AGRF Summit

AGRF Summit
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the AGRF 2022 Summit
The AGRF, Africa’s premier forum for driving the food and agriculture
agenda in the continent, will host its 12th annual summit under the
theme
Grow. Nourish. Reward
– Bold Actions for Resilient Food Systems
from
September 5-9, 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda.
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Together with the Government of Rwanda and the AGRF partner’s group, the
AGRF 2022 Summit will provide a platform to reflect on the coordinated
large-scale action by leaders, institutions, investors, coalitions, and
individuals to accelerate action towards
translating commitments made into actionable strategies and progress on
the ground.
The summit will convene leaders from governments, businesses, civil
society, international organizations alongside innovators, financiers,
experts, scientists, entrepreneurs, and youth. To journey along as they
define game-changing solutions towards a
food-secure Africa and food systems that deliver for people,
Grow. Nourish. Reward – Bold Actions for Resilient Food
Systems
The AGRF 2022 comes at a pivotal time, a crossroad
in Africa’s recovery and progress towards the attainment of the
commitments outlined
in the Malabo Declaration, the CAADAP goals and the sustainable
development goals.
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Overview
The AGRF, Africa’s premier forum for driving the food and agriculture agenda in
the continent, will host its 12th annual summit under the theme
Grow.
Nourish. Reward
– Bold Actions for Resilient Food Systems
from
September 5-9, 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda.
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The AGRF 2022 Summit will bring together a diverse range of speakers to showcase the actionable strategies and how pathways previously defined are translating at the country level. The AGRF programme is built on three key pillars: ambition, action and partnership.
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Plenary – Leadership, Finance & Accountability: Advancing National Food Systems’ Pathways.
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AGRF 2022 Summit Program Highlights
The AGRF 2022 Summit will bring together a diverse range of speakers to showcase the
actionable strategies and how pathways previously defined are translating at the country
level. The AGRF programme is built on three key pillars: ambition, action and
partnership. Attendees can come together during the plenary sessions at the start and close
of each day and choose to join individual sessions tailored to their specific interests.
AGRF 2022 will feature Heads of State, high-level delegates, and eminent
thought leaders discussing the status of food systems in Africa and the
urgent need to transform. The highlight will be commitments and
affirmation of practical solutions that will
lead to the achievement of resilient and sustainable food systems in
Africa.
A platform and collective moment for reflection on the progress
countries are making to accelerate the implementation of the CAADP
Malabo Commitments and meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals in
the context of the Africa Common position on food
systems.
These will be 2-hour sessions where pre-eminent speakers will deep dive
into the various themes and action tracks defined for each day.
The Farmers Forum will shine a spotlight on the continent’s farmers –
the progress, challenges and action needed.
Throughout the week, our Deal Room will be operating and there will be
opportunities for interaction or pick through our content library, find
inspirational materials, and spaces for participant voices.
The session will elevate the discussion on harnessing the power of young
people to transform the continent’s potential in agriculture into real
action.
Grow. Nourish. Reward – Bold Actions for Resilient Food Systems
Climate Action through and for Food Systems
Advancing Food Systems Action in the Face of Crisis
About The Host Country - Rwanda
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Rwanda is the long-term host country of the AGRF and hosts the AGRF annual summit every
consequent year.
Rwanda has developed an extensive institutional framework that supports effective
coordination between different stakeholders in the development and implementation of
activities and interventions in its food systems. The government’s approach centers
on encouraging private sector involvement in all activities along the food value chain.
Similarly, the government is encouraging Rwanda’s development to be green-led, to
improve resilience and climate-sensitive and-smart approaches. This year the AGRF summit
program will spotlight Rwanda’s leadership in agriculture with sessions designed
to inspire and draw knowledge from the various initiatives, innovations, and programs
that Rwanda has designed towards food security.
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Side Events Program
Tuesday
06 September 2022
Wednesday
07 September 2022
Thursday
08 September 2022
Friday
09 September 2022
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Advancing Food Systems Action
in the Face of Crisis
07:30 - 08:45
Venue: AD12
World Economic Forum
Food Action Alliance Africa Partner Event
07:30 - 08:30
Venue: AD11
Tony Blair Institute
Technology and Innovation: The role of Government
09:00 - 11:00
Venue: Auditorium
AGRF Secretariat
Opening Plenary – Advancing Food Systems in A
Time of Crises
Special Event – Agribusiness
Deal Room Launch
Official Opening of the AGRF Summit 2022,
laying out the vision of success for the
week, elevating what is at stake for people,
the planet, and prosperity at this time of
crisis, and acknowledging the type of
leadership and action needed to move forward
with more resilient food systems.
Ms. Tania Habimana, Anchor, CNBC Africa
Sequence 1: Advancing Africa’s Food Systems
Welcome Remarks & AGRF Rebranding
Dr. Agnes Kalibata,
President, AGRA and
Host of the AGRF Secretariat
Hon. Gerardine Mukeshimana,
Minister for
Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda
Keynote Remarks:
H.E. President of Zimbabwe
Ms. Nardos Bekele-Thomas, CEO, AUDA-NEPAD
Framing Remarks: What is at Stake
Mr. Acha Leke, Senior Partner, McKinsey
& Co
Panel Discussion on What is at Stake for
African Food Systems
Hon. Minister of Agriculture and
Forestry, South Sudan
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Nigeria
Hon. Dr. Delwendé Innocent Kiba,
Minister of Agriculture, Animal
Resources and Fisheries, Burkina Faso
Ms. Nardos Bekele-Thomas, CEO,
AUDA-NEPAD
H.E. Ambassador Gabriel Ferrero, CFS
Chair, Ambassador at Large Global Food
Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
European Union and Cooperation, Spain
Mr. Svein Tore Holsether, CEO, Yara
International ASA
Mr. Kolyang Palebele, President,
Pan-African Farmers Organization (PAFO)
Mr. Abraham Vermeulen, President Africa
Middle East, Corteva Agriscience
Ms. Hindou Ibrahim, Coordinator,
Association of Peul Women and
Autochthonous Peoples of Chad (AFPAT)
and SDG Advocate
Dr. Cary Fowler, US Special Envoy for
Food Security
AASR launch Building Blocks
for Investments in African Food Systems
Presentation:
Mr. Edward Mabaya, Research Professor,
Cornell University and AASR Author
Panel Discussion on Accelerating African Food
Systems Transformation
Hon. Semereta Sewasew, Minister of
Finance, Ethiopia
Mr. Thomas Jayne, Professor emeritus,
Department of Agricultural, Food, and
Resource Economics, Michigan State
University and AASR author
Ms. Lulama Traub, Chair of the Technical
Committee, Regional Network of
Agricultural Policy Research Institutes
(ReNAPRI) and AASR Author
Mr. Dirk Meyer, Head of
Directorate‐General 1 'Global health,
private sector, trade, rural
development', Federal Ministry for
Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ), Germany
Mr. Jai Shroff, CEO, UPL
Official Opening Remarks
Rt. Hon. Édouard Ngirente, Prime
Minister of Rwanda
Launch of AASR and Photo Opportunity
11:30 - 13:00
Venue: MH4
Agribusiness Deal room and
Finance Working Group
Special Event – Agribusiness Deal Room
Launch
In recent years we have seen a growing
effort to mobilize and support inclusive
private and public investments in African
agriculture with different levels of
success. What has become evident is that
unlocking agriculture investment
opportunities will require a holistic and
systemic approach that addresses multiple
bottlenecks around a single investment or a
portfolio of investments. This session will
be discussing how a joint effort and
streamlined approach by critical
stakeholders, including African governments,
development partners, private sector, and
other value chain actors, can build and
promote a continental wide pipeline of
inclusive investable business
opportunities.
Moderator: Ms. Amandla Ooko-Ombaka, Economist and Associate Partner, McKinsey
Framing Remarks and introductory Remarks:
Hon. Clare Akamanzi, CEO, Rwanda
Development Board
Keynote Remarks: The investment opportunity
in Africa.
H.E. President, Zambia
Panel Discussion:
Why do investments in
agriculture remain below 5% of all
investments on the continent despite all
commitments and funds? Where is the
mismatch?
Moderator: Mr. Frank Braeken, AGRA Board
Member
Hon. Dr. Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze, Minister of Trade and Industry,
Rwanda
Minister of Investment, Zambia
Hon. Rose Mivedor, Minister of Investment Promotion, Togo
Mr. Mauricio Macri, Executive Chairman, FIFA Foundation
Mr. Thomas Essel, Secretary General
AFRACA and former Bank of Ghana/GIRSAL
Dr. Beth Dunford, Vice President for
Agriculture, Human and Social
Development, African Development Bank
Mr. Lloyd Muposhi, CEO, Africinvest
Panel Discussion: Closing the deal - Insights
from successful transactions
Moderator: Mr. Frank Braeken, AGRA Board Member
Mr. Jerry Parkes, CEO, Injaro
Investments and ABC Fund
Mr. Francis Nderitu, Founder, Rain4Tech
Ms. Kudzayi Hove, Founder, Amayi Foods
Ms. Seun Sangoleye, Founder, Baby Grubz
Ms. Victoria Sabula, CEO, AECF
Sequence 3: Official opening of the
Agribusiness Deal Room with Co-Chairs
Moderator: Ms. Vanessa Adams, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Chief of Party, AGRA
Dr. Donal Brown, Associate Vice
President, Programme Management, IFAD
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President of AGRA
and UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy
on Food Systems Summit
Ms. Maura Barry Boyle, Senior Deputy
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for
Resilience & Food Security, USAID
11:30 - 13:00
Venue: MH1
Food Systems & Nutrition
Working Group
Nourishing Urban Communities, Protecting our
Planet – How Cities and Local Governments Are
Pioneering Food Systems for the Future
This session will showcase cities and local
governments striving to feed their
populations with nutritious food, while also
improving livelihoods, the environment, and
the climate. Cities and local governments
are often at the forefront of progress, and
it may be no different in accelerating
action for food systems transformation, with
leading coalitions like the Milan Urban Food
Policy Pact, C40 Cities, 100 Resilient
Cities, Local Governments for Sustainability
(ICLEI), and many more. What can we learn
from examples of progress across the
continent and the globe? How can we support
their growth and overcome their challenges
to accelerate sustainable transformation at
scale?
