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Speakers' Profile
|  Albert RweyemamuUnderwriter
Albert Rweyemamu joined the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) in October 2006, where his main responsibility is to develop business and underwrite political and credit risk insurance policies in East Africa with an emphasis on the Tanzanian market. Prior to joining ATI, Mr. Rweyemamu held the Sr. Economist and Credit Analyst positions at the Bank of Tanzania where he designed and implemented the Bank's Small-Medium-Sized- Enterprises Credit Guarantee Scheme and evaluated the Export Processing Zone and other economic programmes that could potentially impact the Tanzanian economy.
Mr. Rweyemamu holds a Masters of Science degree in International Money and Banking from Birmingham University in the United Kingdom and a Bachelors of Economics degree from Sivaji University, India.
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|  Brown MakotsiManaging Consultant
Place of Birth: Kakamega, Kenya
East African Development Consultants Ltd
P.O. Box 48000 - 00100
Nairobi
Telephone: +254 (0)20 4450570
Citizen: Kenyan
Education
Makerere University, Kampala - ECONOMICS - B.A. Hons. - 1977
University of Nairobi - Economics - B.Phil - 1979
University of Nairobi - Economics - MSc - 1980
Language Proficiency
English- Spoken = Functional native proficiency
Speaking proficiency is functionally equivalent to that of a highly articulate well-educated native speaker.
Reading proficiency is functionally equivalent to that of the well-educated native reader. - Reading = Functional native proficiency
Speaking proficiency is functionally equivalent to that of a highly articulate well-educated native speaker.
Reading proficiency is functionally equivalent to that of the well-educated native reader.
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Tel. No. +254 (0)20 318581 | MARCH 2006 | JUNE 2008 | 440 | US$ 466 | | PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT | ROYAL DANISH EMBASSY,
P.O BOX 40412-00100, NAIROBI
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P.O. BOX 30231-00100
Mrs. L.N. Nzomo
Tel. No. +254 (0)20 3748204/3747994 | JAN. 2009 | FEB. 2009 | 30 | US$ 726 |
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|  Christopher Nzyoka NzukiIntegrated Projects Manager, Amiran Kenya Ltd
An Agribusiness and private sector professional, Christopher Nzuki, Bsc. Horticulture, MBA (Strategic Mgt), MPBR, at the age of 33, has over 10 years experience in high quality coffee, Outgrowers scheme and SMEs management.
Joining Amiran as the company's first Integrated Projects Manager in mid 2009, Chris took on the role of establishing the new department in Amiran responsible initially for all issues relating to the Amiran Farmer's Kit (AFK).
Instrumental in the development of the Amiran farmers Kits, Nzuki also designed the training component of the AFK in several variations tailored to suite a variety of target audiences. In dealing with the AFK, Chris' Integrated Projects Department deals on a daily basis with issues relating to Drip irrigation, Greenhouses, Seeds, Sprayers, Fertilisers, Agro Chemicals, Personal Protective Equipment, Water tanks and Consultancy. During his professional career Chris put an emphasis on developing farming strategies that embrace and encourage the concept of Sustainable Development within the sector. In addition to his impressive accolade of credentials Chris is also a Certified Environmental Impact Assessor and Environment Auditor.
Prior to his work at Amiran Chris was the Outgrowers Manager for Flamingo Holdings-Homegrown, the leading fresh produce exporter in East Africa. In this position Chris established small & medium scale Co-operative programs linking thousands of producers to the export chain by organizing them into groups and providing business and marketing training thereby securing their participation in the industry. Chris lead the development of a model where producers access input /output market services and support to achieve food standard certification and market access (e.g. EUREP-GAP) for EU markets among others.
During this period Chris was instrumental in the development of the first Outgrowers scheme to attain the following standards in Kenya: EUREP - GAP, Tesco Natures Choice (Gold status), Marks and Spenser Field to folk, Ethical Trading Initiative and was involved in developing compliance model for the Outgrowers on Fair Trade Standard.
Before his time at Homegrown Nzuki worked as a coffee manager in Standard Chattered Estates Management (Tropical Farm Management) helping to develop the first agronomy database that has to date enhanced a reliable traceability system from the various distant coffee blocks up to the market chains. Furthermore, Chris helped in the implementation of the new Utz Kaphe certification.
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|  Dr Hoseana Bohela LunogeloEconomist
| Name of Firm | Economic and Social Research Foundation | | Date of Birth | July 25, 1954 | | Nationality | Tanzanian | | Present Employment | Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF
51 Uporoto Street, Ursino Estates
P. O. Box 31226
Dar es Salaam
Phone (Office): 255 22 2760260, 2762472
Fax: 255 741 324508
Email: gkabelwa@esrf.or.tz | | Academic Qualifications | - PhD Agricultural Economics (Agricultural Policy), University of London UK (1989),
- MSc Agricultural Economics (International Trade, Business Management, Quantitative Methods), University of London, UK (1986).
