Agricultural Industrialization

Mr. Mehrdad Ehsani

Vice President, Africa, Food The Rockefeller Foundation

Mr. Mohamadou Tounkara

Regional Director MENA, GGGI

Mr. Hack Stiernblad

CEO, SunCulture

Dr. Fadi Chen

Nanjing Agricultural University NJAU President

Ms. Betty Kibara

Director Food Initiative, Rockefeller Foundation

Dr. Tilahum Amede

Director , Climate AGRA

Dr. Daouda Ndiaye

Islamic Development Bank, Manager Climate,

Dr. Richard Munang

Head of Global Environment Monitoring systems,UNEP

H.E. El Sayed El Quseir

Minister of Agriculture and Land Recclamation, Egypt

Mr. Charles Karangwa

Regional Lead, Forests, Landscapes, and Livelihoods Programme for Africa, IUCN

Mr. Hein Schumacher

CEO Unilever

Mr. Mohamed Bakaar

Manager, Integration and Knowledge Management Division, GEF

Ms. Marilia Bezerra

Chief Programmes Officer, IKEA Foundation

Hon. Soipan Tuya

Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Kenya

Dr. Telesphore Ndabamenye 

Director General , Rwanda Agricultural and Animal Resources Board

Ms. Sara Mbago-Bhunu

Director East and Southern Africa Division, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ,

Ms. Damilola Aminat Adeyemi

Co-Founder, D-Olivette Enterprise, Nigeria

Ms. Edith Wheatland

CEO, Rockland Farms, Ghana

Dr. Bridgitta Steyn

Research Platform Manager for Microbials at Natural Plant Protection (NPP), UPL

Ms. Annemieke Beekmans

Global Head Agri-food, SNV

Mr. Don White

CEO, Agventure Ltd.

Mr. Timothy AFFUL-KOOMSON

Africa Director, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)

Ms. Betty Kibaara

Director, Food Initiative, Rockefeller Foundation

Ms. Hazel Awino

CEO, Agri Innovation Hub, Kenya)

Mr. John Ellenberger

SVP Venture 37, Land O’Lakes, USA

Mr. Zachary Stewart

Production Systems Technical Advisor ( USAID)

Ms. Nancy Rapando

Africa's Food Future Initiative Lead, WWF

Dr. Sieglinde Snapp

Global Program Director – Sustainable Agri-food Systems, CIMMYT

Dr. Valentine Uwamariya

Minister of Environment, Rwanda

Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw

Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UNCCD

Hon. Ms. Veronica Mueni Nduva

Secretary General of the East African Community

Dr. Bernard Vanlauwe

Deputy Director, Director R4D, and Director for Natural Resources Management, International Institutes of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Dr. Tilahun Amede

Head of Resilience, Climate and Soil Fertility, AGRA

Dr. Joe Cornelius

CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations

Dr. Leigh Ann Winowiecki

CIFOR & Co-Lead, Global Research Leader Soil and Land Health

Dr.  Yona Baguma

Director General (DG) of National Agricultural Research Organization

Mr. Andre de Jager

Director Technical Expertise, SNV

Mr. Nico Janssen

Programme Manager Agricultural Livelihoods, IKEA Foundation

Mr. Ron Rosati

PhD, Vice Chancellor , RICA Rwanda

Mr. Amadou Ba

Founder and Executive Chairman of AllAfrica Global Media

Mr. Charles Obbo

Journalist I Writer I Futurist I Curator THE WALL OF GREAT AFRICANS (WoGA)

Mr. Larry Madowa

CNN correspondent

Mr. Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard

Founder, chairman and owner of APO Group,

Mr. Neil Watkins

leads policy, advocacy, and communications, BMGF

Ms. Pamela Sittoni

Executive Editor and Managing Editor, Daily Nation, Kenya

Ms. Kate

Media Head, Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations

Mr. David Biello

TED Curator on Climate Curation and its catalytic power

Mr. Ibrahima Sagna

Executive Chairman Silverback Holdings

Ms. Rex Chapota

Executive Director at National Youth Council, Malawi.

