Maurice is an innovative and versatile organizational leader specializing in sustainable social enterprise growth and implementing impact business transformation. A quality acknowledged by VIVO Energy International having been honored with the Reputation Builders award for his work on social innovation in creating a recycling program and creative capacity building for communities, corporate bodies, and waste...

Franciscah Nzanga is the Chief Operations Officer at Villgro Africa. Here she oversees the company’s Africa wide operations and spearheads the organisation’s corporate expansion strategy. She has a wide portfolio of experience in Operations, Programs, and Innovations, having worked with diverse teams that span across Africa, Asia, Europe and the US. She has set-up and...

Christopher Odongo is the CEO of WYLDE International Ltd and co-founder of SNDBX. He is an entrepreneurship ecosystem builder and believes in developing partnerships to catalyse the success of entrepreneurs across Africa. He is a strategic planning consultant and business coach with 22 years experience working with SMEs across Africa. He is creative and practical...

Mrs. Jane Mubanga Chinkusu is Director, Science and Technology at the Ministry of Higher Education. She holds a Master of Science in Water Environment Resource Management from the International Institute of Infrastructural Hydraulic and Environment engineering in the Netherlands, A Bachelor of Science Degree in Natural Science, Chemistry and a post graduate Diploma in Limnology...

Nuria is a program officer at the United Nations International Trade Center and an entrepreneurship ecosystems development expert. She has led the publication of 19 Entrepreneurship Support Ecosystem Diagnostic reports, including the one published in 2019 for the Zambian ecosystem. She has also conducted ecosystem and network building initiatives working with hubs in Africa, Asia,...

Patrick is a Business Development Strategist with more than 20 years of engagement at Senior Management in the Private Sector, Quasi-Government and NGOs. Patrick has for many years done Consultancy work and Lecturing in Entrepreneurship Development. Has designed and implemented multiple local, regional and international enterprise development programs/projects in mindset transformation, eco-inclusive enterprise development and...

She believes agribusiness+tech is the only economic sector that can address the most pressing problems facing the world today. Nana Adjoa A. Sifa is an award winning Ghanaian Social Entrepreneur helping Female Agribusiness Founders to make impact and income. Through Guzakuza, a company she founded, she has inspired and nurtured over 5,000 young women from...

Senior expert at ITC&DIH AGRIFOOD. PhD in agriculture. Experienced project manager with more than 10 years of experience in leading research and development projects in the field of agriculture and food in agri-food companies. Interdisciplinary activities. Knowledge in the field of organisation, planning, economic efficiency and management of the most demanding R&D projects, as well...

Buffy Okeke-Ojiudu is a Nigerian businessman and the Chief Executive Officer of the Zebra Group, an organisation with interests in agro-processing, media and economic development. Buffy is the founder of Zebra Agro-Industries, an agro-processing & technology company that works alongside rural communities and State governments to develop agricultural businesses. Zebra aims to create sustainable jobs,...

Christian Ntieche is a Consultant and Business Development Specialist with over 10 years of experience in supporting and developing innovative African startups. A versatile engineer in business incubation, cooperation project management, local economy development, green economy, social entrepreneurship and social impact measurement, Christian is also co-founder and CEO of IT KOLA, a social innovation hub...