- B.Sc Agricultural Science (Rural Economy) (First Class), Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania (1984).
Key Professional Skills: Agricultural Economics, Institutional Development and Management, Natural Resources Policy Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation, Marketing and Corporate Management; Proposal Preparation; Strategic Planning
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|  Dr. Eleni Z. Gabre-MadhinChief Executive Officer Ethiopia Commodity Exchange
Dr. Eleni Z. Gabre-Madhin, founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange since 2008, is an internationally recognized thought leader on agricultural marketing in Africa and global development. Prior to returning to her native Ethiopia, she served as Senior Research Fellow with the Washington-based think tank, the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Gabre-Madhin has also held positions as Senior Economist with the World Bank, focusing on cotton and other commodity market reforms, and as Commodity Trading Expert with the United Nations in Geneva. She has worked extensively over the past 18 years with traders and markets in over 9 African countries and authored numerous publications and articles on this subject, including Reforming Agricultural Markets in Africa (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002).
Gabre-Madhin holds a PhD in applied economics from Stanford University, an MSc in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University, and BA in economics from Cornell University, and was awarded Outstanding Dissertation by the American Agricultural Economics Association in 1999 for her thesis research on agricultural markets in Ethiopia. She recently represented the African business community at the G20 Business Summit in London and sits on several advisory groups, including the Expert Group on Development Issues (EGDI) for the Government of Sweden, the Economic Commission for Africa expert group on sustainable development, and the Stiglitz Task Force on Africa.
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|  Dr. Gideon Edu OnumahA Ghanaian national, is a Rural finance and agricultural marketing specialist with training in Agricultural Economics and Development Finance. Had over 10 years experience in central banking and in managing the development of rural informal micro-finance institutions in Ghana before joining NRI.
Major interest over the past six years has been in studying and helping develop systems to facilitate commodity trade and finance, including liberalisation of agricultural markets in Africa and the institutional framework required to make liberalised markets in developing countries more efficient but also accessible to smallholder farmers.
Dr. Onumah managed projects to successfully pilot warehouse receipt systems in Tanzania and Zambia. He has led teams that provided technical advice commodity exchanges in Africa, including the Uganda Commodity Exchange and the Abuja Securities and Commodity Exchange as well as advising the Government of Ghana on the feasibility of establishing a commodity exchange in Ghana.
Gideon has worked on capacity building for rural finance in developing countries; urban food supply and distribution policy as well as household food security in developing countries. He is currently working as part of team to transform Cassava value chains in five African countries and is leading a team of Europe-based experts in developing a programme to improve farm risk management in Africa. |
|  Dr. James Mwangi, MBSBiographical Information
Dr. James N. Mwangi is a career banker with over 20 years experience in banking with a bias in microfinance. He is currently the CEO and Managing Director of Equity Bank Ltd, which has become an inclusive, competitive, profitable and sustainable institution mainly serving the unbanked and poorly banked population in the region. He is currently serving his appointment in the UN Advisors Group on Inclusive Financial Sectors.
At the beginning of 2008, he was appointed to represent Africa in the presidency of the Global Economic Network for what was described as ‘his ability to combine social subject with entrepreneurial thinking'. He also serves as an advisor to the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) on commercialization of Microfinance in Africa and is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative.
He serves as a council member of Business Alliance Against Chronic Hunger, a project of the World Economic Forum. Dr. James Mwangi is a joint winner of the 2007 Global Vision Award alongside Nobel laureate Prof. Mohammed Yunus during the 2007 Vision Summit in Berlin Germany. The winners were quoted as "initiators of the concepts of the future that will shape the world economy".
In 2005 he made a presentation to the G8 Business Action for Africa Summit - Gleneagles, Scotland on "Improving Access to Financial Markets." He also presented to the UN General Assembly - 2005 Micro Finance Year in 2005. Dr. Mwangi serves as the Chairman of Kenya's Vision 2030 Implementation Board and was involved in the formulation & review of 2003 Economic Recovery Strategy Paper for Kenya and was a member of the technical team that formulated the Micro Finance Bill of Kenya.
The bank has become the largest bank in the region with over 3.6 million customers-home to 50% of all bank accounts and the most capitalized bank. In 2008, the onetime loss making institution made over Kshs. 5 billion in profits. The visionary leadership of Dr Mwangi has seen Equity extend its services to all regions in Kenya and launched full operations in Uganda and Southern Sudan. |
|  Dr. Margaret KarembuDirector of ISAAA AfriCenter
Dr. Margaret Karembu, is current Director of the Africa office of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA Africenter). She is a senior level environmental science management specialist with considerable experience in modern biotechnology products' transfer to farmers and biotechnology applications in Africa in general.