Moderator: Ms. Betty Kibaara, Director, the
Food Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation,
Africa Region Office
Welcome Remarks:
Dr. Abebe Haile-Gabriel, Assistant
Director-General, Regional
Representative for Africa, FAO
Hon. Pudence Rubingisa, Mayor, City of
Kigali, Rwanda
Panel Discussion:
Dr. Gunhild Stordalen, Founder and
Executive Chair, EAT Forum and Founder,
Food Forward Consortium
Hon. Fabrice Rulinda, Mayor, Entebbe
Municipal Council, Uganda and Member,
ICLEI Regional Executive Committee
Hon. Elizabeth Sackey, Mayor, Accra,
Ghana
Hon. Adanech Abiebie, Mayor, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia
Prof. Joao Bosco Monte, President,
Brazil Africa Institute and General
Coordination of the Brazil Africa Forum
Mr. Paul Currie, Director for Urban Systems, ICLEI Africa
Ms. Wangari Kuria, Founder and CEO, Farmer on Fire
Ms. Josephine Favre, President, African Association for Vertical Farming (AAVF)
Dr. Abdoulaye Mohamadou, Executive Secretary, Permanent Interstate Committee
for drought control in the Sahel, CILSS
Closing Remarks
11:30 - 13:00
Venue: MH3
Sustainable Productivity Working Group
Partnering for Sustainable Productivity
African Food systems are not on course to
meet SDG 1 and SDG 2 by 2030, and they are
in need of urgent action to be transformed
into a food system in which sufficient,
healthy food is produced and delivered in a
sustainable, inclusive way, by smallholder
farmers (women and men) and a private sector
that is operating in a robust enabling
environment.
According to the State of Food Security and
Nutrition in the World 2020 around 57% of
the population in Sub-Saharan Africa cannot
afford a healthy diet and they rely more on
staple foods and less on fruits and
vegetables and animal source foods.
Prevalence of undernourishment (PoU) in
Africa is 19.1%, or more than 250 million
undernourished people and will increase to
433 million people. Out of the 2 billion
people suffering from food insecurity, 675
million in Africa. In 2019, 40% of stunted
children lived in Africa.
The session will deliberate on how
stakeholders can collaborate to enable
Africa produce nutritious food sustainably.
Some of the issues to be explored include
climate smart technologies, last mile
delivery initiatives and partnership with
private sector.
Moderator: Ms. Wanjira Mathai, Managing
Director for Africa and Global Partnerships,
World Resources Institute
Fireside Chat
Hon. Dr. Ildephonse Musafiri, Minister of State of Agriculture, Rwanda
Prof. Rattan Lal, World Food Prize Winner 2020
Dr. Robert Bertram, Director, Office of Agriculture, Research and Technology at US
Agency for International Development
Keynote Remarks:
Mr. Sidi Ould Tah, Director-General, Arab Bank for Economic Development of Africa, BADEA
Dr. Simplice Nouala, Head of Division Agriculture and Food Security at the
Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission
Panel Discussion:
Hon. Oumer Hussien Oba, Minister of Agriculture, Ethiopia
Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Egypt
Ms. Fernanda Lopes Larsen, Executive
Vice President Africa & Asia, Yara
International ASA
Mr. Mehdi Filali, Vice President Farmer Solutions, OCP Africa
Dr. Michel Evequoz, Deputy Regional Director Rwanda, Federal Department of
Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Dr. Betty Chinyamunyamu, CEO, National Smallholder Farmers' Association of
Malawi (NASFAM)
Dr. Joe DeVries, Founder and CEO, Seed
Systems Group
Mr. Theo de Jager, Outgoing President, World Farmers' Organisation and former
president of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)
Dr. Vanlauwe Bernard, Director R4D, Central Africa Hub and Natural Resource
Management, Leader of the One CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy 2030 Initiative
Closing Remarks
Dr. Rudy Rabbinge, Professor Emeritus in Sustainable Development and Food Security, Wageningen University
11:30 - 13:00
Venue: AD12
Where does the food systems science and policy
agenda go from here?
Moderator: Dr. Yemi Akinbamijo, Executive
Director of the Forum for Agricultural
Research in Africa (FARA)
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Prof. Sheryl Hendricks, Head of
Department and Professor in the
Department of Agricultural Economics,
Extension, and Rural Development,
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Presentations:
Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Chief Scientist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO)
Roundtable Discussion:
Hon. Minister, Department of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,
South Africa
Ms. Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Member,
Malabo Montepellier Panel
Prof. Adipala Ekwamu, Executive
Secretary, Regional Universities Forum
for Capacity Building in Agriculture
(RUFORUM)
Dr. Thabbie Chilongo, Board Member, Regional Network of Agricultural Policy
Research Institutes (RENAPRI)
Prof. Jane Nelson, Director of the
Corporate Responsibility Initiative,
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University
Mr. Kunal Prasad, Co-Founder, Cropin Technology
Ms. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Chief Innovation Officer, UNDP
Closing Remarks (5 mins)
Mr. Johan Swinnen, Director General,
International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI)
11:30 - 13:00
Venue: MH2
Working Session - Crises Response and What We
Learned from COVID-19
This working session will bring together
many of the leaders and institutions who
have been and continue to be on the
frontlines of responding to the COVID-19
pandemic and the food, fuel, and finance
crisis. Under the leadership of the UN
Crisis Response Working Group and the AU
Crisis Response Working Group, the session
will reflect on lessons learned to date,
troubleshoot current priorities, and seek to
give recommendations on the way forward into
the AGRF Summit Communique.
Moderator: Dr. Fadel Ndiame, Vice President,
AGRA
Keynote Remarks:
Dr. David Nabarro, UN Response Group and
Strategic Director, 4SD
Panel Discussion:
Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa, Director of
Agriculture and Rural Development, AUC
and Coordinator of the AU Response Group
Mr. Mansoor Ahmad, Ag. Group Head,
Africa Economic Development, FCDO
Ms. Thule Lenneiye, Coordinator,
Agriculture Transformation Office, Kenya
Mr. Arne Cartridge, Yara International
ASA
Mr. Ndubisi Anyanwu, Nigeria Country
Director, Mercy Corps
Mr. Jean-Claude Rubyogo, Director,
Pan-African Bean Research Alliance
(PABRA)
Ms. Sara Mbago-Bhunu, Director East and Southern Africa Division, IFAD and
Commissioner, Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (COSAI)
Dr. Claudia Sadoff, Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact of the CGIAR
System Organization
Mr. Daniel Njiwa, Head of Regional Food Trade & Resilience, AGRA
Closing Remarks
13:00 - 15:00
Venue: Dealroom Marquee
Government Rwanda Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Rwanda
Presentation of Strategic investment opportunities targeted at private sector investors looking to set
up operations or trade with the country, Development Finance Institutions supporting implementation
of public projects, financial providers providing both debt and equity financing to ag-businesses and
institutional investors financing large projects.
14:30 - 16:30
Venue: MH4
PAFO
Special Event – Farmers Forum
Leaders in a dialogue with African
farmers.
Moderator: Mr. Eugene Anangwe, Anchor, CNBC
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Mr. Kolyang Palebele, President,
Pan-African Farmers Organization (PAFO)
Keynote Remarks:
H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President,
Tanzania
H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, Chair, AGRF
Partners Group and Former Prime
Minister, Ethiopia
Panel discussion:
Mrs. Massandje Toure-Litse, Commissioner of Economic Affairs and Agriculture, ECOWAS
Mr. Ibrahima Coulibaly, Network of Farmers and Producers Organizations in West Africa (ROPPA)
Ms. Elizabeth Nsimadala, President, Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF)
Dr. Sinare Yusuf Sinare, President of Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)
Dr. Babafemi O. Oyewole, CEO, Pan-African Farmers Organization (PAFO)
Mr. Felix Kili, Climate Positive Farmer, Eldoret Rift Valley, Kenya
Ms. Haddy Ceesay, Young Professional for Agriculture Development, The Gambia
Ms. Lilian Sambu, Agribusiness & Agroforestry Value Chain, Dodoma, Tanzania
Closing remarks
Dr. Apollos Nwafor, Vice President,
Policy & State Capability, AGRA
14:30 - 16:30
Venue: MH3
Food Systems & Nutrition and Policy & State Capability Working Groups
Experiences, Lessons and Tools for National Food
Systems Transformation
Following last year’s UN Food Systems Summit,
this session will look at the state of play
in moving from national pathways to food
systems strategies, investment plans, and
coordination mechanisms that can accelerate
action on the ground for people and
business. It will draw out the experience of
leaders at country level at the forefront of
advancing a whole of government, systemic
approach, as well as many of the regional
and global institutions working to support
them with tools, models, and technical
assistance as desired. To achieve the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development, we must
learn from these experiences, lessons, and
tools as many more countries and
institutions scale up similar next steps
across Africa.
