AFS Forum 2024

Mr. Nico Janssen

Programme Manager Agricultural Livelihoods, IKEA Foundation

Nico Janssen is Programme Manager for the Agricultural Livelihoods portfolio at the IKEA Foundation. Nico joined the IKEA Foundation in 2019 after working for two decades in developing countries in smallholder based systems. Nico has lived and worked in Tanzania,
Cambodia, Vietnam and Burkina Faso.

This gives him a wealth of experience and insights which he is now using as a funder at IKEA Foundation. Nico graduated from Wageningen University where he studied Tropical Land Use.

Speakers

Mr. Andrew Steer

CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund

Ms. Meron Sileshi Mekonnen

Marketer’s Academy, Ethiopia

Rt. Hon. Dr. Edouard Ngirente

Prime Minister of Rwanda

Mr Ademola Ajagbe

Regional Managing Director, Africa, The Nature Conservancy

Mr. Jean Paul Ndagijimana

AGRA Country Director, Rwanda

Mr. Christian Irakoze

CEO Eza Neza and Vice- chairperson of RYAF, Rwanda

Mr. John Agboola

Foundation Manager, ACGO Corporation, Nigeria

H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu Touray

President, ECOWAS

Mr. Serge Ekue

President of the West African, Development Bank

Dr. Paulo Gomes

Chairman Orango Investment

Dr. Adbulhamid Alkhalifi

President OPEC Fund

Ms. Agnes Kalibata

President, AGRA

Dr. Sidi Ould Tah

President of the BADEA Fund

Mr. Koroma Sheku Lexmond

CEO Investment and Export Promotion Agency

Hon. Kenyeh Ballay

Minister of Planning and Economic Development

Hon. Dr. Alpha Sesay

Minister of Trade and Industry, Sierra Leone

Hon Henry Musa Kpaka

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sierra Leone

Hon. Dr. David Moinina Sengeh

Chief Minister & Chief Innovation Officer, Republic of Sierra Leone

Hon. Ildephonse Musafiri

Minister of Agriculture and livestock Rwanda

Ms. Femi Oke

International Journalist, Broadcaster and Moderator