7th AgriFin Learning Event
Theme: Resilient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Food Systems: Enhancing Collaboration to Scale Digital Solutions
7th Annual Learning Event
Session Details
Opening Remarks
Michael Joseph
Board Chair Pula, Board Chair Kenya Airways & Businessman
Sieka Gatabaki
Program Director
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Cabinet Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development
Leaders Dialogue
Tamara Cook
CEO
FSD Kenya
Rose Goslinga
President & Co-Founder
Pula
SESSION 1: Financial Services
Theme: Finding Effective Partnerships, making it work for Smallholder Farmers
The objective of the session is to discuss Partnerships and their role in the success of access to financial services by smallholder farmers, which would include: – Showcasing how partnerships leverage strengths of ecosystem players to develop platforms that have better active use and access outcomes – Assessing the competitive landscape to unpack where collaboration would work best e.g. agent level and data sharing level – Reviewing success stories and also challenges faced in fostering partnerships for financial services. – How do we attract the right partners for a platform?
Grace Njoroge
Technical Director-Programs
Mercy Corps AgriFin
SESSION 2: Gender and marginalized groups
Theme: Growing Inclusive and Equitable Food Systems through Collective Action.
This session aspires to be a dynamic platform that sets the stage for transformative change within food systems. Through this session, we aim to facilitate a collaborative dialogue that transcends boundaries, bringing together a diverse array of stakeholders from philanthropic capital to agribusinesses, financial institutions, and technology innovators to chart a course towards a future where food systems are not only more equitable but also more capable of withstanding the impacts of a changing climate.
Join us in shaping the future of food systems, where collective action is the linchpin upon which resilience, inclusivity, and sustainability depend. Together, we will navigate the complex terrain of modern agriculture, forging partnerships that will drive meaningful change and ensure a nourished and resilient world for all.
Sieka Gatabaki
Program Director
Mercy Corps AgriFin
David Saunders
Director
Briter Bridges
Ali Hussein Kassim
CEO
AHK Corp
Toffene Kama
Principal Investor,
Mercy Corps Ventures
Session 3: Advisory
Theme: Providing Advisory: Exploring innovative revenue models, leveraging partnerships to tailor affordable and inclusive services for smallholder farmers.
Digital agriculture advisory services have evolved significantly since their inception, revolutionizing farmers’ access to knowledge and enhancing farming practices. This journey has yielded tangible results in boosting farmers’ understanding and application of effective agricultural techniques. To ensure the sustainability of these services amidst challenges such as farmers’ reluctance to pay for certain offerings, a multi-pronged approach is essential. This session explores innovative revenue models, leveraging partnerships with private and public sectors, and tailoring services to meet farmers’ specific needs and affordability. Moreover, promoting collaboration among advisory services is crucial to avoid duplication, optimize resource allocation, and create synergies where complementary services enhance overall impact. By harnessing available data, resources, and infrastructure, can we create a collaborative ecosystem that empowers farmers with comprehensive, sustainable, and value-driven digital agricultural solutions?
Elias Nure
Digital Climate-Smart Agriculture and Sprout Platform Lead,
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Kristin Peterson
Sprout Platform Lead and Sr. Tech for Development Advisor
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Irene Wambui Kimani
ICT Specialist and Data Scientist at KALRO
Abrhame Endrias
Founder and Managing Director, Lersha
Kelechi John-Ogbuku
Head of Communication, Coamana
Mandlenkosi Nkomo
Delivery Work Package Lead and Chief Growth Officer,
CGIAR
Temesgen Gebeyehu
Digital Agriculture Program Director,
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)
Calvince Okello
Founder and CEO, M-shamba
Prof. Simon Wagura Ndiritu
Strathmore University, Business School
Peninah Wanja
Managing Director,
FarmingTech Solutions Ltd
Henry Burgsteden
Senior Coordinator,
Office of the Director General (ODG),
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Session on Generating Evidence
Incorporating a session on generating evidence during the AgriFin Learning Event will be an important aspect because it will empower participants with the tools and knowledge needed to make informed, data-driven decisions in agriculture and finance. Evidence serves as the backbone for effective program design, resource allocation, and policy development, ensuring that efforts are targeted towards strategies with the greatest impact. It fosters accountability, innovation, and collaboration among stakeholders, ultimately driving positive change and sustainability in these vital sectors. In a rapidly evolving landscape, such a session ensures that participants stay at the forefront of industry trends and best practices, promoting continuous learning and growth.