Moderator: Ms. Sylvia Lopez-Ekra, Deputy, UN
Food Systems Coordination Hub
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Dr. Apollos Nwafor, Vice President,
Policy & State Capability, AGRA
Keynote Remarks:
H.E. Gerda Verburg, Coordinator, Scaling
Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement
Presentations:
Hon. Reuben Phiri Mtolo, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Zambia
Hon. Lee White, Minister of Water, Forests, the Sea, and Environment, Gabon
Ms. Julie Tshilombo Diomi, National Convenor for Food Systems, Office of the President, Democratic Republic of Congo
Hon. Olusola O. Idowu, National Convenor for Food Systems and PermanentSecretary, Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Nigeria
Crunching the data - Insights from the Food Systems Dashboard and CAADP Food Systems Monitoring
Dr. Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, GAIN
Mr. Boaz Keizire, Head, Policy & Advocacy, AGRA
Panel Discussion
Ms. Safia Boly, Executive Director,
AATI
Mr. Mandefro Nigussie, CEO, Ethiopian
Agricultural Transformation Agency
Mr. Mohamed Manssouri, Director, FAO
Investment Centre
Mr. Enock Chikava, Interim Director,
Agricultural Development Program, Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation
Mr. Peiman Milani, Director, Food
Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation
Ms. Astrid Mastenbroek, Senior Policy
Advisor Food & Nutrition Security at
Inclusive Green Growth, ministry of
Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
Ms. Melissa Pinfield, Executive
Director, Just Rural Transition
Closing Remarks
Mr. Holger Kray, Head, Africa
Agriculture Policy Unit, World Bank
14:30 - 16:30
Venue: AD12
AgTech & Digitalisation Working Group
Accelerating data-driven strategies for boosting
food systems transformation
Agricultural data is the foundation of
successful digital agriculture innovations –
technologies, solutions, and services. The
viability of digital agricultural
technologies, solutions, and services
depends largely on the quality of the data
behind their operations. Above that, the
digital transformation agenda of Africa will
revolve around how reliable, trusted, and
safe this resource across the continent is,
considering the importance of agriculture to
its economy. However, agricultural data
across the continent is plagued with
numerous challenges including duplication of
data systems, unwillingness of data
collectors to share data, farmers loss of
control over data, insufficient regulatory
guidance, capacity issues, among others. The
session will deliberate on how stakeholders
can collaborate to enable agricultural data
management at national/regional level
through agricultural data infrastructure
coordination.
Moderator: Mr. John Kamara, CEO, Adanian Labs
Framing Remarks:
Ms. Marcella McClathey, Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Fireside Chat:
Hon. Paula Ingabire, Minister of
Information and Communications
Technology and Innovation, Rwanda
Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC,
Secretary-General, Commonwealth
Secretariat
Launch of the Use Centric data Governance
Report by USAID and BMGF
Panel discussion 1 – In whose hands will our
agriculture data be in the next 5-10
years?
Hon. Hussein Mohamed Bashe, Minister of Agriculture, Tanzania
Mr. Seember Joy Ali, Consultant, Development Gateway
Mr. Yusuf Murangwa, Director General, National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR)
Mr. Ken Lohento, Digital Agriculture Specialist, Regional Office for Africa, FAO
Dr. Catherine Nakalembe, Lead, NASA Harvest and 2020 Africa Food Prize Laureate
Mr. Philip Tuinenburg, Chief of staff, Gro Intelligence
Panel discussion 2 - How can we develop
innovative data-sharing mechanisms for the
benefits of farmers, agri-food system
planning and the design of new value-added
services?
Mr. Mark Blackett, CEO, AMEA
Mr. Akintunde Akinwande, Head of Digital and Business Development Nigeria, Middle Africa, OCP Africa
Ms. Catherine Gachuhi, Marketing and Communication Manager, UPL
Ms. Archana Karanam, Program Manager, Digital Green
Mr. Richard Choularton, Director of Agriculture and Economic Growth, Tetra Tech
Closing Remarks
14:30 - 16:30
Venue: MH2
CGIAR & AGRA
Scaling up Innovations for Climate-Resilient Food, Land, and Water Systems
Global food, land and water systems already under threat from climate change and biodiversity
emergencies, now face a series of short-term shocks creating the conditions for a crisis. While we must act
to protect those at immediate risk, we also need to build resilience to inevitable future shocks. This
session will explore how to support a well-funded science agenda to identify and scale innovations that
address today’s interconnected challenges.
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Dr. Claudia Sadoff, Managing Director,
Research Delivery and Impact of the
CGIAR System Organization
Panel Discussion 1 – How can science, research, innovation and partnerships contribute to
developing climate-resilient food, land and water systems in Africa?
Moderator: Mr. Ruben Echeverría, Senior Advisor Agriculture Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Democratic Republic of the
Congo
Dr. Juan Lucas Restrepo, Director General, CIAT and Biodiversity International
Mr. Arun Baral, CEO, HarvestPlus
Mr. Innocent Musabyimana, Chief Technology Officer, African Development Bank
Ms. Ebube Akah, CEO, Aga's Wholesome Foods
Eng. Linda Bihire, Chief Strategist, Bridges to Prosperity
Col. Francis Ngabo, CEO, Rwanda Space Agency
Dr. Cary Fowler, US Special Envoy for Food Security
Panel Discussion 2 – What are some useful experiences and lessons that would help
strengthen food, land and water systems in Africa?
Moderator: Mr. Kwesi Atta-Krah, Director, Country Alignment and Systems Integration (CASI), IITA
Hon. Dr. Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze, Minister of Trade and Industry, Rwanda
Dr. Yemi Akinbamijo, Executive Director, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
Dr. Enock Warinda, Executive Director, Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)
Ms. Danielle Abraham, Executive Director, Volcani International Partnerships
Ms. Beth Wagude, Program Manager Aquaculture, IDH
Mr. George Bigirwa, Deputy Vice President for PID, AGRA
Ms. Geeta Sethi, Advisor and Global Lead for Food Systems, World Bank
Ms. Diana Sabrain, CEO, Co-Founder, OneAgrix
Wrap-up and closing remarks:
Mr. Harold Roy-Macauley, Managing Director, Regions and Partnership, CGIAR and Director General, AfricaRice
14:30 – 17:00
Venue: MH1
Generation Africa
GoGettaz Finals
This session brings together young
entrepreneurs, innovators, movers and
shakers in Africa’s agri-food sector and
presents inspiration from 12 young
agripreneurs competing for this year’s
prestigious GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize. The
scene will be preceded by key messages from
Generation Africa Steering Committee
members, Generation Africa Steerco Co-Chairs
and Generation Africa Co-Catalysts. The
objective of the session is to raise
awareness of the new Generation Africa
Partnership Initiative and opportunities for
broader collaboration to strengthen the
ecosystem for young entrepreneurs across
Africa.
Moderator and Framing Remarks: Ms. Sherrie
Silver, UN IFAD Advocate for Rural Youth,
Emcee for Generation Africa
Welcome Remarks: Mr. Dickson Naftali, Head,
Generation Africa
Special Entertainment and Introductions to
Distinguished Judges
Ms. Ellen Cathrine Rasmussen, EVP
Scalable Enterprises, Norfund
Mr. George Apaka, Agriculture Sector
Lead, Mastercard Foundation
Mr. Edson Mpyisi, Chief Financial
Economist, Coordinator ENABLE Youth
Programme, AfDB
Ms. Jane Lowicki-Zucca, Senior Youth
Advisor, USAID
Mr. Jean Muthamia- Mwenda, Global Lead,
Youth Employment & Entrepreneurship, SNV
Netherlands
Mr. Zvichapera Katiyo, Group CEO , Delta
Philanthropies
Ms. Barbra Muzata, Head of Corporate
Communications, Corteva AgriScience
GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Finalist Pitches
12 Young Agripreneur Finalists pitches
Closing Remarks
16:00 – 17:30
AGRA/ AfCFTA/ AFRIEXIM
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
The Market is Africa: Driving Competitive
Markets and Trade in Africa
The continent has recorded a major milestone
with the ratification of the Continental
Free Trade Area in 2019 and coming into
force in 2021. The agreement presents a huge
opportunity for access to the growing Africa
market.
This session will be discussing the key
ingredients to expanding domestic and
intra-continental markets as well as
cross-border investments. Showcasing the
opportunity, emerging actors, and
infrastructure available, while looking into
necessary investments to execute the free
trade area.
Moderator:
Mr. Daniel Njiwa, Head, Regional Trade,
AGRA
Speakers:
Mr. Clay Hamilton, Associate
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural
Service, USDA
Mr. Komla Prosper Bissi, Senior Advisor
Agriculture, AfCTFA
Mr. Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo
State Nigeria and Founder, Afrinvest
West Africa Ltd.