Margaret has wide experience in participatory training methodologies, technology diffusion research on small-scale agriculture and gender dimensions of agri-biotechnologies. Immediate responsibilities involve planning and managing all aspects of ISAAA Africenter program that would facilitate science-based decisions and transfer of agri-biotechnologies from (and among) industrial and developing countries, and, strengthening South-South, north-south cooperation in this endeavour.
Of high priority is the implementation of a well conceived and focused portfolio of high quality projects that serve as models and creative delivery mechanisms for distribution of products to farmers for impact at the farm level. One such project is the Evaluation and Transfer of Tissue Culture Banana Technology in East Africa where more than 10,000 farmers have benefited. In December 2000, this project won First Place Research Medal in the Global Development Network (GDN) awards for 'Science and Technology for Development' sponsored by the Government of Japan and The World Bank.
A science-communication educator, Margaret coordinates ISAAA's Biotechnology Information Centers (BICs) in Africa comprising the Eastern and Central Africa BIC, the Mali/Burkina Faso BIC for French-speaking West Africa countries and the Egypt BIC for Arab-speaking Africa. These Centers facilitate sound decision-making relating to biotech crops and their real and potential contribution to food security, poverty reduction and environmental conservation.
She is author of the books: Biotech Crops in Africa: The Final Frontier, 2009 (with Faith Nguthi and Ismail Abed-Hamid); Status of Biotechnology in Kenya: A Handbook for Policy Makers, 2008; and "Understanding Environmental Communication" (with Wambui Kiai) Year 2000. She has made contributions to several international, regional and national events, debates and working papers on biotechnology including the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Discussion paper on The Use of Genetically Modified Crops in Developing Countries (2004); the Panos Report on The GM Debate - Who Decides? An Analysis of Decision-Making about Genetically Modified Crops in Developing Countries (2005) and the Biosafety Law enactment process in Kenya.
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|  Dr. Mary A MgonjaDesignation: Principal Scientist and Cereal Plant Breeder.
Educational Qualification: - PhD in Plant Breeding and Genetics: 1990.
- M Sc in Plant Breeding and Genetics: 1983
- BSc Hons- Agriculture 1976
Employer: International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
2004-present Principal Scientist and Cereal Plant Breeder
ICRISAT Regional Coordinator for Genetic Resources Enhancement and Management (GREM) in Eastern and Southern Africa covering crop improvement, biotechnology and Seed Systems for sorghum, finger millet, pearl millet, groundnut, chickpea , pigeon pea
Previous Responsibilities
1999 - 2004: Regional Scientist- Sorghum and Millet Improvement Net work Coordinator for the Sorghum and Millet Improvement Program (SMIP) - ICRISAT Southern Africa
1996 - 1999: Principal Agricultural Research Officer II : Department of Research and Development; Ministry of Agriculture, Tanzania
1994 - 1995: Post Doctoral Fellow: North Dakota State University (NDSU) and Agricultural Research Station ARS/USDA-Fargo USA, Barley Genome Mapping:
1993 - 1994: Research Fellow International Atomic Energy Agency -Use of nuclear techniques in Plant breeding and Biotechnology: Vienna Austria
1990 - 1996: Senior Agricultural Research Officer, Department of Research and Development (DRD) Ministry of Agriculture - Tanzania
1987 - 1990: Research Fellow International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan
1976 - 1987: Research Officer-Department of Research and Development (DRD) Ministry of Agriculture Tanzania
Employer: International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics Address:
ICRISAT -Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA);
PO Box 39063 Nairobi - Kenya;
Tel: 25420524 4562;
Fax:+25420524 001 /524 551;
Email: M.Mgonja @cgiar.org
Experience in breeding and genetics and more than 20 years doing cereal breeding with national and international research systems. Developed and released four rice varieties, 2 malting barley varieties and a number of sorghum and millet lines that are currently under evaluation.
I have 10 years experience on sorghum basic, applied and strategic research that include downstream activities of ensuring that the targeted groups especially small scale farmers can access the technologies (quality seed of improved varieties) based on the understanding of the issues on the ground with respect to sorghum technology development, dissemination and adoption. Currently involved in sorghum biosafety issues conducting gene flow studies to inform regulators about its potential impacts to environment and biodiversity
Publications: Have a total of 66 publications, 21 of which are in refereed journal
Representative publications:
M.A. Mgonja, S. Chandra, A.B. Obilana, E.S. Monyo, S. Kudita, M. Chisi, H.M. Saadan and E. Chinhema 2008. Stratification of sorghum hybrid testing sites in southern Africa based on grain yield. Field Crop Research Journal- available on line
Mgonja MA, Lenne JM, Manyasa E and Sreenivasaprasad S. (EDS). 2007. Finger millet blast management in East Africa. Creating opportunities for improving production and utilization of finger millet. Proceedings of the First International Finger Millet Stakeholder Workshop, Projects R8030 and R8445 UK Department for International Development- Crop Programme held 13-14 Sept. 2005 at Nairobi. Patancheru 502 324, A.P. India. ICRISAT. 196 pp. ISBN: 978-92-9066-505-2.
