8th AgriFin Learning Event
Theme: Enabling Rural Economy: Creating Lasting Impact for the Digital Ecosystem in Africa
8th Annual Learning Event
Session Details
Sophie Rottmann
Shamba Shape Up Series Producer, Mediae
Simon Mulwa
Assistant Director of ICT,
Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)
Sieka Gatabaki
Program Director,
Mercy Corps AgriFin
Dr. James Mwangi, CBS
Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer,
Equity Group Holdings.
Melaku Yirga
Regional Director Africa,
Mercy Corps
AbdulMajid M Nsekela
Group CEO and Managing Director,
CRDB Bank
Jesman Chonzi
Manager, Financial Institutions Group for Eastern and Southern Africa,
IFC
Dennis Itumbi
Chief Administrative Secretary
Jamie Anderson
Senior Financial Sector Specialist,
CGAP
Alexis Teyie
Research Lead,
SPARC
Jared Ochieng
Senior Agriculture Specialist, FSD Kenya
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
John Mungai
Agricultural Finance Corporation
Jacqueline Odundo
Corporation Secretary & Head of Legal Services,
Warehouse Receipt System Council (WRSC)
Anthony Mbithi
Head of Agribusiness,
Family Bank Ltd
Alexis Teyie
Research Lead,
SPARC
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
Seema Gohil
Director, Digifarm
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
Dr. Ahmed Rufai
Operations manager (North),
Livestock247 Services LTD
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)
Venu Aggarwal
Director, 60 Decibels
Morgan Kabeer
Engagement Director,
Busara Center
Hanadi Al Saidi
Senior Associate, 60 Decibels
Jenna Fahle
Center for Effective Global Action,
UC Berkeley (CEGA)
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
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
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
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
Hamisi Williams
Deputy Country Representative, FAO
Hannah Reed
Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jenny Löfbom
Country Director, IDH Kenya
Stanley Njoroge
Chief Finance Officer,
Safaricom Ethiopia
Mildred Nadah Pita
Head of Public Affairs Science Sustainability Africa,
Bayer.