Mr. Leonard Kachebonaho, Founder Kaderes
Peasant Development Ltd.
Mr. Mamadou Biteye, Executive Secretary, African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
Mr. Simon Winter, Syngenta Foundation and FTMA Chair
Ms. Nalan Yuksel, Regional Director, Pan-Africa & Development, Global Affairs Canada
Mr. Suffyan Kormawa, Senior Economist, FAO
Ms. Christiana Anim Asare, Business Manger, Olam Agr
16:00 - 17:00
Venue: Dealroom Marquee
Government Kenya Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Kenya
Presentation of Strategic investment opportunities targeted at private sector investors looking to
set up operations or trade with the country, Development Finance Institutions supporting
implementation of public projects, financial providers providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors financing large projects.
17:00 - 18:30
Venue: Auditorium
Secretariat
Plenary – Leadership, Finance & Accountability:
Advancing National Food Systems’ Pathways
In 2021, African countries united behind a
Common African Position on food systems
transformation to achieve the 2030 Agenda,
and more than two-thirds of them (37 African
countries) developed national pathways
customized to their unique contexts. In this
plenary session, leaders from the global
level, continental level, and countries will
speak to the way forward and where the AGRF
community must focus attention to support
country progress. It will look at
opportunities to unlock much-needed public
and private finance for food systems
transformation, as well as the latest
efforts by the African Union to track and
monitor progress, with the aim of driving
continual country-level improvement for
people, planet, and prosperity.
Moderator: Ms. Nozipho Mbanjwa, Anchor
Framing and Introductory Remarks:
H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko,
Commissioner for Rural Economy and
Agriculture of the African Union
Commission
Keynote Remarks: Championing and advancing
Africa’s Food Systems
Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Executive Chairman, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Mr. Didier Drogba, President, Didier Drogba Foundation
Presentation: Framework in Advancing African
National Pathways for Food Systems
Transformation
Mr. Martin Bwalya, Ag Director,
Knowledge Management and Programme
Evaluation (KMPE), AUDA-NEPAD
Presentation: Framework in Advancing African National Pathways for Food Systems Transformation
Mr. Martin Bwalya, Director for Agriculture, Knowledge Management and Programme Evaluation (KMPE), AUDA-NEPAD
Presentation: Food Systems Indicators and
monitoring progress on the Malabo
declaration
Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa, Director of Agriculture and Rural Development, African Union Commission
Showcase on Country Progress
Hon. -, Minister for Food and Agriculture, Ghana
Hon. Lobin Lowe, Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Malawi
Mr. Jean-Claude Musabyimana, Permanent Secretary, Minister of Agriculture, Rwanda
Panel Discussion reflecting Leadership,
Finance, and Accountability
Mr. Alvaro Lario, President-Elect, IFAD
Ms. Geeta Sethi, Advisor and Global Lead for Food Systems, World Bank
Mr. Peter Bakker, CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Mr. Roy Steiner, Senior Vice President, Rockefeller Foundation
Mr. Ozonnia Ojielo, Resident Coordinator Rwanda, United Nations
Dr. Beth Dunford, Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, African Development Bank (AfDB)
Closing Remarks: Dr. Stefanos Fotiou,
Director, UN Food Systems Coordination
Hub
Download Program
Climate Action through and
for Food Systems
09:00 – 13:00
Venue: MH4
Resilience & Adaptation Working Group
Accelerating Climate Action through Food
Systems
The state of the Climate Africa (2020) report highlighted that Africa is in crossroads: The compounded
effects of political instability, coronavirus disease pandemic, pest outbreaks and economic crises,
exacerbated by the impacts of climate variability, were the key drivers of a significant increase in food
insecurity. Most African countries will enter unprecedented hotter climates earlier in this century than
generally wealthier, higher latitude countries, emphasizing the urgency for adaptation measures.
Africa needs to invest in curbing the effects of climate change through employing targeted policies in
adaptation but also contributing to mitigation strategies. The objective of this session is to exchange lessons,
best practices and policy dimension among global players that would contribute to climate change adaptation
and resilience building and assess investment opportunities ensuring climate-resilient development in Africa,
including in climate smart agriculture, hydrometeorological infrastructure and early warning systems to
prepare for escalating high-impact events.
Mr. Morgan Gillespy, Programme Director of the Food and Land Use Coalition, World Resources Institute
Welcome Remarks and introduction:
Ms. Barbara Stinton, President, The
World Food Prize Foundation
Keynote remarks
Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, 2022 World Food
Prize Laureate and Climatologist and
Senior Research Scientist, NASA
Hon. Mariam Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates and Co-Lead, Food Innovation Hubs
Fireside Chat – Raising Our Ambitions for
Climate Action
Mr. Nigel Topping, UK High-Level
Champion for Climate
Mr. Patrick Verkoijjen, CEO, Global
Center for Adaptation
Panel Discussion 1
H.E. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of
Environment, Egypt
Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Niger
Mr. Ibrahima Cheikh-Diong, UN-ASG and Director-General, Africa Risk Capacity Group
Prof. Joachim von Braun, Director of the
Center for Development Research (ZEF),
University of Bonn
Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary,
United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification (UNCCD)
Ms. Razan Al Mubarak, President,
International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN)
Panel Discussion 2
H.E. Prof. Eyasu Elias, State Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia
Hon. Olegario dos Anjos Banze, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mozambique
Amb. Ayman Amin, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt
Prof. Saleemul Huq, Director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD)
Ms. Sara Mbago-Bhunu, Director East and Southern Africa Division, IFAD and Commissioner, Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (COSAI)
Mr. Enock Chikava, Acting Director, Agricultural Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mr. Santiago Alba-Corral, Director, Climate Resilient Food Programs, IDRC
Moderator Wrap Up Remarks
[10:30-11:00 Coffee Break]
Technical Session
from 11:00-13:00
Farmers across the African continent are being challenged to increase the resilience of their crops, farms,
and livelihoods in the face of accelerating environmental degradation and tumultuous trade links.
Balancing food and nutritional security, income stability, and a positive relationship with the natural world
presents a compelling challenge, but a refreshed approach to how farmers use and think about crop cultivation may offer a path to true resilience and prosperity.
Regenerative agriculture recognizes that farmers live in harmony with their farms, and that the health of their cropping conditions is tantamount to the health of their crops. Offering a pragmatic framework of actions, from crop diversification, to agroforestry, and cover cropping, regenerative agricultural interventions offer farmers a broad spectrum of resilience outcomes, from hardier crops, reduced water intensification, and manifold biodiversity benefits. But chief among these outcomes – and central to their realization – is soil health. Building and preserving the health of soils provides immediate and long-term benefits to farmers and the food system, integrating regenerative practices as a first principle while acknowledging and championing the natural technologies contained within soils as the reactive area for healthy crops, predictable yields, and even soil-carbon sequestration.
Moderator: Mr. Chris Mitchell, Managing Director & Partner, BCG Group Kenya
Keynote remarks:
The Nature Conservancy
Panel discussion:
Mr. Divine Ntiokam, Founder and Managing Director, Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network
Dr. David Bergvinson, Senior Advisor, DevGlobal
Ms. Emma Fuller, Global Portfolio Leader, Corteva 20
Mr. Wycliffe Ingoi, Business Manager for East and West Africa, Advanta Seeds
Mr. Ryan Hobert, Managing Director for Energy, Climate, and the Environment, UN Foundation
Mr. Harko Koster, Global Lead Climate & Business, SNV Netherlands
Mr. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Mr. Jean-Claude Rubyogo, Director, Pan-African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA)
Mr. Tim McLellan, CEO, Trees for the Future
Mr. Foster Boateng, Deputy CEO, Operations, Tree Crop Authority
Ms. Winnie Onyango, Associate Director, PlantVillage, Kenya
Mr. Florent Clair, Head of Partnerships for Sustainability (P4S) West & Central Africa, UPL
Mr. Makoto Goda, CEO, Nippon Biodiesel Fuel
Mr. Vincent Aduramigba-Modupe, Developmental Soil Scientist, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Ibadan, Nigeria
Ms. Caroline Pomeyie, Founder, Ocean Smalls
Dr. Ron Rosati, Head of Rwanda Institute of Conservation Agriculture (RICA)
09:00 – 13:00
Venue: MH3
Agribusiness Working Group
Producing and Adding More Value in African Food
Systems
Agriculture in Africa has a massive social
and economic footprint. More than 60 percent
of the population of sub-Saharan Africa is
smallholder farmers, and about 23 percent of
sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP comes from
agriculture. Yet, Africa’s full agricultural
potential remains untapped. Realizing
Africa’s full agricultural potential will
require significant investment. Sub-Saharan
Africa will need eight times more
fertilizer, six times more improved seed, at
least $8 billion of investment in basic
storage (not including cold-chain
investments for horticulture or animal
products), and as much as $65 billion in
irrigation to fulfill its agricultural
promise.
This session brings in key private sector
players, financiers and development partners
to agree on a roadmap to realise Africa's
full agriculture potential.