Mgonja, MA, Manyasa E, Kibuka J, Kaloki P, Nyaboke S, Wandera G. 2007. Finger millet in E. Africa; Importance, Blast Management and Promotion of identified blast resistant varieties in Western and Nyanza Provinces of Kenya. In Mgonja MA, Lenne JM, Manyasa E and Sreenivasaprasad S. (EDS). Proceedings of the First International Finger Millet Stakeholder Workshop, Projects R8030 and R8445 UK Department for International Development- Crop Programme held 13-14 Sept. 2005 at Nairobi. Patancheru 502 324, A.P. India. ICRISAT. Pp 49-65. ISBN: 978-92-9066-505-2.
Lenné JM, Mgonja MA, Takan JP Manyasa EO, Kaloki P, Wanyera N, Okwadi J, Muthumeenakshi S, Brown AE, Tamale M and Sreenivasaprasad S. 2007. Finger millet blast disease management: A key entry point for fighting malnutrition and poverty in East Africa. Outlook on Agriculture Vol. 36, No. 2: 101-108.
Kisandu, DB., Ntundu, W., Marandu, W.Y., Mgonja, M.A., 2007. Germplasm Collection and Evaluation of Finger Millet in Tanzania: Challenges and Opportunities for Improved Production. In Mgonja MA, Lenne JM, Manyasa E and Sreenivasaprasad S. (eds). Proceedings of the First International Finger Millet Stakeholder Workshop, Projects R8030 and R8445 UK Department for International Development- Crop Programme held 13-14 Sept. 2005 at Nairobi. Patancheru 502 324, A.P. India. ICRISAT. Pp 49-65. ISBN: 978-92-9066-505-2.
Monyo ES, Mgonja MA, Osiru M, Rusike J, Charlie H, Jones P and Bantilan, FT. 2007. Participatory Approaches and Tools for Technology Up and Out-Scaling: Lessons from Southern Africa and Potential for Application to Crop Water Productivity. International Conference Water and Food. Vientiane. Laos.
Manyasa EO, Mgonja, MA. And Kibuka J., 2007. Finger millet uses in India and some African countries. Paper presented at the |Finger Millet Stakeholders meeting, 27-30 July 2007, Busia, Kenya.
Mgonja M.A., Manyasa EO and Kibuka J (2007). Managing blast in Finger Millet: Finding host plant resistance. pp 21-24 in Eastern and Southern Africa Annual report
Mgonja MA 2007: High hopes with sorghum hybrids. SATrends Issue 81.
Mgonja, M.A., Chandra, S., Monyo, E.S., Obilana, A.B., Chisi, M., Saadan, H.M., KUDITA, S., Chinhema, E., 2006. Stratification of SADC regional sorghum testing sites based on grain yield of varieties. Field Crops Research 96:11, 25-30
Berg, J van den, Bronkhorst, L., Mgonja, M.A., Obilana, A.B., 2006. Resistance of sorghum varieties to the shoot fly, Atherigona Soccata Rondani (Diptera Muscidae) in Southern Africa. International Journal of Pest Management Vol 51, No. 1 Pages 1-5
Gwata, E. T., Silim, S. N., Mgonja, M.A., 2006. Impact of a new source of resistance to Fusarium wilt in pigeonpea. Journal of Phytopathology, Volume 154, Number 1, January 2006, pp. 62-64(3)
Sreenivasaprasad, S., Takan, J.P., Mgonja, M.A., Manyasa, E.O., Kaloki, P., Wanyera, N.M., Okwadi, J., Muthumeenakshi, S., Brown, A.E. and LENNE, J.M. 2006. Enhancing finger millet production and utilization in East Africa through improved blast management and stakeholder connectivity. Aspects of Applied Biology 75, Pathways Out Of Poverty, pp. 11-22, Eds. Harris, D., Richards, J.I., Riverside, P., Ward, A.F. and Witcombe, J.R. Association of Applied Biologists, UK.