Ms. Lydia Fabienne Beaufort

Regional Director , Hoope Africa, Communication

Ms. Amy Sarr

CEO Intelligences citoyennes

Mr. Rob Bertram

Chief Scientist in USAID's Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (USAID),

Mr. Paul Newnham

CEO - SDG2 Advocacy Hub & Founder Chefs’ Manifesto

Dr. Geeta Sethi

Advisor, Global Agriculture Practice, World Bank

Mr. Gonzalo Muñoz

UN Climate Change High-Level Champion from the COP25 Presidency, Chile

Ms. Susan Chomba

Director of Vital Landscapes, WRI Africa

Ms. Mafalde Duarte

Executive Director Green Climate Fund

Mr. Ramaru Tlou

Green Climate Fund Board member, South Africa

Dr. Anthony Nyong

Director, Climate Change and Green Growth, AfDB

Mr. Teddy Mugabo

CEO Rwanda Green Fund

Mr. Jeff Koinange

Anchor/Talk Show Host

Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina

President of the African Development Bank Group

H.E. Ousmane Sonko

Prime Minister of Senegal

Hon. Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine

Prime Minister of Niger

H.E. Robinah Nabbanja

Prime Minister of Uganda

H.E. Musalia Mudavadi

Prime Minister of Kenya

H.E. Kassim Majaliwa

Prime Minister of Tanzania

H.E. Adriano Afonso Maleiane

Prime Minister Mozambique

H.E. Dr. Michael Biswick

Vice President of Malawi

H.E. Kyelem De Tambela

Prime Minister, Burkina

H.E. Chogel Kokalla Maiga

Prime Minister, Mali

H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia

Vice President of Ghana

Ms. Reeta Roy

CEO Mastercard Foundation

H.E. Edourad Ngirente

Prime Minister of Rwanda

Dr. Jack KAYONGA

Group CEO, Crystal Ventures

Mr. Jason Brantley

Vice President, Production Systems, Small Ag & Turf, John Deere

Ms. Ndèye Diop Niang

Partnerships Manager, Syngenta Foundation

Dr. Rebbie Harawa

Regional Director-East & Southern Africa, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

H.E. Hans Hoogeveen

FAO Independent Council Chairperson

Mr. Zak Bleicher

Global Engagement, Advisor Food Systems COP 28

H.E. Josepha Sacko

Ambassador

Ms. Lindiwe Sibanda

Chair of the CGIAR

Mr. Andy Jarvis

Director Future of Food, Bezos Earth Fund

Ms. Rose Goslinga

Director Pula Insurance

Mr. Patrick Mwenefumbo

Head of Malawi MEGA farms

Ms. Chido Cleopatra Mpemba

Youth Envoy, African Union Commission

Ms. Jhanira Rodriguez Torrez

United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), Bolivia

Mr. Jurriaan Middelhoff

Ambassador at Large, Team Youth, Education and Work, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. John Kamara

Founder and CEO, Adanian Labs & AI Centre of Excellence (AICE)

Mr. Isaac Sesi

Sesi Technologies, Inaugural GoGettaz Winner, Ghana

Mr. Samson Alemu

Co-Founder, Thur Biotech, AYuTE winner, Ethiopia

Ms. Anaporka Adazabra

CEO, Farmio, Ghana

Mr. Wemkele Mene

CEO, The AfCTA

Mr. Aliko Dangote

Chairman and CEO, Dangote Group

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina

President, African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

H.E. Amina Mohammed

Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG)

H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn

Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia & Chair, AGRF Partner's Group

Mr. Njack Kane

Curator

Stefan Schmitz

Executive Director, Crop Trust

Mr. Dayo Aduroja

Director, Youth and Innovation Africa, Heifer International

Ibrahim Maigari Ahmadu

Founder/CEO, RiceAfrika

Yoda Blaise

Conseiller Special du Premier Ministre Sur les questions Foncieres - Burkina Faso

Ms. Kawtar Zerouali

Country Lead, UNCDF

Ms. Amandla Ooko-Ombaka

Partner, McKinsey & Company

Ms. Fatmata Sesay

Resident Representative of UNDP in Rwanda, UNDP

Ms Dorine Odongo,

Senior Communications Manager, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Mr. Deogratius Magero

Youth Engagement Manager, CABI

Dr. Jemimah Njuki

Chief Economic Empowerment, UN Women

Dr. Edidah Ampaire

Senior Programs Specialist, IDRC

Dr. Monica Kansiime

Deputy Director-Development and Outreach Africa, CABI

Dr. Susan Kaaria

Director

Prof. Amos Laar

Professor of Public Health Nutrition, University of Ghana

Dr. Patrick Kormawa,

Director, Food Security and Climate-Smart Agricultural Transformation, Office of the President, Government of Sierra Leone

