ACAT 2025
Speakers
Rt. Hon Ngirente Edouard
The Prime Minister, Republic of Rwanda
H.E. Dr. Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan
Former President Federal Republic of Nigeria & AATF Goodwill Ambassador
Hon. Dr. Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe
Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources Republic of Rwanda
Hon. Clement Apaak
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Republic of Ghana
Hon. Jessie Kabwila
Minister, Ministry of Higher Education, Malawi
Julie Borlaug
President Borlaug Foundation
Prof. Aggrey Ambali
Board Chair AATF
Bellancile Uzayisenga
Plant & Microbial Biotechnology Programme Coordinator, Senior Principal Research Fellow (RAB)
Dr. Canisius Kanangire
Executive Director AATF
Dr.Sheila Obim
Executive Director Alliance for Science
Elizabeth Nsimadala
President Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF)
Prof. Appolinaire Djikeng
Director General ILRI
Damaris Achieng Odeny
Principal Scientist ICRISAT
Dr. Milindi Sibomana
Chief Agriculture Officer One Acre Fund
Obai Khalifa
Deputy Director, Agricultural Development Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Yuichiro Asai
President and CEO Asai Nursery, Inc
Prof. Olalekan Abiodun Akinbo
Ag. Head, Genome Editing Programme African Union Development Agency-NEPAD
Prof. Johnnie Van Den Berg
Program Manager: IPM North-West University
Ishmael Sunga
CEO (SACAU)
Margaret Delinyah Awinja
Coordinator Western Region Farmers Network (WEREFANET)
Kayode Sanni
Project Manager and Director of (AHyRA) AATF
Evelyn Lusenaka
Director Stewardship Africa Middle East CropLife Africa Middle East
Amb. Prof. Muhammadou M.O. Kah
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary & Permanent Representative The Republic of Gambia to the UN, World Trade Organisation (WTO) & other organizations in Geneva, Gambi
Brenda Gunde
Global Lead for ICT4D UN International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)
Amath Pathé Sene
Managing Director Africa Food Systems Forum
Ms. Katie Taft
Communications and Engagement Lead Gates Ag One
Emmanuel Ikani
Former Executive Director (NAERLS)
Emmanuel Assiak
Chief Investment Officer Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA)
Prof. Bernard Slippers
Director (FABI)
Dr. Deogracious Protas Massawe
Principal Research Coordinator Tanzania Commission for science and Technology
Gregory Jaffe
President Jaffe Policy Consulting LLC
Césarie Kantarama
Farmer & Chairperson INGABO Syndicate Farmers
Paul Lameck Kwengwere
Board Member International Trade Council
Dr. Jessica Agnew
Managing Editor, GAP Report Virginia Tech
Olusegun Adedayo Yerokun
Interim Vice Chancellor (RICA)
Momar Dieng
Dean, School of Business (ALUSB)
Prof.Maggie Gill
Member, Board of Trustees AATF
Olabisi John Agboola
Manager AGCO Foundation
Hlamalani Judith Ngwenya
Professionalization Coordinator (GFRAS)
Prof. Firew Mekbib
Chairman National Variety Release Committee, Ethiopia
Peter Wamboga-Mugirya
Director for Communication and Partnerships Science Foundation for Livelihoods and Development (SCIFODE)
Pierre Kayitana
General Manager Zipline Rwanda
Dr. George Smith
Senior Associate Dean for Research Michigan State University
Dr. Eugene Mutimura
Executive Secretary National Council for Science and Technology (NCST), Rwanda
Stella Simiyu
Director Regulatory Affairs & Stakeholder Relations CropLife Africa Middle East
Dr. Munyaradzi Jonga
Seed Production Manager AATF
Zoë Karl-Waithaka
Managing Director & Partner Boston Consulting Group
Dagmawi Habte-Selassie
