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

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

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 & GIZ

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
Farmer Burkina Faso

Nomathemba Mhlanga
Country Representative, Rwanda FAO

Sharon Akanyana
Founder and Managing Director Ishyo Foods Ltd