Ms. Vivian Atakos

Engagement, Policy and Advocacy Lead - CGIAR Gender Impact Platform

Ms. Nicoline de Haan

Director, CGIAR Gender Impact Platform

Dr. Paswel Marenya

Associate Program Director, Sustainable Agrifood Systems Program, CIMMYT

Mr. Geoffrey W. Whaling

Chair, National Hemp Association, NHA

Dr. Julius Ecuru

Principal Scientist and Manager, Research Innovation Coordination Units, ICIPE/BioInnovate

Mr. Hambulo Ngoma

Agricultural Economist, CIMMYT

Mr. Jacob Mignouna

Molecular geneticist and plant breeder

Mr. Jerry Glover

Director, USAID

Mr. Hillary Cheruiyot

Program Officer, Eastern Africa Farmers Federation

Mr. Loren Stoddard

USAID

Ms. Catherine Maldonado

Senior Advisor for the Agriculture and Food Security Practice at Chemonics International.

Ms. Lucine Le Moal

Managing Director for USAID DRC Invest

Ms. Penjani Mkambula

GAIN Deputy Director of Programme Services

Ms. Martha Muhairwe

Investment Manager for USAID Uganda Strategic Investments Activity (SIA)

Wangui Muna

Director, Innovative Finance, Heifer International, Africa Programs

Mr. Adesuwa Ifedi

SVP Africa Programs, Heifer International

Mr. Dagmawi Habte-Selassie

Country Director Rwanda, IFAD

Mr. Eghosa Omoigui

Founder and Managing General Partner, Echo VC

Mr. Titianne Donde

Chief of Party, RTI FtF Prosper While Expanding Markets -Rwanda

Ms. Alice Kirezi

Head of Investment and Social Impact, Equity Bank

Mr. Kevin Gituma

Regional Director - Heifer Impact Capital - Africa

Mr. Andrew Mack

CEO, Agromovil

Ms Candice Kroutz-Kabongo

Digital Innovations Lead, Solidaridad

Mr. Tawanda Hove

Senior Program Officer-Digital Agronomy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Mr. Braima Luis Soares Cassam

Vice President, West African Development Bank

Mr. Sunru Yong

Partner - Dalberg

Ms. Mumbi Munene

Director and Agrifood Systems Expert, Sofala Partners

Mr. Khaled Eltaweel

Senior Coordinator, Office of the Director General; FAO/ UN Food Systems Coordination Hub

Hon. Aden Bare Duale

Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Kenya

Mr. Douglas Njiraini

Moderator

Omondi Kashidi

Moderator

Mr. Pedro Alves Corrêa Neto

Assistant Secretary of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Brazil

Mr. Abdou Tenkouano

Director General & CEO ICIPE

Rodrigo Santos

Head of Crop Science, Bayer

Dr. Conrad Rein

Innovation Commission for climate Change, Food security and Agriculture

Ms. Alexandra Spieldoch

Director, Women's Entrepreneurship and Global Business Development (iDE Global)

Ms. Aslihan Kes

Senior Gender Advisor, Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security, USAID

Ms. Gracious Maviza

Alliance of Bioversity, South Africa

Ms. Janette Toroitich

Youth Agripreneur, Kenya

Ms. Karen Munoko

Agribusiness and Gender Advisor, CAADP-XP4 Gender Working Group, Kenya

Mr. Mandlenkosi Maphosa

Alliance of Bioversity, Zimbabwe

Ms. Mariame Maiga

Regional Gender and Social Development Adviser, CORAF and Chair of the CAADP-XP4 Gender Working Group, Senegal

Ms. Caroline Raes

Country Representative, GGGI Rwanda

Dr. Malle Fofana

GGGI, Africa Regional Director

Dr. Biola Kazeem Badmus

Unit Head for Sub Saharan Africa RM & Partnership Development, Islamic Development Bank

Mr. Jean Claude Niyomugabo

Co-founder, Agirite (youth-led organization)

Dr. Frank Rijsberman

Director General, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)

H.E Xuekun Wang

Chinese Ambassador to Rwanda

Mr. James Warner

Research Fellow/Program Leader, IFPRI, Rwanda

Mr. Clemens Breisinger,

Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader, Kenya Strategy Support Program

Mr. Qiran Zhao

Professor, AGFEP and CAU

Mr. Xu Tian

Professor, AGFEP and CAU

Mr. Ji Gao

Director, China Energy Modeling Forum (CEMF)