Country Director, Rwanda IFAD
Dr. Karimbhai M. Maredia
Director of International Programs Michigan State University
Richard O. Oduor
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology Kenyatta University
Chris Holdgreve
CEO Global Stewardship Group
Martha Haile
Founder Abze
Anthony Kioko
CEO CGA
Dr. Lilian Ndungu
Agriculture Technology Advisor, Tony Blair Institute
Eric Lane
Co-Founder Prosparity Systems
Gabriel Macharia
Data Management Officer AATF
Alfred Bizoza
Professor University of Rwanda
Daniel Kyalo Willy
Senior Manager - Agribusiness, Policy and Commercialization AATF
Evelyn Gitau
Chief Scientific Officer Science for Africa Foundation
Faissal Sehbaoui
CEO AgriEdge
Jean Claude Rubyogo
Director Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA)
Mel Oluoch
Director Strategic Partnerships Sasakawa
Naboho Wiledyo
Founder and CEO, Smart Varossi win Agricultural society limited
Nomathemba Mhlanga
Country Representative, Rwanda FAO
Sharon Akanyana
Founder and Managing Director Ishyo Foods Ltd
Allan Liavoga
Technical Advisor North American Millers Association
Mr. Hannington Namara
Chairperson, Rwanda Bankers Association
Bakang K. Kgasudi
PhD student Botswana University of agriculture and Natural Resources
Bessy Kathambi
Environmental Management and Governance Consultant
Christian Irakoze
Cofounder Eza Neza
Elizabeth M. Namaona
CEO Civil Society Agriculture Network
Gift A. Kadzamira
Director General National Commission for Science and Technology
Henry Lagat
Lead - Generation Africa AGRA
Omar Mukama
Lead GCP Inspector of Clinical Trial Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority
Mrs. Tigist Endashaw Bealem
Consultant Climate Action Policy Advocacy, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Verena Ruzibuka
Country Director, Rwanda Heifer International
Vitumbiko Chinoko
Project Manager, OFAB AATF
Abed Mathagu
Project Manager - RAB Project AATF & RAB
Emmanuel Okogbenin
Director, Programme Development and Commercialization (PDC) AATF
Eugene Anangwe
Founder & CEO East Africa Media Group
Francis Nang’ayo
Senior Manager, Regulatory Matters AATF
Prof. Jean Jacques Muhinda
Regional Manager, East and Southern Africa AGRA
Junichi Saito
President & CEO AGRIST Inc.
Mr. Linus Kaikai
Editorial Director Royal Media Services/ Citizen TV
Mildred Nadah Pita
Head of Public Affairs, Science and Sustainability Bayer
Nancy Muchiri
Senior Manager, Communications & Partnerships AATF
Pacifique Nshimiyimana
Founder & CEO Real Green Gold Ltd
Sofia Tesfazion
Director Resource Mobilisation AATF
Dr. Sylvester Dickson Baguma
Executive Director ASARECA
Dr. Joshua Okonya
Program Officer, Agricultural Technology and Innovation ASARECA
Ms. Julian Barungi
Program Officer ASARECA
Ms. Sidonie Paques
Climate Finance Investment Lead, The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Ms. Abigail Wairimu Calver
Strategic and Digital Communications Innovative Solutions for Decision Agriculture (iSDA)
Mr. Anthony Kagotho Kamau
Senior Advisor – AgTech Tony Blair Institute, Rwanda
Dr. Daniel Uyeh
Assistant Professor Michigan State University
Dr. Getaw Tadesse
Acting Managing Director Akademiya2063
Ms. Isabelle Lydia Masozera
Founder Masozera Africa
Ms. Linda Busienei
Program Manager, Impact Projects and Village Champion Model Acre Africa
Mrs. Lucia Zigiriza
Senior Partnership Officer AGRA
Mr. Mateo Gomez Jattin
Project Lead, Sustainable Mechanisation in Agriculture
M r. Norman Mugisha
CEO Afrifarmers Market
Mr. Sam Ngabire
Coordinator, Home Grown School Feeding Project Ministry Of Education, Rwanda