Moderator:
Mr. Khalid Bomba, Managing Director,
Agrifood Transformation Agency Support
Center (TASC)
Framing Remarks – The Latest Evidence
Mr. Jeff Dykstra, Co-Founder & CEO,
Partners in Food Solutions
Keynote Remarks – Raising Our Ambitions
Mr. Aliko Dangote, Founder and CEO,
Dangote group
Panel Discussion – The Latest Business
Efforts
Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Nigeria
Mr. Vimal Shah, CEO, BIDCO
Ms. Hanneke Faber, President of Foods &
Refreshment, Unilever
Mr. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, CEO, DP
World
Mr. Daan Wensing, CEO, IDH
Mr. Frank Braeken, AGRA Board Member
Dr. Benedict Oramah, President, Afrexim
Bank
Dr. Birungi Korutaro, CEO, Kilimo Trust
Mr. Yebeltal Getachew, CEO East Africa, Twiga
Closing Remarks – Country and Regional
Leadership
Hon. Moussa Baldé, Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Equipment, Senegal
Moderator Wrap-Up Remarks
[10:30-11:00 Coffee Break]
Technical Session
from 11:00-13:00
Panel discussion 1- Business models for promoting itegrated value chains and value-added processing
Moderator: Mr. Grant Merrick, Head Agriculture and Food, Tony Blair Institute
Mr. Khalid Bomba, Managing Director, Agrifood Transformation Agency Support Center (TASC)
Mr. Martin Fregene, Director of Agriculture and Agro-Industry, African Development Bank (AfDB)
Hon. Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, Governor, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Mr. Geoffrey Kirenga, CEO, SAGCOT Centre
Mr. John Mathew Mnali, Ag. Executive Director, Tanzania Investment Center (TIC)
Mr. Simon Winter, Executive Director, Syngenta Foundation and Chair of the Farm to Market Alliance (FTMA)
Dr. Canisius K. Kanangire, CEO, African Agriculture Technology Foundation (AATF)
Mr. Ahmed Sylla, Country Manager, Africa Improved Foods
Ms. Hannah Ratcliffe, Director, Technical Assistance Facility and Enterprise Development Team, AgDevCo
Panel discussion 2 - Challenges and Opportunities in Commodity-Specific Value chains
Moderator: Mr. Quentin Rukingama, Managing Partner, JBQ Africa
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Côte d’Ivoire
Mr. Tom Kehoe, Deputy Director, Africa Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mr. Ishmael Sunga, CEO, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)
Mr. Ekko Oosterhuis, Managing Director, Silverlands Tanzania ltd.
Mr. Reji Georg, Vice President, Farming, Olam Agri22
Ms. Poorva Pandya, Head of International Relations, Research and Development, Empowering Farmers Foundation (EFF)
Mr. Cyril Ugwu, Country Director, Nigeria, IDH The Sustainable Trade Initiative
Mr. Claude Bizimana, CEO, National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB) of Rwanda
Mr. Howard Popoola, Vice President - Corporate Food Technology and Regulatory Compliance, The Kroger Co.
Mr. Matieyedou Konlanbigue, Senior Agribusiness Specialist, Country Representative-Rwanda, IITA
09:00 – 13:00
Venue: Auditorium
Women in Agriculture Working Group
Increasing Access to Healthy Diets in the AU Year of Nutrition
In the AU Year of Nutrition, African
governments and their partners have been
challenged to ensure nutrition is at the
forefront of priorities and action plans for
COVID-19 response and recovery. A strong
base of political will is present, as
advancing healthy diets from sustainable
food systems emerged as the #1 priority of
African countries coming out of the UN Food
Systems Summit, with more than 90% of
countries including this in their national
pathways for food systems transformation.
But this is ambitious priority, requiring
work not just on increasing productivity,
but also on increasing accessibility,
desirability, affordability, and
sustainability. It requires leadership
across the board, advocating for adequate
financing, implementation capacity, and
coordination to drive effective
implementation.
With the leadership of First Ladies across
the continent – drawing in coalitions from
community to global level – this session
will elevate and champion the transformative
actions and investments needed to increase
access to healthy diets today, while also
protecting the environment and climate for
the future.
Facilitator: Ms. Fiona Mbabazi, Anchor
Co-host Welcome Remarks
H.E. Roman Tesfaye, Former First Lady of
Ethiopia
H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko,
Commissioner for Rural Economy and
Agriculture of the African Union
Commission
Framing Remarks - The Latest Evidence
Dr. Gunhild Stordalen, Founder and
Executive Chair, EAT Forum and Founder,
Food Forward Consortium
Guest of Honor Remarks –
H.E. Jeannette Kagame, First Lady of
Rwanda
Roundtable Discussion of First Ladies and
Experts in Healthy Diets & Nutrition
Moderator: Ms. Redi Tlhabi, Anchor, UN Global
Journalists Corps
First Ladies in attendance
Hon. Minister of Health
Hon. Minister of Agriculture
H.E. Auxillia Mnangagwa, First Lady Republic of Zimbabwe
H.E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani,
Ms. Kate Hampton, CEO, Children's INvestment Fund Foundation
H.E. Gerda Verburg, Coordinator, Scaling Up Nutrition Movement
Chef Sam Kass, Food Entrepreneur
Chef Marcus Samuelsson, Ethiopian-Swedish Chef
Ms. Nancy Roman, President and CEO, Partnership for a Healthy
Prof. Ruth Oniang'o, Founder and Director, Rural Outreach Africa
Announcement of Winner WAYA
competition
Award Presenter & Speakers
Attending First Lady
Ms. Hajia Salamatu Garba, WAYA 2021
winner
Award Winners: TBC
Award Judges
Ms. Betty Kiplagat, Government Affairs
Leader, Africa & the Middle East,
Corteva
Ms. Marieme Esther Dassanou, AFAWA
Coordinator, African Development Bank
(AfDB)
Ms. Robynne Anderson, President,
Emerging Ag Inc
Ms. Binta Toure Ndoye, Board Member, AGRA
Moderator Wrap Up Remarks
[10:30-11:00 Coffee Break]
Technical Session
from 11:00-13:00
Moderator: Dr. Namukulo Covic, Director
General's Representative in Ethiopia,
President of the Africa Nutrition
Society
Keynote remarks: H.E. Amb. Hans Hoogeveen,
Independent Council Chairperson, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO)
Framing remarks:
Dr. Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, GAIN
Panel discussion 1
Hon. Ahmed Mathobe Nunow, Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation, Somalia
Mr. Roy Steiner, Senior Vice President, Rockefeller Foundation
Ms. Rahmat Eyinfunjowo, Co-CEO, Nourishing Africa
Ms. Adesuwa Ifedi, Senior Vice President of Africa Programs, Heifer International
Ms. Seynabou Dieng, CEO, MAYA Enterprises 24
Ms. Lynnette Neufeld, Director of Food and Nutrition Division (ESN), FAO
Ms. Tei Mukunya-Oundo, Co-Founder and Executive Director for Nutrition Solutions Africa, NatureLock Foods Ltd
Panel discussion 2
Dr. Francesco Branca, Director of the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, WHO
Ms. Edith Heines, WFP Country Director, Rwanda
Prof. Corinna Hawkes, Director, Centre for Food Policy, City University, London
Mr. Paul Newnham, Coordinator, SDG2 Advocacy Hub
Ms. Stephanie Sargeant, Youth Leader, #Act4Food #Act4Change
Dr. Abdou Tenkouano, Executive Director, CORAF
Dr. Klaus Kraemer, Managing Director, Sight and Life Foundation
09:00 – 10:00
Venue: Dealroom Marquee
Government Tanzania Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Tanzania
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
09:00 – 10:00
Venue: Dealroom Marquee
Government Burkina Faso Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Burkina Faso
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
10:15 – 11:15
Venue: Dealroom Marquee
Government Zambia Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Zambia
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
10:15 – 11:15
Venue: Dealroom Marquee
Government Uganda Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Uganda
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
11:00 - 13:00
Venue: MH1
AGRA, AUC Working Group
Special Event - Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health
Session: A new vision for sustainable agriculture
and food systems transformation
Moderator:
Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa, Director of
Agriculture and Rural Development, AUC
and Coordinator of the AU Response Group
Host Welcome Remarks:
H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko,
Commissioner, African Union
Framing Remarks on the Abuja Declaration
H.E. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Former
President, Nigeria, and Outgoing Chair
of the Africa Food Prize Committee
Presentation on Progress, Priorities and
Issues
Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa, Director of
Agriculture and Rural Development, AUC
and Coordinator of the AU Response Group
Fireside Chat:
Prof. Richard Mkandawire, Vice
President, African Fertilizer and
Agribusiness Partnership
Mr. Albin Hubsher, President and CEO,
IFDC
Mr. Svein Tore Holsether, CEO, Yara
International ASA
Mr. Mostafa Terrab, CEO, OCP Group
Panel Discussion:
Hon. Oumer Hussien Oba, Minister of Agriculture, Ethiopia
Hon. Mohamed Sadiki, Minister of
Agriculture, Morocco
Mr. Bimal Kantaria, CEO, Elgon Kenya
Prof. Pedro Sanchez, Director,
Agriculture & Food Security Center
Mr. Douglas Kerr, Vice-President for Business Development, IFDC
Mr. Patrick Heffer, Deputy Director General, International Fertilizer Association
Ms. Marie Claire Kalihangabo, Coordinator of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM), African Development Bank (AfDB)
Mr. Michael Sudarkasa, CEO, African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP)
Mr. Tom Kehoe, Deputy Director, Africa
Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
Mr. Bashir Jama, Agricultural
Development Expert, Islamic Development
Bank
Mr. Kolyang Palebele, President,
Pan-African Farmers Organization (PAFO)
Closing Remarks by:
H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko,
Commissioner for Rural Economy and
Agriculture of the African Union
Commission
11:30 – 12:30
Venue: Dealroom Marquee
Government Ethiopia Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Ethiopia
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
14:00 – 15:30
Venue: AD12
Policy & State Capability TP
Special Event - Ministerial Roundtable- Country
Actions to Progress Pathways for Food Systems
Transformation
Africa is not on track to meet the
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development
Programme (CAADPs) and the Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG 2) targets to end
hunger and ensure access to safe,
nutritious, and sufficient food by 2025 and
2030 respectively. Against this backdrop,
The AGRF 2022 comes at a pivotal time, in
Africa’s recovery and progress towards the
attainment of sustainability and resilient
agricultural-led economic transformation. In
order to fast-track actions toward national
food systems transformation the Policy and
State Capability Thematic platform will host
the Ministerial Roundtable, convening the
foremost leaders on the continent.