Mgonja, M.A, Chandra S., Monyo, E.S, Gwata E.T., Chisi M., Saadan, H.M,, and Kudita, S. 2005: Improving the efficiencies of crop breeding programs through region-based approaches: the case of sorghum and pearl millet in southern Africa: Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment - JFAE Vol 3. (3&4) pgs124-129
Gwata, E.T., Silim, S.N., and Mgonja, M.A., (2005). Impact of a new source of Resistance to Fusarium Wilt in Pigeonpea. J. Phyto-pathology 153:1-3
Mgonja, M.A., Obilana, A.B., Chisi, M., Saadan, H.M., Ipinge S,A, Mpofu L., Shikulu, J.P.,; Chintu E., Setimela P, and Joaquim E., 2005. Improved Sorghum cultivars released in the SADC region. Po Box 776, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics. 60pp; No. 335-05
M.A. Mgonja , S. Chandra, E.S. Monyo, A B Obilana and E. Chinhema (2004)
Stratification of SADC regional sorghum testing sites based on grain yield of varieties: Field Crop Research submitted June 2004
Mgonja, M.A., Monyo, E.S. , Chandra, S., Chisi, M., Saadan H.M. and Kudita, S. (2004): Improving the efficiency of crop breeding through a methodical regionalized breeding approach: The case of sorghum and pearl millet in southern Africa. International Journal of Agricultural Research Governance and Ecology (IJARGE) in press
M. A . Mgonja, A. B Obilana, S. Chandra, E.S. Monyo and M. Chisi (2003): Stability of grain yield performance of white sorghum varieties in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region Submitted to Africa Crop Science October 2003
Mgonja MA 2004: Permanent Agricultural Recovery and Productivity growth: ICRISAT's contribution to the SADC region. Paper presented at the High-level policy dialogue for SADC permanent Secretaries and Heads of Ministries responsible for Food, Agriculture and natural Resources. March 2004 Mauritius
Mgonja, MA, D.D. Rohrbach, ES Monyo, M. Banziger, W. Chivasa and R Chirwa 2003
Potential Impacts of Regional Plant Breeding and Variety Registration: Case Studies from ICRISAT, CIMMYT, CIAT and Seed Co in Southern Africa. Paper presented at a SADC Technical Committee meeting to formulate a regional crop variety registration. Gaberone, Botswana; 7-9th April 2003
Monyo ES, Ngereza J, Mgonja MA, Rohrbach DD, Saadan HM, and Ngowi P. 2004. Adoption of improved sorghum and pearl millet technologies in Tanzania. PO Box 776, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. 28pp.
MA Mgonja, ES Monyo, D D Rohrbach and M Banziger, (2003): A Proposed Model For Regionalized Crop Variety Evaluation, Release and Registration in Southern Africa: Towards Harmonization of Seed Laws and Regulations. Presented to a workshop on SADC technical Meeting to formulate a regional Crop Variety Release System: Botswana April 7-9th 2003 Mgonja, M.A., Monyo, E.S., Chandra, S.C., Murambadoro, D., and Chinhema, E. 2002. Stratification of SADC regional pearl millet testing sites-based on cultivar yield performance: Field Crops Research 73: 143-151 |
|  Dr. Silvester OikehSylvester O. Oikeh has more than 18 years of interdisciplinary experience in research and development projects on natural resources and crop management; and plant nutrition. He joined AATF from the Africa Rice Centre, WARDA, where he worked for five years, rising to the position of a Principal Scientist/Soil Fertility Agronomist and Project Leader.
As a Principal Scientist, Sylvester's key duties included conducting strategic and applied research on integrated soil fertility management and plant nutrition to improve natural resources management and increase rice production in smallholder farming systems. He took part in multi-country donor-funded projects, backstopping national research systems scientists in west and eastern Africa, and supervising doctoral students, among other duties.
Between 1990 and 2003, Sylvester held various positions at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), including as a GTZ Research Fellow, a consultant agronomist, and a visiting maize scientist involved in collaborative research investigating micronutrient enhancement of tropical maize. In 2001, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University's USDA Plant, Soil and Nutrition Lab at Ithaca, New York, USA. Sylvester attained his doctorate in Soil Science specializing in Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition from the Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, in 1996.
He obtained a Masters degree in Crop Science from the University of Nigeria, Nssuka, the same university from where he had graduated with a Bachelor of Agriculture degree in Horticulture. Sylvester holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Irrigation Engineering from the Centre for Irrigation Engineering of the Katholieke universiteit, Leuven, Belgium. Besides research, he has lectured in Nigeria at the University of Benin (Soil Science) and Anambra State College of Education (Crop Production, Horticulture and Agricultural Economics). Sylvester is a national of Nigeria.
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|  John MagnayJohn Magnay has lived and worked in Uganda for the last 32 years, after leaving Wye College, University of London in 1977. John has been a successful businessman developing businesses to support the agricultural sector as an input supplier of seed, tools, fertilizer and chemicals, building agro-processing plants and buying crops for trade and processing.
From 2001 to 2007, John was Chairman and CEO of Uganda Grain Traders Ltd a consortium of 16 grain companies involved in processing, storage and trading locally and regionally.
In recent years he has been involved in lobbying locally and internationally on the issues related to strengthening the output markets in Africa. As a private consultant for USAID, WFP, FAO, EU and the World Bank, John has advised on agri-business and output market development in several African countries.
