AFS Forum 2024

Speakers

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