Moderators
Dr. Fadel Ndiame, CEO, Food Systems Transformation Solutions
Mr. Sean de Cleene, Member of the Executive Committee, Head of the Future of Food, World Economic Forum
Speakers:
H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Chair, AGRF Partners Group and Former Prime Minister, Ethiopia
H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission
Ms. Nardos Bekele-Thomas, CEO, AUDA-NEPAD
14:30 – 15:30
Venue: Dealroom Marquee
AGRA/CASA/CRDB
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Tipping the balance: Opportunities in climate
adaptation for African smallholder farmers and
SMEs
Currently 95% of climate finance is supplied
by public sources and allocated towards
low-hanging fruit to mitigate climate
change. To get beyond the low-hanging fruit
the world will have to consider smaller
investment opportunities that, in aggregate,
can significantly adapt to climate change in
Africa. If no action is taken, climate
impacts in Africa will lead to overall yield
reductions of up to 30% by 2050, while
extreme weather events will result in higher
post-harvest quality and quantity losses.
This session will explore how to effectively
attract more funding to the agri-SME sector
to achieve this aim while managing the
risks.
Moderator
Ms. Aggie Konde, Vice President Program Development and Innovation, AGRA
Presentation of the Key Findings of the
Climate Investment Research
Mr Mathias Hague, Research Lead, CASA
Speakers:
Hon. Oumer Hussien Oba, Minister of Agriculture, Ethiopia
Hon. Dr. Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya, Minister of Environment, Rwanda
Ms. Fiona Napier, Africa Nature Lead, UNFCC Climate Champions team
Mr. Gary Almond, Head of Communications, Shell Foundation - Catalysing Agriculture by Scaling Energy Ecosystems (CASEE)
Mr. Eelco Baan, Global Coordinator Food Systems, SNV Netherlands
Mr. Gabriel Boc, Senior Agriculture and Food Security Specialist, Division of Mitigation and Adaptation, Green Climate Fund
Mr. Stephen Morin, Division Chief, Market Systems and Finance Center for Agriculture-Led Growth, USAID
Mr. Tanguy Boussard, Chief Strategy Officer, SunCulture
Mr. Jonathan First, Senior Consultant, Climate Policy Initiative
Mr. Jean Paul Gisa, Program Director, One Acre Fund - Smallholder Resilience Fund
Mr. Wilson Mnzava, General Manager Insurance, CRDB Bank Plc
Mr. Ben Valk, Global Head Food and Agri Partnerships, Rabobank
Mr. Simon Winter, Executive Director, Syngenta
Mr. Charles Karangwa, Regional Lead for Forests, Landscapes and Livelihoods Programme for Africa at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Mr. Pathe Amath Sene, Regional Climate and Environment Specialist, IFAD
16:00 – 17:30
Venue: Auditorium
Secretariat
Plenary – Presidential Summit- Advancing pathways
for people, planet and prosperity
Introduction
Moderator: Ms.
Nozipho Mbanjwa, Anchor
Opening Video - Grow. Nourish. Reward – Bold
Actions for Resilient Food Systems
Welcome from the Host Government
Hon. Gerardine Mukeshimana, Minister for
Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda
AGRF Remarks
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA and
Host of the AGRF Secretariat
H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, Chair, AGRF
Partners Group and Former Prime
Minister, Ethiopia
Presidential Keynote Remarks
H.E Paul Kagame, President, Rwanda
Commitments to action for Food Systems Transformation and Climate Action
Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC, Secretary-General, Commonwealth Secretariat
Mr. Alvaro Lario, President-Elect, IFAD
Mr. Rodger Voorhies, President, Global Growth & Opportunity, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Dr. Rajiv Shah, President, Rockefeller Foundation (video)
Mr. Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank (AfDB) (video)
Presidential Panel
Invited Heads of State
and Government
H.E. President, Rwanda
H.E. President, Senegal and Chair of the
AU
H.E. President, Zambia
H.E. President, Tanzania
H.E. Prime Minister, Morocco
H.E. President, Zimbabwe
H.E. President, Malawi
H.E. President, Niger
H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson,
AUC
H.E. Amina Mohammed, Deputy
Secretary-General, UN
Call to Action Beans Challenge
Chef Marcus Samuelsson,
Ethiopian-Swedish Chef
Chef Sam Kass, Food Entrepreneur
Chef Dieuveil Malonga, Food
Entrepreneur, Congo-Brazzaville
End of Ceremony and Official Photo
19:00 – 21:00
Venue: KCC
Africa Food Prize Award Ceremony and AGRF Gala
Dinner
A celebration of the Africa Food Prize
Laureate, as the premier award showcasing
individuals or institutions helping
transform African food systems and
agriculture. VIP attendees to include all
Members of the Africa Food Prize Committee,
all former Africa Food Prize Laureates, and
CEOs of Africa Food Prize Funders.
Introduction
Moderator: Mr. Jeff Koinange, Anchor
Opening Video
Winner GoGettaz Competition
Grand Prize Award: Award Presenter TBC
Impact Award: Award Presenter TBC
Africa Food Prize
Speakers:
H.E. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Former
President, Nigeria and Outgoing Chair of
the Africa Food Prize Committee
H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, Incoming Chair,
Africa Food Prize Committee and Former
President
Award prize winner
Presenters of the Africa Food Prize Award on
stage
Award Prize Winner Speech
Dinner & Celebration
Download Program
Nutrition and Healthy
Diets
08:00 – 09:00
Venue: Dealroom Marquee
Government Mozambique Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Mozambique
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
09:00 – 10:30
Venue: Auditorium
Secretariat
Plenary – Council of the Wise
Following a successful inaugural session in
2021, this year’s Council of the Wise aims
to encourage African leaders to increase
funding to the agriculture sector, meeting
CAADP, SDGs and Food Systems targets by 2030
and to solicit stronger accountability of
the AGRF partners in delivering on
commitments.
Moderator: Ms. Aggie Konde, Vice President, AGRA
Welcome Remarks
Ms. Jennifer Baarn, Managing Director,
AGRF
Framing Keynote Remarks: Our Future with
Business as Usual
Mr. Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food
and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO)
Council of the Wise Panel Discussion
H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, Chair, AGRF
Partners Group and Former Prime
Minister, Ethiopia
H.E. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Former
President, Nigeria and Outgoing Chair of
the Africa Food Prize Committee
H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, Former President,
Tanzania and Incoming Chair of the
Africa Food Prize Committee
H.E. John Kufuor, Former President,
Ghana
H.E. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Former
President, Liberia
H.E. Joyce Banda, Former President,
Malawi
H.E. Lionel Zinsou, Former Prime
Minister, Benin
H.E. Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki, Former
Prime Minister, Niger
Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Executive Chairman,
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
H.E. Mary Therese Winifred Robinson,
Former President of Ireland, and chair
of the Women Leaders Network
Mr. Tidjiane Thiam, Former CEO, Credit
Suisse
Mr. Donald Kaberuka, Former President,
AfDB
Moderator Closing Remarks
11:30 – 12:30
Venue:AD11
Government Senegal Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Senegal
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
11:30 – 12:30
Venue: Dealroom Marquee
Government Angola Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Angola
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
11:00 - 13:00
Venue: MH1
Agribusiness TP, FAA and L4Ag
Special Event - CEO Roundtable - Financing Food
Systems Transformation
Moderator:
H.E. Amb. David Lane, President, The
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Fireside Chat:
Hon. Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana, Minister of
Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda
Mr. Mostafa Terrab, CEO, OCP Group
Roundtable Discussion 1
Mr. Mostafa Terrab, CEO, OCP Group
Mr. Jai Shroff, CEO, UPL
Mr. Vimal Shah, CEO, BIDCO
Ms. Elizabeth Nsimadala, President, East
African Farmers Federation
Mr. Alvaro Lario, President-Elect,
IFAD
H.E. Amb. Ertharin Cousin, Founder and CEO, Food Systems for the Future and Former Executive Director, WFP
Mr. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, CEO, DP World
Mr. Ramon Laguarta, CEO, Pepsico
Mr. Nick Barigye, CEO, Rwanda Finance Limited
Ms. Binta Toure Ndoye, Group CEO, Orabank
Mr. Paul Russo, CEO, KCB Group
Mr. Faustin Mbundu Kananura, Executive Chairman, MFK Group Rwanda
Mr. Joost Oorthuizen, CEO, Invest International
Mr. Ulf Mark Schneider, CEO, Nestle (video)
Mr. Abraham Vermeulen, President Africa Middle East, Corteva Agriscience
Ms. Delphine Traore, Regional CEO, Allianz Africa
Mr. Jules Ngankam, CEO, Africa Guarantee Fund
Mr. Sean de Cleene, Member of the Executive Committee, Head of the Future of Food, World Economic Forum
Mr. Cheikh Oumar Seydi, Director for Africa, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Dr. Beth Dunford, Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, African Development Bank
Ms. Viktoria de Bourbon de Parme, Food and Agriculture Transformation Lead, World Benchmarking Alliance
Dr. Jewel Branaugh, Deputy Secretary, USDA
Mr. Ekko Oosterhuis, Managing Director, Silverlands Tanzania ltd.