Agenda:
- Behavioral research masterclass – insights from ongoing work with Busara
- RCT and rigorous research – Insights from ongoing work from DAISI and J-Pal
- Alternative to rigorous research – Insights from ongoing work with 60 decibels
Sieka Gatabaki
Program Director
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Alexis Teyie
Research Lead,
SPARC
Alex Nana Sinkam
Design Director
IDEO.org
Larissa Bachia
Director of Programs & Partnerships,
IDEO.org
Andreea Nowak
Research Team Lead for Climate Action,
CGAIR
SESSION 4: Markets/Platforms
Theme: Enhanced collaboration for effective digital platforms
The main objective of this session is to share learnings around collaborations for effective delivery of services via digital platforms. The session will focus on understanding the evolving dynamics around digital platforms as agtechs develop strategies for scale and sustainability inorder to serve small scale farmers. Digital platforms experts will look to engage participants in open discussions and debates on how existing digital platforms can serve small scale farmers better through inclusivity and collaborations. The session will identify the bottlenecks as well as opportunities around scaling robust digital platforms.
Samuel Karanja
Agriculture Manager,
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Alexis Teyie
Research Lead,
SPARC
Abrhame Endrias
Founder and Managing Director, Lersha
George Njoroge
Country Coordinator,
Farm to Market Alliance
Paul Asura
Projects Manager,
Green Edge Digital Africa
Wouter van Monsjou
Business Analytics team Lead, IDH
Hellen Mutogoh
Head of Community Engagement,
AfriScout Project
Ann Kabukuru
Commercial Management Lead,
DigiFarm Kenya
Session 5: Digital Climate Smart Agriculture (DCSA)
Theme: Financing Climate Change Adaptations
Financing climate change adaptation efforts can simultaneously address poverty reduction and sustainable development across Africa. Climate Finance is the catalyst for leveraging resources for new collaborations and promoting technologies. This thematic area showcases ways to engage the private and public sectors in ensuring effective collaborations within the ecosystem and fuel discussions on necessary policies that can positively impact and drive change in the sector as climate smart agriculture is an integral approach to help guide the transformation of agriculture food systems. It will also highlight the climate smart financing needs within Africa, gaps, and opportunities in this space.
This session will also introduce Sprout, an open agriculture content platform that has a range of climate smart agriculture resources and information, as well as climate related products and services that can be leveraged by partners to support farmers to build resilience to climate change, ultimately aiding smallholder productivity.
Lavender Apollo
Agtech Strategy Manager,
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Boniface Akuku (PhD)
Digital Agriculture Specialist, Food and Agriculture Organization
Kristin Girvetz
Director, AgThrive
Margreet Muizebelt
Founder & Account Manager Partnerships,
Acorn RaboBank
Jacopo Parigiani
Soil & Water Management Scientist,
Crop Nutrition Laboratory Services Ltd. (Cropnuts)
Jeremy Cordingley
Founder & CEO,
Crop Nutrition Laboratory Services Ltd (Cropnuts)
Dr. Wario Sori Sake
Livestock Director,
NRT-Trading
Guyo Roba
Head of Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action,
ILRI
Hedwig Siewertsen
Head, Inclusive Finance,
AGRA
Chloe Stull-Lane
Innovation Director, SPARC
SESSION 6: Data
Theme: Collaborative Data Synergies for Food System Transformation
There is a growing recognition of the role of data in agriculture and food systems including in the context of smallholder farmers from low- and middle-income countries. By transitioning to data driven agriculture, smallholder farmers can reduce the cost of cultivation, increase productivity, increase sales realisation, and reduce vulnerabilities. For service providers, shifting to data driven service delivery can enable better customer segmentation, improved product design, reduced cost of service delivery, and improved adoption of services. For stakeholders such as development funders, data can enable evidence based funding and also ease monitoring, evaluation, and learning. Consequently, today, there are multiple efforts to integrate data into agriculture and food systems.