Ms. Fengwei Liu

Director, Food and Land Use Coalition, China

Prof. Cheng Cheng

Lead of Asian Partnerships at AGRA

Dr. Nega Wubenah

Head of Market and Trade, AGRA

Mr. Jia Yan

South-South Cooperation Officer, WFP

Dr. Uwizeyimana Herman

General Manager, Fisher Global Ltd

Prof. Faqin Lin

Professor, AGFEP & CAU

Prof. Xiaolong Feng

Associate Professor, AGFEP & CAU

Ms. Mathilde Bauwin

Head of Knowledge Management, Appui au Développement Autonome (ADA)

Ms. Caroline Morilhat

Coordinator, Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling Programme (SSNUP), ADA

Mr. Jens Busma,

Head of the Agriculture and Rural Development Division, Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Mr. Arne Brandschwede

Advisor for Climate Change, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Mr. Claus Reiner

Regional Climate and Environment Specialist, CompensACTION Initiative

Mr. Kaushal Bisht

Lead, Partnership, Varaha ClimateAG Pvt, Ltd.

Ms. Enid Charana,

CEO, Nyamira North Women Savings and Credit Society, Kenya

Prof. Simon Wagura Ndiritu

Center Director, Strathmore Agrifood Innovation Center (SAFIC)

Prof. Ahmed R. Elbeltagy

Animal Production, Natural Research Management, and Resilience, AU-IBAR

Dr. Denis Mujibi

Principal Lead, Market Intelligence (SAFIC)

Doreen Gacheri

Founder, Genco Livestock & Fresh Meat Export Limited

Ms. Safia Boly

Executive Director, AATI

Sanne Steemers

President, Rest of Africa, AFEX

Olfunke Cofie

IWMI Regional representative and CGIAR Country Convenor

Seifu Tilahun

IWMI - Inclusive landscape management

Adebayo Oke

IWMI - Bundled innovations for food system transformation

Mr. Jean Paul Kubwimana

Director of Conservation Programme , A4L Project Manager, ARCOS Network/Kigali Office

Mr. Bernard Musana

Head of Knowledge and Fostering Hub Department, Rwanda Water Resources Board

Noah Adamtey

IWMI - Agricultural Water and Nutrient Savings Practices at Farm Scale

Mr. Hakeem Jimo

Country Director ProVeg International, Nigeria

Ms. Sarah Lake

CEO, PlantWorks

Ms. Glindys Luciano

Network Engagement. Coordinator, EIT Food

Mr. Didier Toubia

Co-Founder & CEO, Aleph Farms

Mr. Johnson Kiragu

Regional Director East Africa, Partners in Food Solutions

Mr. Mandla Nkomo

CEO, Partners in Food Solutions

Ms. Wanjiru Mambo

CEO, Wedgehut Food Kenya

Mr. Nsengiyumva Prosper

CEO, Avocado Oil Industries Limited

Mr. Deji Adebusoye

Partner, Sahel Capital

Mr. Dan Kimani

Associate Investment Director, Acumen Resilience Agriculture Fund

Mr. Rafael Flor

Senior Program Officer, Gates Foundation

Mr. Miraj Shah

CEO, Crofts Food, Kenya

Hon. Dr. Miryung Song

Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, South Korea

Ms. Gwen Mwaba

Director and Global Head, Trade Finance, Afreximbank

Mr. Gagan Gupta

CEO, Arise

Ms. Tara Nathan

Vice President, Mastercard

Mr. Richard Kwaku Ofori-Mante

Director of the Agricultural Finance and Rural Development Department, African Development Bank

Ms. Anna Nelson

Deputy Special Envoy for Global Food Security, Department of State, USA

Hon. Samuel Kawale

Minister of Agriculture, Malawi

Hon. Samba Ndiobène Ka

Minister of Agriculture, Senegal

Dr. Yemi Akinbamijo

Executive Director, FARA

Mr. Dickson Naftali

Head of Thematic Platforms, AFSF

Ms. Nana Yaa Boakyewaa Amoah

Director - Gender, Youth and Inclusiveness, AGRA

Mr. William Matovu

Country Director Uganda, Heifer International

Ms. Nadine Munezero

Agriculture Enterprise and Development Specialist, USAID

Ms. Savadogo Salamata

Burkina Faso

Ms. Vanessa Adams

Founder & CEO, Level 4 International

Mr. Edson Mpyisi

Chief Financial Economist, Coordinator ENABLE Youth Programme, African Development Bank (AfDB)