John was appointed the Agricultural Advisor for Africa for Opportunity International in July 2008. John has been tasked with developing strategies for supporting the rural sector using a range of savings, loans and insurance products and recruiting and training technical staff to support the rural activities. In 2009, John is concentrating on Opportunity banking operations in Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique and Uganda. From 2010 the focus will include Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda. This will include financing smallholders and value chains in the rural and agricultural sectors.
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|  Kallambo Julius MartinNationality:
Tanzanian
Contact Address:
AMSDP
P.O. Box 78236
Arusha, TANZANIA
Cell: +255 782 512266
E-mail: jmkallambo@yahoo.com
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS- Masters in Business Administration (MBA) ESAMI/Maastricht School of Management (Netherlands)
- Postgraduate in Business Management Moshi University of Cooperatives and Business Studies (Tanzania)
- Advanced Diploma in Accounting (ADCA) Moshi University of Cooperatives and Business Studies (Tanzania)
WORKING EXPERIENCE- National Inventory Scheme promoter / Financial Markets Support Services Head - Agricultural Marketing Systems Development Programme (AMSDP) Arusha, Tanzania
- Senior Structured Trade Finance Analyst, ACE-Audit Control & Expertise, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
- Marketing Executive, TSA TEMO Agricultural Group of Companies, Gaborone, Botswana.
- Credit Manger, International Labour Organization, (ILO/TYDEF) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Tutorial Assistant in Business Studies, Moshi University of Cooperatives and Business Studies (Tanzania)
- Senior Co-operative Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Food security and Co-operatives
CONSULTANCY WORKS- Warehouse Receipt System Business Modeling for SNV Zambia
- The Status of Cooperatives in Tanzania for OXFAM Tanzania Agricultural Scale-Up Programme
- SACCOS Status in Tanzania for DFID
- Tanzania Cotton Baseline Study for RATES Nairobi - Kenya
- Inventory Credit Through Warehouse Receipt System for AMSDP
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|  Ketankumar Vinubhai PatelAddress: P.O. Box 10295, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Mobile: + (255) (0)784 324973
Email: ketan@exporttradinggroup.com
DOB: 27/12/1966
Nationality: British
| | ACADEMIC HISTORY | EALING COLLEGE UK 1985-1986
| Started a business and law degree but did not complete as joined export trading group uk associate company | KISUMU BOYS HIGH SCHOOL, Kenya until 1984
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| | EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND WORK EXPERIENCE | Export Trading Group, Dar es Salaam since 1991
| Director - Oversees the trading operations of the Export Trading group of companies on a daily basis, in charge of overall group exposures and risk managment
- Assesses from a financial standpoint, the new opportunities for the group in the agricultural supply chain as well as other diversified opportunities.
- Key contribution: Worked in export and import companies in UK since 1984 and accumulated a lot of knowledge and experience in marketing of goods across countries which enabled him to successfully build the agricultural commodities trading operation in Africa.
| | SKILLS | Languages
| English, Gujarati, Hindi (spoken) and Swahili (spoken) | Key Qualifications
| - Ownership and experience in building and managing a physical soft commodity export and import trading firm spread out over 11 countries including other businesses.
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|  Kinyua M'MbijjeweCorporate Affairs Director Africa, Monsanto Company
Kinyua M'Mbijjewe is Monsanto's Government and Public Affairs Lead in Africa responsible for liaison with government and various public constituencies to foster an environment conducive to the understanding and acceptance of Monsanto's products, particularly modern biotechnology crops, across key African countries.
Mr. M'Mbijjewe is also responsible for Monsanto's development partnerships in Africa, working with a wide range of public and private organisation to enhance farmer's productivity and commercial viability. He joined Monsanto over 10 years ago and is based in Nairobi Kenya. Prior to joining Monsanto his academic and career background was in the food industry. He is passionate about the need to enhance agricultural productivity across Africa for food security and income generation, through the use of enabling technologies and the promotion of a conducive policy and regulatory environment.
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|  Nicole MenageDirector, Procurement Division, World Food Programme, Rome, Italy
Education:- Masters of Arts- International Affairs/Economics - George Washington University, Washington DC, USA, 1980
- Bachelor of Arts - Political Science/French - Union College, Schenectady, New York, USA, 1977
Work Experience:- 5/2009- present
Director, Procurement Division, WFP, Rome, Italy
- 8/2004-4/2009
Chief, Food Procurement Service, WFP, Rome, Italy
- 8/2000-7/2004
Representative & Country Director, WFP - Tanzania
- 8/1998-7/2000
Section Chief, Great Lakes, Ethiopia & Djibouti, Africa Bureau, WFP, Rome, Italy
- 8/1997-7/1998
Resources Mobilization Officer, Resources Division, WFP, Rome, Italy
- 7/1991-7/1997
Country Director/Regional Procurement Co-ordinator for Southern Africa, WFP- Zimbabwe
- 2/1987-6/1991
Programme Officer, then Country Director a.i., WFP -Togo
- 6/1983-1/1987
Assistant Project Officer, WFP- Malawi
- 11/1980-11/1982
UN Volunteer/Project Implementation Officer, UN Capital Development Fund - Burundi
- 7/1978-6/1980
Research Assistant - UN Association, Washington DC & New York City, USA
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|  Nicomed M. BohaySenior Relationship Manager CRDB Bank Plc, Tanzania
Mr. Bohay has 12 years experience in Banking and currently is in charge of corporate banking business in the five regions in the southern Tanzania; these regions are referred to as Tanzanian national food basket. He is currently managing a CRDB Bank's loan portfolio of over Tshs 240 billion. Mr. Bohay is ‘Commodity and Trade Structured Finance Specialist' that covers a wide range of commodities, including grain trade, from farmers' level to large corporate.