However, in practice, when it comes to data in agriculture, most of the efforts are in silos with each organization working on their own data collection, management, and analysis journey. This is resulting in duplication of efforts and resources, a fragmented data ecosystem, and farmer fatigue, all of which are detrimental to the data-driven agriculture movement. As a response, there has been a niche movement towards promoting collaboration in the data ecosystem through various models: co–investment in data collection, data sharing, development of digital public infrastructure, and others. These collaborations are new but hold several promises. For instance, it can be hypothesised that data sharing can reduce costs of service delivery and also provide access to larger pools of data for training algorithms and predictive models. Similarly, open data can enable better product design. Collaboration can also amplify evidence-based decision making and reduce costs of MEL of development programs.
With this background, in this session we plan to understand what Collaborative Data Synergies for Food System Transformation means in the context of smallholder farmers from low- and middle-income countries, and how such collaboration can be seeded, supported, and scaled.
Emmanuel Makau
Senior Regional Technology & Data Manager
Albert Boogard
Head Smallholder Solutions, Rabo Partnerships
Shreejit Borthakur
Senior Innovation Manager and Technology Lead,
IDH
Charlotte Keijser
Innovation Manager,
IDH FarmFit Intelligence Center
Francis Gwer
Senior Financial Sector Policy Specialist,
FSD Kenya
Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku
Scientist (Economist), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Simon Mulwa
Assistant Director of ICT,
Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)
Zilla Mary Arach
Chief Product Officer, EzyAgric
Beryl Agengo
Digital Agriculture Specialist,
The World Bank
Paul Odong
Head of Projects
Equity Bank, Uganda
Session on Driving Investments
Theme: Unlocking financing for innovation and scale
The focus of the discussion will deliberately move away from challenges and instead focus on opportunities for investment in the digital agriculture space. The session will bring together diverse investors and funders to share their experiences of what ideal investments look like considering the complexities of the system and market, provide actionable insights, caution against pitfalls that innovators (including financial institutions and agribusinesses) need to look out for, and highlight the role of collaboration amongst different actors in the space to unlock financing for innovation and scale.
Grace Njoroge
Technical Director-Programs
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Mathew Shakhovskoy
Director, ISF Advisors
Hannah Reed
Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Roel Messie
Chief Executive Officer,
IDH Investment Management
Magdalena Banasiak
Head of Government Development and Partnerships, Acumen
Jan Willem Van Casteren
CEO and Co-Founder,
eProd Solutions
Justin Ahmed
Director
Beanstalk AgTech
Ayodeji Balogun
Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) ,
AFEX
Michael Joseph
Board Chair Pula, Board Chair Kenya Airways & Businessman
Closing plenary
Leveraging technology towards more efficient, impactful, and sustainable food systems.
Overall objective for this session is to provide an overall take of the event/parting shots for the whole event. Specifically, we will be engaging a panel of experts and thought leaders, in having conversations about:
The importance of partnerships and collective action in achieving the shared goal of transforming food systems.
Identifying opportunities for partnerships, collective action, and innovation to accelerate the development of inclusive and equitable food systems.
Insights and recommendations on how to overcome the challenges to collaboration and how to achieve greater impact.
Recognizing the growing frequency and intensity of climate-related events such as El Nino, the need for innovative agricultural solutions is more pressing than ever. How can we ensure that with the advent of artificial intelligence and machine learning that we are not left behind enhancing efficiency in our food systems.
Strategic partnerships with private-sector entities and agri-tech innovators exemplify the power of collaboration in addressing the unique challenges faced by small scale producers, how they can be enhanced and leveraged.