Mr. Simon O’Connell

CEO, SNV

Mr. Stephen Segujja

Head of the Economic Enterprise Restart Fund, Stanbic Uganda

Ms. Carol Mumo

Social Impact Manager, Yara

Mr. Kaleb Eyasu

Ethiopia

Adelaide Naa Okpoti

Ghana

Arinaitwe Patricia

Uganda

Dr Mwaka Namukonda

(Executive Director), The Consortium of African Youth in Agriculture and Climate Change (CAYACC)

Mr. Noel Mulinganya

Youth Expert, CGIAR/ IITA youth enabler coordinator

Ms. JOYCE MNDAMBI

Project Management Specialist - Private Sector Engagement & Investment, USAID

Mr. Vulley Caesar

Regional Youth Employment Specialist, OYA, FAO.

Dr. Birungi Korutaro

CEO, Kilimo Trust

Ms. Jane Lowicki-Zucca

MPA (she, her), Senior Youth Advisor, Feed the Future - Office of Country Implementation, Inclusive Development Division

Dr Tewodros Ayele

Country Director Ethiopia, Heifer International

Fatimatou Rabidine Hiyar

Niger

Llucie Mushum

DRC Kuvu

Yvette Le Fleur

South Africa

Mahamat Oumarou Malloum

Chad

Adamou Tchoumon Yero joseph

Benin

NIZIGIYIMANA Laurette

Burundi

Mr. Mashoko Chakanyuka

Head of Youth Employment, AGRA

Orouate Ouska Dula Walidou,

CAR

Tihut Tamirat Tadele,

Ethiopia

ADUPA STEPHANIE NAMER

Uganda

Sanago Litya

Tanzania

M'BARKI ITRI

Maroc

Dum Stella Ledua

Nigeria

Alexander Kadyampakeni

Malawi

Oumar Al Faroukh Abdoulaye

Chad

Mr. Watson Matsa

South Africa

Prof. Hamadi Boga

VP of Program delivery, AGRA

Honourable Pape Malick Ndour

Minister of Youth, Entrepreneurship and Employment, Senegal

Mr. Tajudeen Yahaya

CEO, Extension Africa

Chispin Matinga

Malawi

MAIGA Yacouba

Mali

Nélio Zunguza

Mozambique

Pilabre Wendinkonte Djeneba

Burkina faso

Zelalem Endalew

Ethiopia

Modesta Akipase Aziire

Ghana

Brian Muinde Muthenya

Kenya

Ms. Vu Thi Hai Ha

Technical Officer on Youth and Social Inclusion, IFAD

Mr. Eulade Nzayinambaho

Managing Director, ABS (Agricultural Best Store) Technology Ltd

Mr. Jeremiah Baraka

Kilimo Fresh

Ms. Emerance Mukeshimana

Masaka Creamery Limited

Ms. Hasina Andriatsitohaina

Madagascar

Mrs. Crescentia Mushobozi

Tanzania

Mr. Alexander Lingenthal

Senior Policy Officer, GIZ

Mr Emmanuel Mugabo

Inkomoko Rwanda Managing Director

Ms. Aayushi Kachalia

Agriculture Strategic Initiatives Lead, 60 Decibels

Mr. Finola Mohan

Impact Management and Learning Executive, Small Foundation

Ms. Elizabeth Kiarie

Impact Finance Manager, Rabo Foundation

Mr. Ellie Turner

Agriculture Lead, 60 Decibels

Ms. Mumbi Maina

Senior Access to Finance Officer, International Trade Center (ITC), Switzerland

Ms. Mary Boote

Vice Chair, International Agri-Food Network

Ms. Robynne Anderson

Director, General International Agri-Food Network

Ms. Affiong Williams

CEO, ReelFruit Nigeria

Ms. Massandjé TOURE-LITSE

Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, ECOWAS

Dr. Boladale Adebowale

ST&I Policy and Management Researcher at National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM), OAU

Alain SY Traoré

Director of Agriculture and Rural Development of ECOWAS

Peter Dama

ECOWAS Rice Observatory, National Chapter, Nigeria

Dr. Hiraoka Hiroshi

Senior Advisor, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Mr. Innocent Kabenga