Mr. Bohay is the holder of Bachelor degree in Business Management from University of Mysore, India and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Leicester, U.K. and certificates for short courses at Imperial College, London and Wits Business School, Johannesburg.
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|  Patrick NdaguInvestment Manager - African Agricultural Capital
Patrick Ndagu joined AAC in April 2007. He has a Bachelor of Commerce graduate from Daystar University Kenya and an MBA from The University of Phoenix. During his current position, Patrick has successfully completed courses on Private Equity and Venture Capital, Growth Finance and Corporate Governance.
Patrick joined AAC with experience from J.P. Morgan Chase where he worked as an Operations Associate and an Investor Relations Specialist.
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|  Prof. Barnabas MitaruBarnabas Mitaru is the Professor of Animal Production at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He is an animal nutritionist and has worked and published widely in the area of animal feed resources with particular interest on sorghum and millets. He has also worked as the Coordinator of Sorghum and Millets Network of the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA).
Prof Mitaru holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Animal Nutrition from University of Saskatchewan in Canada, Master of Science (Animal Production) and Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) from the University of Nairobi, Kenya.
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|  Professor Gideon K. MisoiManaging Director/NCPB
Professor Gideon Kirwa Misoi, OGW, the NCPB Managing Director, joined the Board in that capacity in 2007.
He holds a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Nairobi. He undertook his research attachment at the University of Cambridge, England.
Before joining NCPB Professor Misoi was an Associate Professor and Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Nairobi, where he has served in various teaching capacities since 1985.
He has also worked with Union Carbide, Nakuru, Kenya Cooperative Creameries, African Highland Produce Company and Kenya Seed Company.
Administratively, he has been a Joint Receiver and Manager for Kenya Cooperative Creameries, a member of an Inquiry and Restructuring team of Kenya Co-operative Creameries; a Member of the Boards of Directors of Savings and Loan (K.C.B. Group), Numerical Machining Complex (Subsidiary of Kenya Railways Corporation), a Director of Research Section in the College of Architecture and Engineering, the head of Transport and Garage of the University of Nairobi a representative of the University in the National Industrial Research and Development Committee.
He has written and published various seminar and journal papers and undertaken research work in his area of specialisation, i.e., Mechanical Engineering.
Professor Misoi was awarded the Order of the Grant Warrior of Kenya (OGW) in 1994 and the University of Nairobi Staff Merit Award in October 2002.
He is a member of the Registered Engineer, Engineers Registration Board and has undertaken consultancy work on a wide range of topics including Planning and Installation of Computer Networks (Digital Computer hardware systems and Euclid Software), Computer application in design of machine components and other Engineering systems (CAD.CAM System) and Efficient Utilization of equipment and energy in industry, Development of business plans and organizational structures for organizations, among others.
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| Rose Njeri Ndungú TEL: +254 (0)722 945712 +254 (0)737 783777
EMAIL: rosie.ndungu@gmail.com, rosie_ndungu@yahoo.com
SKYPE: rose.ndungu
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS - MBA (Masters in Business Administration) in Strategic Management at United States International University - Africa (U.S.I.U-A)
- BSc. Food Science and Post Harvest Technology where I attained a Second Class Honors (Upper Division) at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. (J.K.U.A.T)
- Diploma in Sales and Marketing at Marketing Society of Kenya. (MSK)
CAREER PATH - GRAINPRO INC,
Regional Manager East and Southern Africa
GrainPro, Inc. Founded in 1992, and incorporated in U.S.A, the company deals in organic quality preservation of dry agricultural commodities. GrainPro is a "not only for profit" company that aims to improve the quality of life, particularly in less developed countries, by reducing the world hunger and improving the environment. GrainPro achieves these benefits by developing and marketing post harvest technologies for food grains, as well as providing custom enclosures for emergency relief work.