Mr. Jerome Barberon, Head of Crop Protection for Africa and the Middle East, Syngenta
Mr. Samuel Ogola, CEO, Warehouse Receipt System Council of Kenya
Ms. Pichette Sayinzoga, CEO, Bank of Development of Rwanda (BRD)
Moderator Closing Remarks
11:00 - 13:00
Venue: AD12
Building Diverse and Nutritious Food Markets in
Africa
Perhaps the most critical component of Food
Systems in Africa, certainly the most
visible to the majority of Households, is
the Food Market. Households across the
continent depend on food markets to provide
them with access to nutrition. However, with
recent disruptions caused by COVID-19 and
the Russia-Ukraine war, how can we build
diverse food markets that will secure our
most vulnerable communities against
malnutrition and undernutrition?
Moderator: Ms. Lindiwe Sibanda, Co-Chair,
Global Alliance for Climate Smart
Agriculture (GACSA)
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Ms. Temitope Adegoroye, Managing Partner, Sahel Consulting
Panel Discussion
Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Nigeria
Mr. Daan Wensing, CEO, IDH,
Mr. Nico Janssen, Programme Manager,
Agricultural Livelihoods, IKEA
Foundation
Mr. Michael Ojo, Nigeria Country Director, GAIN
H.E. Lionel Zinsou, Board Member, Danone and Former Prime Minister of Benin
Dr. Telesphore Ndabamenye, Technical Advisor, Rockefeller
Mr. Chris Hegadorn, Secretary, Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
Ms. Betelhem Lakew, Youth Leader, #Act4Food #Act4Change
Ms. Lynn Brown, Director of Alliances and Policy, HarvestPlus
Mr. Mohamed Fall, Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF
Mr. Ibrahima Coulibaly, Network of Farmers and Producers Organizations in West Africa (ROPPA)
Ms. Fannie Gondwe, Founder and Executive Director, Perisha Agro and Packaging Enterprise
Mr. Bill Rustrick, CEO, Clinton Development Initiative (CDI)
Dr. Gabriel Rugalema, Regional Director, World Vegetable Centre
11:00 - 13:00
Venue: MH2
Markets and Infrastructure TP
Bringing the latest in appropriate technology to
African food systems, SMEs, and farmers:
Mechanization, Digital Tools, Irrigation, &
Energy
COVID-19 has exacerbated challenges to
Africa’s food and agriculture sector and to
its millions of smallholder farmers. At the
same time, the pandemic has accelerated
innovative efforts to develop and deploy the
transformative power of digital technology
to address these problems in ways that
leapfrog past practices and traditional
solutions. This session will showcase the
latest on new digital technologies and
infrastructure developments targeted at
farmers and SMEs across the continent.
Moderator:
Ms. Robynne Anderson, President,
Emerging Ag Inc
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Mr. Martin Fregene, Director of
Agriculture and Agro-Industry, African
Development Bank
Keynote Remarks:
Mr. Simeon Ehui, Regional Director for
Sustainable Development for Africa,
World Bank
Mr. T R Kesavan, Group President - Corporate Relations & Alliances, Tractors and
Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE)
Presentation - Mechanised Conservation Agriculture
Mr. Godfrey Omulo, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineer; University of Hohenheim
Panel Discussion:
Hon. Hussein Mohamed Bashe, Minister of
Agriculture, Tanzania
Ms. Beauty Manake, Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry, Botswana
Mr. Johnson Kiragu, East Africa Director, Partners in Food Soultions (PFS)
Ms. Kristina Skierka, CEO, Power for All
Mr. Elad Levi, Vice President, Head of Middle East & Africa, Netafim
Mr. Nel Stephan, Head of Sales, East Africa & Middle East, John Deere Africa Middle East
Dr. Canisius K. Kanangire, CEO, African Agriculture Technology Foundation (AATF)
Mr. Stephen Morin, Lebanon Economic Growth Office Director, USAID
Mr. Bram Govaerts, Director General, CIMMYT
Ms. Zoe Karl-Waithaka, Partner, BCG Group Kenya
Ms. Sugra T. Mahmood, Deputy Director, Irrigation Agriculture and Crop Development, Federal Department of Agricultural (FDA)
Closing Remarks
11:00 - 13:00
Venue: MH3
IICA, AGRA & IFAD
South-South Cooperation: Leadership from the
Americas and Asia
The Global South has a majority of the
world’s population and landmass, and,
according to the OECD, may also account for
a majority of world GDP by 2030. In this
session, leaders from Africa, Asia and the
Americas will share experiences, lessons and
ambitions for the next phase of development.
Cooperation is paramount, with the session
revealing how countries in the Global South
can forge, then leverage, closer political,
economic, financial and cultural ties;
solving shared problems while creating new
opportunities.
Moderator:
Mr. Juan Lucas Restrepo, Global Director
of Partnerships and Advocacy, CGIAR and
Director-General of the Alliance of
Bioversity International and the
International Center for Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT)
Co-Host Welcome Remarks
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA
Dr. Manuel Otero, Director General,
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation
on Agriculture (IICA)
Framing Remarks on Africa-Americas
Cooperation
Prof. Jean Jacques Muhinda, Regional
Head, East Africa, AGRA
Mr. Jorge Werthein, Senior Adviser to
the Director General, IICA
Fireside Chat: South-South Cooperation
Prof. Shenggen Fan, Professor Chair,
China Agricultural University
Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa, Director of
Agriculture and Rural Development, AUC
and Coordinator of the AU Response Group
Dr. Naoko Ishii, Executive Vice
President, Director for Center for
Global Commons, University of Tokyo,
Japan
Roundtable Discussion
Hon. Olegario dos Anjos Banze, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mozambique
Hon. Antoine Lekpa Antoine Gbegbeni, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, Republic of Togo
Minister of Trade, Rwanda
H.E. Amb. Christine Nkulikiyinka, CEO, Rwanda Cooperation Initiative
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Brazil
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Barbados
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Guyana
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Mexico
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Republic of Costa Rica
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Suriname
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Bahamas
Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industries
Ms. Bev Postma, Executive Director, Grow Asia
Amb. Asghar Ali Golo, Pakistani Ambassador to the African Union
Amb. Xuekun Wang, Chinese Ambassador to Rwanda
Dr. Jacqueline d'Arros Hughes, Director-General, ICRISAT
Mr. Simon Winter, Executive Director, Syngenta Foundation
Moderator Closing Remarks
11:00 - 13:00
Venue:
Regional Food Trade TP
Leveraging Data to Improve Intra-Africa Food
Trade
Regional food trade is one of the pathways
for Africa’s recovery. It can be a critical
driver in building resilient food systems
and an important engine for sustainable
economic growth. The intended outcome of
this session will be to gather commitments
and encourage governments to align national
and regional strategies and policies to
support the successful implementation of the
African Continental Free Trade Area.
Furthermore, this session will also seek to
gain commitment from development partners
and private sector, to support the building
of robust data systems to strengthen and
inform food and nutrition security, trade
policies, address constraints to food trade,
and guide investment decisions in regional
food value chains in Africa.
Moderator: Dr. Apollos Nwafor, Vice-President, Policy & State Capability, AGRA
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Mr. Daniel Njiwa, Head of Regional Food
Trade and Secretariat, Regional Food
Trade Coalition
Presentation of the Key Findings of the
Africa Trade Status Monitor (ASTM)
Dr. Ousmane Badiane, Founder and
Executive Chairperson, Akademiya 2063
Panel Discussion:
Hon. Chipoka Mulenga, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia
Hon. Dr. Ashatu K. Kijaji, Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade, Tanzania
Hon. Masuku Phelela, Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, Zimbabwe
Hon. Wamkele Mene, Secreatary General, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat
Hon. Dr Omar Touray, President, ECOWAS Commission
Mr. Peter Mathuki, Secretary General, East African Community
Hon. Chileshe Kapwepwe, Secretary-General, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Ms. Maura Barry Boyle, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Resilience & Food Security, USAID
Mr. Mansoor Ahmad MBE, Group Head, Africa Economic Development, FCDO UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mr. Johan Swinnen, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Mr. David Phiri, FAO Sub-Regional Coordinator for Eastern Africa
Launch of The Regional Food Balance Sheet
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA and Host of the AGRF Secretariat
Hon. Chileshe Kapwepwe, Secretary-General, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Hon. Hussein Mohamed Bashe, Minister of Agriculture, Tanzania
Hon. Reuben Phiri Mtolo, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Zambia
Closing remarks by the moderator
11:00 - 13:00
Venue: MH4
Generation Africa
AYuTe/Pitch AgriHack winners Showcase
Heifer International is sponsoring the 2022
Pitch AgriHack Competition, targeting
African businesses that bring technological
innovation to the agriculture industry. The
competition will identify and amplify
efforts by young innovators to build
resilience beyond COVID-19 through digital
agriculture products and services. These
innovations should be scalable and generate
measurable impact in Africa’s food systems.