Mwombeki Baregu
Investment Officer, IFC
Sophie Rottmann
Shamba Shape Up Series Producer, Mediae
Adam Wills
CTO/Co-Founder, Learn.ink
Claire van Enk
CEO/Founder, Farm to Feed
Kristin Peterson
Sprout Platform Lead and Sr. Tech for Development Advisor
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Ram Dhulipala
Senior Scientist - Digital Agriculture and Innovation at ILRI, CGIAR
Winnie Onyango
Associate Director, PlantVillage Kenya & Lead for Dream Team Agroconsultancy Limited
John Mundy
Climate Finance and Technology Director at One Acre Fund
Beza Bogale
Director, DAAS Product, Digital Agricultural Advisory Services, Digital Green
Irene Wambui Kimani
ICT Specialist and Data Scientist at KALRO
Aniruddha Ghosh
Data scientist
Vinay Kumar Vitukuru
Senior Agriculture Specialist, World Bank
Mwombeki Baregu
Investment Officer, IFC
Nathanial Peterson
Managing Partner, Burgeon Strategy
Peninah Wanja
Managing Director, Digicow
Stefan Wilhelm
Associate Director Social Impact, Bayer Foundation
Godefroy Grosjean
Lead – CGIAR Sustainable Finance Activities, CGIAR
Hetal Patel
Mercy Corps Ventures
Albert Boogard
Head Smallholder Solutions, Rabo Partnerships
Hafsah Jumare
CEO
CoAmana
Mathew Shakhovskoy
Director, ISF Advisors
Rebecca Mincy
ARAF’s Investment Director
William Saab
Strategy Advisor, IDH
Michael Schwall
Senior Consultant, Bayer Foundation
Joshua Murima
Head of Engagement & Investor Relations, Briter Bridges
Amani M’bale
Senior Program Officer (East Africa), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Michael Mbaka
Country Relationship Manager ZEP-RE - Kenya
Leesa Shrader
Deputy Director for Women’s Livelihood Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jamie Anderson
Senior Financial Sector Specialist,
CGAP
Renée Chao-Beroff
Founder and Managing Director of PAMIGA and PAMIGA FINANCE SA
Vineet Bhandari
Associate Partner, Dalberg Advisory
Nikhil Toshniwal
Vice President, New Initiatives & Digital Partnerships, DeHaat, India
Sriram Bharatam
Founder, Kuza Biashara
Matthew Shakhovskoy
Director, ISF Advisors
Farayi Ziswa
VP of Merchandise, Copia Global
Thibaut Mallet De Chauny
Co-Founder of EXA Innovation Studio
Georgia Barrie
CEO and Co-founder of Learn.ink
Alexis Teyie
Research Lead,
SPARC
Ewan Wheeler
Chief Executive Officer, ACRE Africa
Deogratius Massawe
Chief Technology Officer, BK Techouse
Amrik Heyer
Head of Research - Financial Sector Deepening Kenya
Pius Sigei
Chief Executive Officer, Amtech Technologies
Bade Adesemowo
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Social Lender
Florence Kariuki
General Manager - Food & Agriculture Pillar - Equity Group Foundation
Paul Kweheria
Managing Consultant for Quad Tee Corporation
Hamisi Williams
Deputy Country Representative, FAO
Hannah Reed
Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Emmanuel Makau
Senior Regional Technology & Data Manager
Victoria Clause
Digital Climate Smart Agriculture Manager and Elias Nure, Digital Climate Smart Agriculture and Sprout Platform Lead
Grace Njoroge
Technical Director-Programs
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Kassim Zani
Gender Transformative Programming Lead,
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Samuel Karanja
Agriculture Manager,
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Betty Muriithi
Senior Regional Digital Financial Services Manager
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Elias Nure
Digital Climate-Smart Agriculture and Sprout Platform Lead,
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Collins Marita
Director MERAL,
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Rodger Voorhies
President, Global Growth & Opportunity Division,
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Stewart Collis
Senior Program Officer, Digital Solutions, Agricultural Development
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Sean Granville Ross
Regional Director, Africa
Lavender Apollo
Agtech Strategy Manager,
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Abrhame Endrias
Founder and Managing Director, Lersha
Jared Ochieng
Senior Agriculture Specialist
FSD Kenya
Sadiaa Haque
Manager,
BRAC International Microfinance
Nneka Enwonwu
Country Managing Director,
Hello Tractor, Nigeria
Ann Kitonga
Project Manager,
Business Analytics,
IDH
Emmastella Gakuo
Co-founder and Director of Operations,
Savanna Circuit Tech
Sudi Biko Matara
Head Sustainable Business and Climate Change,
KTDA Foundation
Kelechi John-Ogbuku
Head of Communication, Coamana
Mandlenkosi Nkomo
Delivery Work Package Lead and Chief Growth Officer,
CGIAR
George Njoroge
Country Coordinator,
Farm to Market Alliance
Paul Asura
Projects Manager,
Green Edge Digital Africa
Samirah Bello
Partnerships Department Lead, ThriveAgric
Wouter van Monsjou
Business Analytics team Lead, IDH
Hellen Mutogoh
Head of Community Engagement,
AfriScout Project
Boniface Akuku (PhD)
Digital Agriculture Specialist, Food and Agriculture Organization
Kristin Girvetz
Director, AgThrive
Shreejit Borthakur
Senior Innovation Manager and Technology Lead,
IDH
Roel Messie
Chief Executive Officer,
IDH Investment Management
Magdalena Banasiak
Head of Government Development and Partnerships, Acumen
Rose Goslinga
President, Pula
Alex Nana Sinkam
Design Director
IDEO.org
Larissa Bachia
Director of Programs & Partnerships,
IDEO.org
Rosalie Dekker
Innovation Manager
IDH
Andreea Nowak
Research Team Lead for Climate Action,
CGAIR
Jenny Löfbom
Country Director, IDH Kenya
Dr. James Mwangi, CBS
Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer,
Equity Group Holdings.
