6th Annual Learning Event
Theme: Developing smallholder farmer resilience in the face of global issues.
6th Annual Learning Event
Session Details
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
Evan Girvetz
Principal Scientist and - Team Leader, CIAT, CGIAR
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
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
Vinay Kumar Vitukuru
Senior Agriculture Specialist, World Bank
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
Hetal Patel
Mercy Corps Ventures
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
Stefan Wilhelm
Associate Director Social Impact, Bayer Foundation
Hannah Reed
Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Amani M’bale
Senior Program Officer (East Africa), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Vinay Kumar Vitukuru
Senior Agriculture Specialist, World Bank
Session leads from Mercy Corps AgriFin
Samuel Karanja
Agriculture Manager,
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Kassim Zani
Gender Transformative Programming Lead,
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Emmanuel Makau
Technology Data Decision Manager and Kenya Country Lead,
Mercy Corps AgriFin
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
Betty Muriithi
Senior Regional Digital Financial Services Manage
Mercy Corps AgriFin
