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,
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Stefano Carcoforo
Founder
IProcure LTD
Sieka Gatabaki
Program Director
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Tamara Cook
CEO
FSD Kenya
David Saunders
Director
Briter Bridges
Ali Hussein Kassim
CEO
AHK Corp
Toffene Kama
Principal Investor,
Mercy Corps Ventures
Jared Ochieng
Senior Agriculture Specialist, FSD Kenya
Munyi Nthigah
Executive Director
Ketha Africa
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
Rose Goslinga
President & Co-Founder
Pula
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
Kristin Peterson
Sprout Platform Lead and Sr. Tech for Development Advisor
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Hafsah Jumare
CEO
CoAmana
Abrhame Endrias
Founder and Managing Director, Lersha
Simon Mulwa
Assistant Director of ICT,
Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)
Jerry Chis OCHE
Founder and CEO
Zowasel
Samuel Karanja
Senior Regional Agriculture Manager
Mercy Corps AgriFin
George Njoroge
KENYA COUNTRY COORDINATOR
Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA)
Irene Warui
Senior Climate & AgTech Strategy Officer
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Emmanuel Makau
Technology, Digital Innovation and Data specialist
Ferhana Jelaludi
Engagement Consultant
Mercy Corps Ethiopia
Boniface Akuku (PhD)
Digital Agriculture Specialist, Food and Agriculture Organization
Emmanuel Khisa
Africa Director
Center for DPI
Christian Merz
Program Lead FAIR Forward: Artificial Intelligence for All
GIZ
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
Sieka Gatabaki
Program Director
Mercy Corps AgriFin