Stanley Njoroge
Chief Finance Officer,
Safaricom Ethiopia
Tamara Cook
CEO
FSD Kenya
Melaku Yirga
Regional Director East and Southern Africa
Mercy Corps
Sieka Gatabaki
Program Director
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Charlotte Keijser
Innovation Manager,
IDH FarmFit Intelligence Center
Francis Gwer
Senior Financial Sector Policy Specialist,
FSD Kenya
Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku
Scientist (Economist), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Simon Mulwa
Assistant Director of ICT,
Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)
Temesgen Gebeyehu
Digital Agriculture Program Director,
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)
Margreet Muizebelt
Founder & Account Manager Partnerships,
Acorn RaboBank
Jacopo Parigiani
Soil & Water Management Scientist,
Crop Nutrition Laboratory Services Ltd. (Cropnuts)
Jeremy Cordingley
Founder & CEO,
Crop Nutrition Laboratory Services Ltd (Cropnuts)
AbdulMajid M Nsekela
Group CEO and Managing Director,
CRDB Bank
Jesman Chonzi
Manager, Financial Institutions Group for Eastern and Southern Africa,
IFC
Carolijn Gommans
Director,
IDH FarmFit Intelligence
Seema Gohil
Director, Digifarm
Calvince Okello
Founder and CEO, M-shamba
Zilla Mary Arach
Chief Product Officer, EzyAgric
Beryl Agengo
Digital Agriculture Specialist,
The World Bank
Mildred Nadah Pita
Head of Public Affairs Science Sustainability Africa,
Bayer.
Euster Seghete Gerald
Head of Ecosystem Business,
Loop DFS, NCBA Group
Paul Odong
Head of Projects
Equity Bank, Uganda
Paul Kweheria
Managing Consultant,
Quad Tee Corporation
Rupsha R Banerjee
Senior Scientist, ILRI
Tito Gachuhi
Manager, Financial Services Strategy (FSS),
Genesis
Adwoa Fofie
Chief Operations Officer,
Cowtribe Technology
Duncan Oyaro
Project Manager,
Agriculture and Processing Project,
FSD Kenya.
Dr. George Njenga
Founding Dean
Strathmore University Business School
Prof. Simon Wagura Ndiritu
Strathmore University, Business School
William Ogallo, RPh, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Google.