I work for GrainPro, Inc. as the Regional Manager for East and Southern Africa. I work directly with distributors in all the countries that GrainPro, Inc. is represented. I appoint distributors in countries where there are none and work with them in providing all-rounded post-harvest solutions. I am involved in developing strategies for sales and marketing, increase of visibility and brands awareness for the distributors. I also identify business development and growth opportunities for GrainPro, Inc. as a whole and manage the region from Nairobi.
- HIGHCHEM EAST AFRICA LTD ( Previously HOECHST)
Accounts Manager - Astra Zeneca Business Unit
HIGHCHEM EAST AFRICA LTD is a Kenyan company that forms an umbrella organization for several other subsidiaries: HighChem Pharmaceuticals Ltd - It imports and distributes Pharmaceutical products for AstraZeneca (Sweden and UK), Sanofi-Aventis (France), and Pharmacia-Upjohn (Italy). I worked for AstraZeneca business unit where I was involved in developing strategies for increasing sales and marketing, increase visibility and brands awareness and providing customer care to the distributors, hospitals and Parastatals. I was also charged with the responsibility of procuring and managing stocks from UK and Sweden to ensure no stock-outs.
- LORDS HEALTHCARE
Senior Medical Sales representative
Job description and achievements:
- Responsible for marketing and selling of imported pharmaceutical medicine.
- Organized successful product launches through development, implementation and monitoring pre and post launch activities. Launched 3 brands successfully.
- Market share expansion for new and existing brands. Grew sales from Ksh. 2million to Ksh. 6 Million in 2 years.
- Developing and managing brand equity. Increased market share by 40% for Relcer, Ascoril and Saferon.
- NESTLE FOOD COMPANY LTD
Worked and trained in the following departments:
Production department, Quality Control department, manufacturing department, management Department, tin shop Department
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|  Shem SimuyembaShem Simuyemba has a Masters Degree in Transport Economics from the University of Leeds, U.K. and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of Zambia. An accomplished Economist with over 25 years professional experience in international/regional trade; regional integration arrangements; infrastructure finance and development; transport and transit trade facilitation; business development; institutional and capacity building; and management and oversight or multi-sectoral, multi-disciplinary technical teams in diverse multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environments.
Hands on experience in dealing with complex economic development issues in eastern, central and southern Africa working on policy, regulatory, and business issues with UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), SATCC/SADC (Southern African Development Community), COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa), EAC (East African Community), USAID/RCSA (USAID Regional Center for Southern Africa), InfraAfrica Pty Ltd, ECA Trade Hub (East and Central Africa Global Competitiveness Hub), RATES (Regional Agricultural Trade Expansion Support) Program, and now COMPETE (Competitiveness and Trade Expansion).
Twenty of those years in senior leadership positions in the field of economic development in government, international organizations, regional inter-governmental organizations, and international consulting firms. Currently employed as Senior Transit and Trade Facilitation Advisor for USAID's new regional Program, COMPETE based in Nairobi, Kenya. COMPETE covers sixteen countries in East, Central and Southern Africa and adopts an Integrated Value Chain Approach to its work focusing on, Reducing Barriers to Trade; Promoting Competitiveness of Select Regional Value Chains; and Promoting Trade and Investment between the U.S. and Africa. |
| Sophie WalkerSophie Walker has over 15 years experience in private sector agricultural investment, trade and logistics, commodity management and procurement. Ms Walker is well-versed in grain trade in the region including contract negotiation, procurement, brokering, logistics, warehouse operations and bank financing. She has extensive knowledge and experience in; maize, rice and wheat sectors in the East African region.
Currently as the Regional Technical Advisor in Eastern and Southern Africa she is providing technical input in trading aspects of market integration along the supply chain. She has worked with a number of organizations to establish warehouse operations including the warehouse receipt program with the EAGC in Kenya.
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|  Tom De BruinBorn 1943, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, member of Kibbutz Haogen, Israel and at present, he is the Vice President for Marketing and Sales of GrainPro Inc. a US company and at the same time designated as President/CEO of GrainPro Philippines Inc., a subsidiary of GrainPro Inc.
Graduate (MA) of Leyden State University, Netherlands, in Hebrew and Aramaic languages and literature, Jewish History and Philosophy. Post Graduate studies at Hebrew University, Jerusalem (1969 - 1971)
Fulfilled different positions in the framework of Kibbutz, among these Kibbutz Secretary from 1985 to 1988. After completing studies in the Netherlands in 1983, employed as a part time Psychotherapist at the Kibbutz Family and Child Clinic in Tel Aviv.
Since 1989 with Haogenplast in the position of Human Resources Manager and from 1993 to 2002 as Export Manager. Since October 2002 employed by GrainPro Inc. GrainPro is involved with development of export markets for technologies related to storage and preservation of dry goods commodities.
Mr. De Bruin is a graduate of courses on Human Resources Management and International Marketing. He has published articles and books on Hebrew language, Jewish Philosophy and Psychology.
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