8th AgriFin Learning Event
Theme: Enabling Rural Economy: Creating Lasting Impact for the Digital Ecosystem in Africa
8th Annual Learning Event
Session Details
DAY 1
Sieka Gatabaki
Program Director
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Stewart Collis
Senior Program Officer, Digital Solutions, Agricultural Development
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Stefano Carcoforo
Founder
IProcure LTD
Eric Muriuki Njagi
Chief Executive Officer
NCBA Loop DFS
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
Tamara Cook
CEO
FSD Kenya
Jamie AndersonÂ
Senior Financial Sector SpecialistÂ
 CGAP
Jared Ochieng
Senior Agriculture Specialist
FSD Kenya
Munyi Nthigah
Co-Founder & CGO
Ketha Technology Limited
Ewan Wheeler
Chief Executive Officer
ACRE AFRICA
Andrew Ahiaku
Director, Head of Financial Sector and Country Programs
Aceli Africa.
Eric Massinda
CEO
FSD Tanzania
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
DAY 2
Sieka Gatabaki
Program Director
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Amrik Heyer
Head of Research - Financial Sector Deepening Kenya
Sriram Bharatam
Founder & Chie Mentor
Kuza Bishara
Sukriti Vinayak
Commercial Director
Pula
Nathanial Peterson
Senior Scientist Climate Action lever
The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT
Emmanuel Makau
Senior Regional Technology & Data Manager
Kennedy Senagi (PhD)
Post Doctoral Fellow
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Jay Shapiro
Founder & CEO
Usiku Games
Nathan Wanjau
Lead Ai Developer
Usiku Games
Oscar Otieno
Deputy Data Commissioner
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner
David Lemayian
AI & e-Gov Lead and Founder & Principal
Qubit Hub & Tenery Research
Masilin Gudoshava (PhD)
Climate Modelling Expert
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre- ICPAC
Dr. Stephen Mutuvi (PhD)
Post Doctoral Fellow
CIAT
Dr. Evan Girvetz
Principal Scientist
CIAT
Dr. Aisha Walcott- Bryant
Co-Lead Google Research Africa & Senior Staff Research Scientist
Google
Kristin Peterson
Sprout Platform Lead and Sr. Tech for Development Advisor
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Simon Mulwa
Assistant Director of ICT,
Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)
Jerry Chis OCHE
Founder and CEO
Zowasel
Backson Mwangi
Programme Policy Officer
UN World Food Programme
Samuel Karanja
Senior Regional Agriculture Manager
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Irene Warui
Senior Climate & AgTech Strategy Officer
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Josephine Okolodi
FTMA farmer service Centre
Charlene Migwe
Digital Consultant
Boniface Akuku (PhD)
Digital Agriculture Specialist, Food and Agriculture Organization
Christian Merz
Program Lead FAIR Forward: Artificial Intelligence for All
GIZ
Bertram D’souza
Chief Product & Innovation Officer
Protean eGov Technologies Ltd.
Sheena Raikundalia
Chief Growth Officer
Kuza One
Salim Kinyimu
Director, ICT
KALRO
Kirti Pandey
Director- Program and Solutions
COSS
Ani Ghosh
Data Scientist
CGIAR
Rosalie Dekker
Innovation Manager
IDH
Wangari Nduta
Development Consultant
IDH
Wen E Chin
Manager ClimateShot Investor Coalition (CLIC), Agrifood Investment Connector
Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
Wong Ching Fung Janice
Lead Impact Lead
Climate Policy Initiative
TAHIRA SHARIFF MOHAMED(PhD)
Post-doctor fellow
ILRI
Sieka Gatabaki
Program Director
Mercy Corps AgriFin