Uzoma Henry Alika
Head of Crop Operations
Thrive Agric Limited
Dr. Ahmed Rufai
Operations manager (North),
Livestock247 Services LTD
John Mungai
Agricultural Finance Corporation
Peninah Wanja
Managing Director,
FarmingTech Solutions Ltd
Dr. Wario Sori Sake
Livestock Director,
NRT-Trading
Jan Willem Van Casteren
CEO and Co-Founder,
eProd Solutions
Justin Ahmed
Director
Beanstalk AgTech
Lucy Komen
Ag. CEO/Registrar,
Warehouse Receipt System Council (WRSC)
Jacqueline Odundo
Corporation Secretary & Head of Legal Services,
Warehouse Receipt System Council (WRSC)
Mumbi Maina
Lead Agribusiness, AGRA
Shanoo Saran
Managing Director Food System for the Future ,
Africa
Anthony Mbithi
Head of Agribusiness,
Family Bank Ltd
Ayodeji Balogun
Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) ,
AFEX
Dennis Itumbi
Chief Administrative Secretary
Michael Joseph
Board Chair Pula, Board Chair Kenya Airways & Businessman
Cabinet Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development
Ann Kabukuru
Commercial Management Lead,
DigiFarm Kenya
Guyo Roba
Head of Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action,
ILRI
Henry Burgsteden
Senior Coordinator,
Office of the Director General (ODG),
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Hedwig Siewertsen
Head, Inclusive Finance,
AGRA
Chloe Stull-Lane
Innovation Director, SPARC
Wangari Nduta
Development Consultant
IDH
Rose Goslinga
President & Co-Founder
Pula
David Saunders
Director
Briter Bridges
Ali Hussein Kassim
CEO
AHK Corp
Jerry Chis OCHE
Founder and CEO
Zowasel
Nathanial Peterson
Senior Scientist Climate Action lever
The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT
Munyi Nthigah
Co-Founder & CGO
Ketha Technology Limited
Emmanuel Khisa
Africa Director
Center for DPI
Kennedy Senagi (PhD)
Post Doctoral Fellow
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Stefano Carcoforo
Founder
IProcure LTD
Ewan Wheeler
Chief Executive Officer
ACRE AFRICA
Backson Mwangi
Programme Policy Officer
UN World Food Programme
Wen E Chin
Manager ClimateShot Investor Coalition (CLIC), Agrifood Investment Connector
Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
Samuel Karanja
Senior Regional Agriculture Manager
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Andrew Ahiaku
Director, Head of Financial Sector and Country Programs
Aceli Africa.
Toffene Kama
Principal Investor,
Mercy Corps Ventures
Wong Ching Fung Janice
Lead Impact Lead
Climate Policy Initiative
George Njoroge
KENYA COUNTRY COORDINATOR
Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA)
Jay Shapiro
Founder & CEO
Usiku Games
Eric Massinda
CEO
FSD Tanzania
Christian Merz
Program Lead FAIR Forward: Artificial Intelligence for All
GIZ
Nathan Wanjau
Lead Ai Developer
Usiku Games
Charlene Migwe
Digital Consultant
Irene Warui
Senior Climate & AgTech Strategy Officer
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Emmanuel Makau
Senior Regional Technology & Data Manager
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Ferhana Jelaludin
Engagement Consultant
Mercy Corps Ethiopia
Deputy Data Commissioner
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner
Oscar Otieno
Deputy Data Commissioner
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner
David Lemayian
AI & e-Gov Lead and Founder & Principal
Qubit Hub & Tenery Research
TAHIRA SHARIFF MOHAMED(PhD)
Post-doctor fellow
ILRI
Masilin Gudoshava (PhD)
Climate Modelling Expert
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre- ICPAC
Bertram D’souza
Chief Product & Innovation Officer
Protean eGov Technologies Ltd.
Sheena Raikundalia
Chief Growth Officer
Kuza One
Josephine Okolodi
FTMA farmer service Centre
Dr. Stephen Mutuvi (PhD)
Post Doctoral Fellow
CIAT
Dr. Evan Girvetz
Principal Scientist
CIAT
Sriram Bharatam
Founder & Chie Mentor
Kuza Bishara
Dr. Aisha Walcott- Bryant
Co-Lead Google Research Africa & Senior Staff Research Scientist
Google
Salim Kinyimu
Director, ICT
KALRO
Kirti Pandey
Director- Program and Solutions
COSS
Amrik Heyer
Senior Research Specialist
FSD Kenya
Jamie Anderson
Senior Financial Sector Specialist
CGAP
Njeri Ngaruiya Ng’ang’a
Lecturer and T4D Researcher
Strathmore University/Qhala.
Eric Muriuki Njagi
Chief Executive Officer
NCBA Loop DFS
Ani Ghosh
Data Scientist
CGIAR
Sukriti Vinayak
Commercial Director
Pula
