AFS Forum 2024

Speakers

Mr. Didier Acouetey

Chairman & Founder Africa SME Champions Forum

Dr. Donal Brown

Associate Vice-President, Programme Management Department, IFAD

Ms. Lillian Barnard

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)

Mr. Rikin Gandhi

CEO, Digital Green

Dr. Rajeev Chawla

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

Ms. Kamya Chandra

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)