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Hon. Prudence Sebahizi

Minister of Trade and Industry, Rwanda

Dr. Chizumba Shepande

Director of Agriculture, Zambia

Mr. Chimuka Nketani

Director of Investment, Zambia Development Agency

Mr. Akapelwa Imwiko

Director – Economic Management, Ministry of Finance and National Planning

Mr. Oscar Chita

Director Policy and Planning, Ministry of Agriculture

Dr. David Howlett

Feed the Future Coordinator, Bureau for Resilience, Environment & Food Security, USAID Zambia

Mr. Coillard Hamusimbi

Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture, Zambia

Ambassador Paul Gulleik Larsen

Special Envoy, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Gabriel Ferrero

Ambassador at Large for Global Food Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spain

Lord Collins of Highbury

Minister for Africa FCDO (UK)

Mr. Quentin Rukingama

Managing Partner, JBQ Africa

H.E. Umo Bassey Eno

Governor Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Hon. Moses Vilakati

Candidate for Commissioner Agriculture, Blue Economy and Rural Development at the AU Commission

Ms. Meera Shekar

Global Lead Health, Nutrition and Population, World Bank

Ms. Shanice Kalima

Project Manager, African Football League

Hon. Richard Nyirishema

Minister of Sports, Rwanda

Mr. Olusola Adeyemo

Lead, Sustainable Farming - Distribution and Youth Extension

Ms. Lyndsay Handler

Co-founder and Managing Partner, Delta40

Ms. Shanoo Saran

Managing Director - Africa, Food Systems for the Future (FSF)

H.E. Mohammed Abdi Hayir

Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Federal Republic of Somalia

Ms. Amsale Mengistu

Senior Program Officer, BMGF

Dr. Catherine Nakalembe

Africa Director, NASA Harvest & Africa Food Prize Laureate

Dr. Dorothy Nyambi

President and CEO of MEDA

Ms. Andrea Bagnoli

WFP Representative and Country Director for Rwanda

Ms. Wanjiku Guchu

Program Manager of the Excellence in Agronomy Initiative of the CGIAR under IITA

Ms. Jennifer Ramnauth

Chief Digital and Information Officer, Mastercard Foundation

Mrs Beverley Postma

Executive Director

Ms. Adriana Telles Ribeiro

G20 Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil

Mr. Faustin Ruhumuriza

President of the Audit Committee, Icyerekezo Mizizi Agricultural Cooperative

Mr. Zachary Bleicher

Advisor Food Systems, COP 28

Mr. Abdou Souleye Diop

Managing Partner, Forvis Mazars

Ms. Amparo Gonzalez-Diez

Team Leader, Rural Development, Environment, Climate Action, Gender, EU Delegation, Rwanda

Dr. Joan Matji,

UNICEF Representative to SADC and Botswana

Ms. Coumba Dieng Sow

Representative and Country Director, FAO, Rwanda

Dr. Gouantoueu Robert Guei

Sub-Regional Coordinator for West Africa, FAO and FAO Representative in Senegal

Dr. Christine Mukantwali

CRFS

HE Mizengo Pinda

Former Prime Minister , Tanzania

Ms. Corinna Hawkes

Director - Food Safety, FAO

Mr. Maarten van Zonneveld

Head of Biodiversity, World Vegetable Centre

Mr. Mduduzi Mbuya

Director of Knowledge Leadership, GAIN

Dr. Stanford Blade

Deputy Director General-Research, ICRISAT

Mr. Trent McKnight

Founder and President, AgriCorps

Mr. Umaru Sheriff

Founder and Executive Director, 4-H Liberia

Mr. Hamady Diop,

Strategic Advisor, NEPAD

Mr. Jimmy Lee

Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Poverty Research Lab, Northwestern University

Ms. Ann Nyaga

Chief Administrative Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Cooperatives, Kenya

Ms. Fatmata Lovetta Sesay

UNDP Resident Representative, Rwanda

Hon. Gladys Ganda

Malawi, Member of Parliament, Malawi

Mr. Guire Allassane

Cabinet Director, Minister of Agriculture, Animal

Senator Mustapha Saliu

Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture Production, Services & Rural Development, The National Assembly, Nigeria

