| Name |
Position |
Country |
| Baldur Heinrich Koch |
Regional Director, Department of Agriculture, Mpumalanga, 1995-2004 (retired) |
South Africa |
| Mary Abukutsa-Onyango |
Professor of Horticulture, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology |
Kenya |
| Edward Kofi Ahiabor |
Production and Quality Control Manager, Tip Top Foods |
Ghana |
| King David Amoah |
Co-ordinator, ECASARD |
Ghana |
| Irene Annor-Frempong |
Director of Capacity Strengthening, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) |
Ghana |
| James Aucha |
Founder and CEO, Greenfarm International |
Kenya |
| John Nene-Osom Azu |
Independent consultant and farmer |
Ghana |
| Ousmane Badiane |
Africa Director for the International Food Policy Research Institute |
Senegal |
| Kwame Boa-Amponsem |
Chief Research Scientist, CSIR – Animal Research Institute, Ghana |
Ghana |
| Hamidou Boly |
Director, TEAM-Africa |
Burkina Faso |
| George W. Byarugaba-Bazirake |
Dean, Faculty of Science, Kyambogo University |
Uganda |
| Costain Chilala |
Chairman and Managing Director of the Chimsoro Group of Agribusiness Companies |
Zambia |
| Linley Chiwona-Karltun |
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow |
Malawi and Sweden |
| Pierre Coulibaly |
Project Coordinator, Initiative Intégrée pour la Croissance Economique au Mali (IICEM) |
Mali |
| Bandiougou Dembélé |
Institut de l’Economie Rurale (IER), Department of Bovine Research |
Mali |
| Nango Dembélé |
Minister Commissioner for Food Security |
Mali |
| Josué Dioné |
Special Advisor to the AU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development |
Mali |
| Baba Dioum |
Coordinator General, Conference of West and Central African Ministers of Agriculture |
Senegal |
| Adipala Ekwamu |
Executive Director, Regional Universities Forum |
Uganda |
| Patricia Gant |
Founder, Patom Farming Enterpris |
Liberia |
| Gracious Hamatala |
Agricultural Specialist, Barclays Bank, Lusaka Zambia |
Zambia |
| Chance Kabaghe |
Executive Director, Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute |
Zambia |
| Chris Kaijuka |
Founder and Managing Director, Farm Inputs Care Centre (FICC) Ltd. |
Uganda |
| Maggie Kigozi |
Commercial Farmer, Honorary Professor and Former Director, Uganda Investment Authority |
Uganda |
| Johann Kirsten |
Head of Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria |
South Africa |
| Margaret Kroma |
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Assistant Director General, Partnerships & Impact |
Sierre Leone |
| William Kyamuhangire |
Associate Professor and Manager of the Food Technology and Business Incubation Centre, Makerere University |
Uganda |
| Gisèle Lopès d’Almeida |
Managing Director, EM – Seeds and Technologies |
Senegal |
| Robert B. Mabagala |
Professor Emeritus, Plant Pathology, Sokoine University of Agriculture |
Tanzania |
| Samuel Matthew Mahamadu |
Farmer |
Ghana |
| Moraka Nakedi Makhura |
Head of Economic Research & Business Intelligence, Land & Agricultural Bank of South Africa |
South Africa |
| Cripsin Mangaki |
Horticulture Farmer |
Zambia |
| Nalishebo Meebelo |
Regional CAADP Coordinator, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) |
Zambia |
| Richard Mkandawire |
Vice President African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) |
Malawi |
| Amos Mpofu |
Horticulture Farmer |
Zambia |
| Adrain Mukhebi |
Former Dean, School of Business & Economics, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) |
Kenya |
| Charity Kawira Mutegi |
East Africa Aflasafe Project Coordinator, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) |
Kenya |
| Jacob Mwale |
Executive Director, Grain Traders Association of Zambia |
Zambia |
| Wilfred Mwangi |
Principal Scientist, CIMMYT |
Kenya |
| Tsakani Ngomani |
Rural Development Specialist (Deputy Director General level): The Presidency, Department of Planning and Evaluation |
South Africa |
| Mathews Ngosa |
CEO, Poultry Association of Zambia |
Zambia |
| Ali Amadou Niangado |
Regional Coordinator, Initiatives Intégrées pour la Croissance Economique au Mali (IICEM) |
Mali |
| Joseph Nkandu |
Executive Director, National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises (NUCAFE) |
Uganda |
| Felicia Afia Nyantakyi |
Agribusiness entrepreneur and founding member of the Ghana Agricultural Input Dealers Association |
Ghana |
| Drinah Banda Nyirenda |
Head of Department of Animal Science & Professor of Nutrition, University of Zambia |
Zambia |
| Steven Were Omamo |
World Food Programme (WFP), Senior Advisor |
Kenya |
| John Purchase |
CEO, Agricultural Business Chamber |
South Africa |
| Karim Sanogo |
Sesame Project Coordinator, International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) |
Mali |
| Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse |
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute |
Ethiopia |
| Martin Ndabikunze Shem |
Professor Emeritus, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) |
Tanzania |
| Langelihle Simela |
Chief Executive Officer, National Emergent Red Meat Producers’ Organisation (NERPO), South Africa |
South Africa |
| Dunstan Spencer |
Sierra Leone National Policy Advisory Committee, Chair 1998 to 2004 |
Sierre Leone |
| Gelson Tembo |
Senior Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Zambia |
Zambia |
| Anna Andrew Temu |
Chair and Founder, Sokoine University Graduate Enterprises Cooperative Society (SUGECO) |
Tanzania |
| August Temu |
Deputy Director General, International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) |
Tanzania |
| Eugene R. Terry |
Senior Technical Advisor, TransFarm Africa |
Sierra Leone |
| Sunday Ekele Uhiene |
Department of Planning, Ministry of Agriculture of Nigeria |
Nigeria |
| Johann van Zyl |
CEO, SANLAM (Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Lewens Assuransie Maatskappij Beperk) |
South Africa |
