Andrew Ahiaku

Director, Head of Financial Sector and Country Programs
Aceli Africa.

An award-winning Food & Agricultural Finance Expert, He is passionate about impact-linked finance and growing SMEs. Currently, He serves as Director & Head of Financial Sector at Aceli Africa, a non-profit agribusiness finance catalyst, leading operations across Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. His role includes lender engagement, capacity building, policy leadership, and expanding into new markets in sub-Saharan Africa.

 

With over a decade in Banking, he has specialized in Corporate & SME Banking, finance leasing, relationship management, and agricultural lending, and he left as Director & Head of Agribusiness Finance in early 2020. Previous roles include Project Manager at Technoserve, Business Development Manager with the Rural Payment Agency (UK), and Marketing Manager at the Pan African News Agency (Dakar, Senegal).

 

Certified in Agricultural Finance, Crop Professional, and as a Chartered Marketer, he continues to leverage his experience across public, private, and international development sectors to attract commercial investment and improve agricultural lending environments across Africa.