Mr. Chris Roth

President, Reinke Manufacturing Corporation

Ms. Rosine Uwamaria

Country Director, Trademark, Rwanda

H.E. Hassan Mohammed Moalin

State Minister of Industry, Ethiopia

Mr. Antoine Marie Kajangwe

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Rwanda

Mr. Enock Sing’oei

IRFF Agricultural Insurance Lead, UNDP

Mr. Komla Bissi

AFcTA, Senior Advisor to the Secretary General, Agriculture Value Chain

Ms. Ethel Sibanda

Principal Consultant, Itad

Boaz Keizire

Head of Policy, AGRA

Hon. Richard Tushabe,

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda

Dr. Cheikh Oumar Ba,

Executive Director, IPAR

Hon. John Frimpong Osei

Member of Parliament, Ghana

Hon. Agho Oliver Bamenju

Member of Parliament, Cameroon

Hon. Gertrude Kazarwa,

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of Rwanda

Mr Richard Ofori-Mante

Executive Director, Eastern Africa Grain Council

Mr. Jerry Ntare

Acting CEO, Agaciro

Ms. Sylvie Nirere

Country Manager, IDH Rwanda

Ms. Vivian Maduekeh

Program Director, Partners in Food Solutions

Ms Jennifer Baarns,

Head of the Private Sector , AGRA

Mr. Israel Chigozirim

Riwe Technologies, Nigeria

Ms. Millicent Agidipo

Co-founder, Achievers Food, Ghana

Ms. Andrea Bagnoli

WFP Representative and Country Director for Rwanda

Mr. Faustin Ruhumuriza

President of the Audit Committee, Icyerekezo Mizizi Agricultural Cooperative

Mr. Gerald Makau Masila

Executive Director, Eastern Africa Grain Council

Mr. Russell Mittermeier,

Chief Conservation Officer, Re.Wild

Dr. Lekan Tobe,

Country Director Nigeria, Heifer International

Athman Mravili

FAO Coordinator for Central Africa and Representative in Gabon, Sao Tome & Principe, and Cameroon

Mr. Taylor Quinn

Executive Director, Tailored Food

Mr. Arno Bratz

Head of Sector Strategy, Knowledge, and Learning, Welthungerhilfe

Ms. Ruth Okowa

Kenya Country Director, The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Ms. Purnima Menon

Senior Director, Food and Nutrition, CGIAR

Ms. Hanneke Faber

President, Unilever

Ms. Zeynab Wandati

Climate & Sustainability Editor, Nation Media Group, Kenya

Ms. Hellen Mwale

Founder, Media Initiative Zambia

Mr. Benjamin Kojo Fiafor

Senior Country Representative, Farm Radio International, Ghana

Ms. Katie Taft

Senior Manager of Communications and Engagement at Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations

Mr. Joseph Adeyeye

Managing Director, Punch Newspapers, Nigeria

Mr. Abenaitwe Cliff

Journalist, Deputy Managing Director, Water Journalists Africa

Mr. James Munyaneza

Managing Editor at The New Times

Ms. Siki Kigongo

Senior Regional Communications Officer- East & Southern Africa, AGRA

Dr. Debisi Araba

Director, Wasafiri Hub

Kiiza H

TEDx Host

Hon. Philippe Legre

Minister Governor representing H.E. Robert Beugré Mambé, Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire

Ms. Kindra Halvorson

Chief Transformation Officer , TechnoServe

Ms. Sophie Ahmed

Ethiopia’s Country Director, FOLU Ethiopia

Mr. Samuel Ssenyimba

Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)

Ms. Zoe Karl Waithaka

Managing Director and Partner, BCG

Dr. Namukolo Covic

Director General’s Representative to Ethiopia, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Ms. Maria Helena Semedo

Former Deputy Director General FAO, & Former Minister of Economy and Finance, Cape Verde

Ms. Victoria Crawford

Director of Agriculture & Food, WBCSD

Mr. Papa Amadou Sarr,

Executive Director of the Mobilization, Partnerships and Communication Department - Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Mr. Patrick Tonui,

Policy and regions director,GOGLA

Hon. Bright Kanyontore Rwamirama,

Minister of State for Animal Industry, Uganda

Mr. Martin Bwalya,

Senior Food Systems Specialist - Africa Region; UN Food Systems Coordination Hub

Hon. Thierry Kamach

Minister of the Environment and Sustainable , Development , Central African Republic

Ms. Charlotte Heffer

Senior Programme Manager, Energy Saving Trust

.E. Ambassador Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile

Chair World Committee on Food Security (CFS)

Kawtar Zerouali

UNCDF Representative, Rwanda

Mr. Nick Goetschalckx

Policy Officer, INTPA, EU Delegation

Dr. Tilahum Amede

Head. Resilience, Climate & Soil Fertility, AGRA

Mr. Dejene Tezera

Director of the Agribusiness and Infrastructure Development Division, UNIDO

Hon. Richard Tusabe

Minister of State In Charge of the National Treasury

H.E. Mohammed Umar Bago

Governor of Niger State

Mr. Rished Bade

Commissioner for External Finance, United Republic of Tanzania

Mr. Lauren Good

Senior Manager Policy, Partnership and Deployment, BMG

Mr. Edgar Aguillar

IRFF Value Chain Resilience Lead, UNDP

Ms. Josephine Douglas

Douglas Laswai,UNDP Tanzania, Insurance and Risk Finance Lead

Mr. Christian Kajeneri

the Director of Payment Systems at the National Bank of Rwanda

Dr. Cheng Cheng

AGRA (curator)

Dr. Canisius Kanangire

Executive Director, AATF

Christele Toe

AGRA (Curator)

Mr. Akintunde Akinwande

Head of Digital, OCP Africa

Mr. Joao Bosco Monte

Founder and President, Brazil Africa Institute

Mr Robert Mukiza

Director General, Uganda Investment Authority

John Mathew Mnali

Director of Investment Promotion, Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC)

Ms. Monica Froehler

CEO, Ban Ki-moon Centre

Mr. Emmet Murphy

Technical Director - Agricultural Market Systems, Land O’Lakes Venture37

Ms. Aiko ODACHI

Vice President, Nippon Biodiesel Fuel

Dr. Shailendra Mishra

Global Head of Sustainability: Grains, Oilseeds, Feed and Freight, Olam Global Agri Pte Ltd., Singapore

Hon. Allahoury Amadou Diallo

Former Minister President Special Advisor to the President of Niger

Mr. Peter Saavedra

Co-Founder and Chief Regeneration Officer, Oath Africa

Mr. Jerome Hassler

Chief of Staff to Group Chairman, UPL Group

Mr. Simone Sala

Director, Global soil and ecosystems solutions, Varda

Mr.Joseph Kugbe

Head of Agronomy - West Africa, OCP Africa

Dr. Boubacar Manneh

Director General, Africa Rice

Dr. Boubacar Manneh

Director General, Africa Rice

Dr John Ulimwengu

Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Ms Paulina Addy

Deputy Director at Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana

Dr Vine Mutyasira

Specialist Policy Modeling, AGRA

Ms Iris Irumva

CEO, Lead Access, Rwanda

Ms. Julianna Lindsey

Rwanda Representative, UNICEF

Mr. George Okeyo Apaka

Programs Lead, Agriculture, Mastercard Foundation

Mr. Greg Hallen

Director of CLimate Resilient Food Systems, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Mr. Iain Shuker

Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa, World Bank

Mr. Kwamena Quaison

Director for Science Technology, and Innovation

Ms. Michela Tomasella

Head of Cooperation, EU delegation to Rwanda

Mr. Tlou Ramaru

Chief Director ,Climate Change Adaptation, Department of Forestry, Fisheries, & the Environment, South Africa

Ms. Melissa Pinfield

Executive Director, Just Rural Transition Secretariat, Meridian Institute

Mr. Paul Christopher Richards

CEO, AgLeaseCo Zambia

Mrs. Patricia Amankwa Yeboah

Head of Agric Mechanization, CSIR Ghana

Mr. Jaco Beyers

Managing Director Africa, John Deere

Mr. Jean Jacques Muhinda

Regional Head, East Africa, AGRA

Hon. Dr. Ildephonse Musafiri

Minsiter of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda

Ms. Keisha Effiom

Rwanda and Burundi Mission Director, USAID

Hon. Peter Gregory Obi

Former Governor of Anambra State, Nigeria, Youth Champion

Mr. Adam Gerstenmier

Chief of Party, AGRA

Mr. Iddi Mohammed Faried

Co-Founder, Kodu Technology

Dr. Siboniso Moyo

Deputy Director General, Research and Development, ILRI

Mr. Naweed Mulla

CEO Mbogo Ranches, Tanzania

Mr. Abdul Rajab Mhinti

Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Tanzania

Ms. Frauke Jungbluth

Practice Manager, Agriculture and Food Practice, Practice Manager, World Bank

Dr. Shirley Tarawali

Chair of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock, ILRI

Ms. Meron Sileshi Mekonnen

Marketer’s Academy, Ethiopia

Prof. Thomas Reardon

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