Winners of the competition will receive
funding and continued support to scale up
their innovations into products that can
help transform the entire sector.
Welcome remarks
Ms. Sherrie Silver, UN IFAD Advocate for
Rural Youth, Emcee for Generation Africa
Mr. Dickson Naftali, Head, Generation
Africa
Judges:
Mr. Jehiel Oliver, Founder & CEO, Hello
Tractor
Mr. Dayo Adoruja, Youth & Innovation
Lead, Heifer International
Mr. Peris Bosire, Founder & CEO,
FarmDrive
Ms. Isis Nyon’go Madison, Principal,
Asphalt & Ink
H.E. Joe Mucheru, EGH, Cabinet
Secretary, Ministry of Information and
Communications, Kenya
Pitch AgriHack Finalists Pitches
12 Young Agripreneur Finalists pitches
Closing remarks and word of thanks
Ms. Jennifer Baarn, Managing Director,
AGRF
Mr. Dickson Naftali, Head, Generation
Africa
14:30 - 16:30
Venue: MH4
Generation Africa
Special Event: Youth Town Hall
Venue: MH4
Chair: Generation Africa
In Africa, the population of young people is
growing rapidly. In 2015, 226 million youth
aged 15-24 lived in Africa. By 2030, it is
projected that the number of youths in
Africa will have increased by 42 per cent.
Africa’s youth population is expected to
continue to grow throughout the remainder of
the 21st century, more than doubling from
current levels by 2055 . Agriculture
provides the single most important platform
for employment, income generation and food
security and can drive poverty reduction
through increased productivity, value
addition and links to other sectors.
The youth population has however not been
well harnessed for Agriculture and food
systems transformation. Most young people
don’t often see a future in agriculture;
they see it as a back breaking labour that
is a preserve of the uneducated people. They
also face series of hurdles, including
access to land, finance, and other
productive resources necessary to start a
viable agriculture-based livelihood. This
consequently leads to youth taking up
agriculture as the last remedy amongst other
business and employment opportunities.
Moderator: Ms. Nozipho Mbanjwa, Anchor
Special Guest Remarks
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA and
Host of the AGRF Secretariat
In Conversation with African Youth
H.E. President, Senegal
Ms. Reeta Roy, President and CEO,
Mastercard Foundation
Ms. Barbara Stinton, President, The
World Food Prize Foundation and World
Food Prize Winner
Youth Panel: Nothing About Us, Without Us
Youth speakers
Closing remarks:
Rt. Hon. Édouard Ngirente, Prime
Minister of Rwanda
14:30 - 16:30
Venue: MH2a
Women in Agriculture TP
VALUE4HER
In agriculture and food systems, when women
are enabled to access resources, they are
well able to not only increase agricultural
productivity but also increased income that
contributes to better adaptation to climate
change through technologies that contribute
to sustainable farming and conservation.
This session will unpack opportunities for
directing investments to women led ag
businesses. Using an evidence-based
approach, the session will create a platform
for establishing scalable mechanisms that
build resilience in agriculture and food
systems while demonstrating the impact of
access to resources for this group. As women
are very often on the frontline of
livelihoods and adapting to the effects of
climate change, they are powerful agents of
change and promoters of adaptation and
mitigation action. Their knowledge and
experience make for a compelling business
case to achieve lasting changes leading to
positive development outcomes and tangible
impact.
Moderator: Ms. Aggie Konde, Vice President,
AGRA
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Ms. Sabdiyo Dido, SME and Gender
Expert
Keynote Remarks:
Hon. Prof. Jeannette Bayisenge, Minister
of Gender and Family Promotion, Rwanda
Hon. Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of
International Development, Global
Affairs Canada
Panel Discussion - Women-Led Businesses
Moderator: Ms. Redi Tlhabi, Anchor, UN Global
Journalists Corps
Ms. Sakina Usengimana, CEO and Founder
Rwanda AFRI foods Fresh food export
Ms. Adanne Uche, CEO, Ady’s Food Mart
Ms. Sipamandla Manqele, Founder, Local
Village Foods
Ms. Towera Jalakasi, Founder Malawi
Naturals Limited
Ms. Judy Matu, Founder and National Chairlady, Association of Women in Agriculture, Kenya (AWAK)
Presenting New Evidence on Women and Climate
Adaptation & Nutrition
Dr. Suzan Kaaria, Director, AWARD
Dr. Nicoline de Haan, Platform Director,
CGIAR GENDER Platform
Mr. Tony Simons, Executive Director,
CIFOR-ICRAF
Panel Discussion - Supporting SME Growth
Moderator: Ms. Redi Tlhabi, Anchor, UN Global
Journalists Corps
Ms. Beauty Manake, Assistant Minister of
Trade and Industry, Botswana
Ms. Nalan Yuksel, Regional Director, Pan-Africa & Development, Global Affairs Canada
Mr. Santiago Alba-Corral, Director, Climate Resilient Food Programs, IDRC
Ms. Christine Campeau, Global Advocacy Director, Food Systems, CARE
Ms. Vicki Wilde, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mr. Mehrdad Ehsani, Vice President for the Food Initiative in Africa, The Rockefeller Foundation
Ms. Victoria Sabula, CEO, Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)
14:30 - 16:30
Venue: TBC
AGRA Strategy Launch
This session will highlight AGRA’s results and journey since 2006 as well as the new strategy for 2023-2027. This platform provides an opportunity to reengage existing participants and potential
partners to showcase AGRA’s continuous effort in leveraging its learnings to deliver stronger, more resilient food systems on the continent.
14:30 - 16:30
Venue: AD12
Interactive Dialogue with African Food Systems National Convenors
In the context of the AGRF 2022 Summit, the African Union, the United Nations Food Systems
Coordination Hub and the Food workstream of the United Nations Global Crisis Response Group on Food
Energy and Finance (GCRG), will convene the first in-person regional dialogue with African Food Systems
National Convenors. The closed session will be by invitation only.
In a global, regional and national context drastically impacted by the triple food, energy and finance crisis,
the interactive dialogue will provide a unique space for National Convenors from the Africa region, to
engage in a strategic exchange with the leadership of the African Union, the UN Food Systems
Coordination Hub, the Global Crisis Response Group and AGRA.
Moderator: Mr. Boaz Keizire, Head, Policy & Advocacy, AGRA
Opening Remarks:
Dr. Stefanos Fotiou, Director, Office of Sustainable Development Goals, FAO
Mr. Martin Bwalya, Director for Agriculture, Knowledge Management and Programme Evaluation (KMPE), AUDA-NEPAD High-Impact Panel
Dr. David Nabarro, UN Response Group and Strategic Director, 4SD
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA and Host of the AGRF Secretariat
Mr. Martin Bwalya, Director for Agriculture, Knowledge Management and Programme Evaluation (KMPE), AUDA-NEPAD
Nigeria PE Finance and Food Systems Convenor
Interactive dialogue with National Convenors
Deep-Dive on Implementing and Financing Food Systems Transformation in Africa
Ms. Sylvia Lopez-Ekra, Deputy, UN Food Systems Coordination Hub
Ms. Nadine Gbossa, Chief, Means of Implementation, UN Food Systems Coordination Hub
Ms. Geeta Sethi, Advisor and Global Lead for Food Systems, World Bank
15:00 - 16:00
Venue: Dealroom Marquee
Government Togo Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Togo
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
14:30 - 15:30
Venue: Dealroom Marquee
Government Malawi Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Malawi
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
16:00 - 17:00
Venue: Dealroom Marquee
Government Mali Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Mali
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
16:30 - 17:00
Venue: Dealroom Marquee
Government Nigeria Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Nigeria
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
17:00 – 18:30
Venue: Auditorium
Secretariat
The Great Debate - Stopping Crises by Seizing
Opportunities
to Build Resilient Food Systems
Times of crisis are times of change. The past
few years have been characterised by war,
pandemics and extreme weather events. A
shattered status quo means that new visions
emerge, and as the dust settles the
opportunity arises to rebuild in a way that
learns from the past while looking to the
future. We are in such a moment; this
session debates how we react. Leading
individuals from trade, development, health,
finance and international civil society will
discuss how to safeguard local, regional,
national and international food systems,
highlighting the opportunities that must be
grasped and changes that must be made to
build resilience for a more dynamic, more
uncertain world in the midst of geopolitical
and economic tumult.
Moderator: Mr. Jeff Koinange, Anchor
Setting the Scene:
Mr. Joe Studwell, Author, Journalist
Keynote:
Ms. Samantha Power, Administrator, USAID
High-level Panelists
Hon. Charles Mve Ellah, Minister of Agriculture, Gabon
Mr Daniel Simeon Kelema, Permanent Secretary Min of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Mali
Hon. Bwino Fred Kyakulaga, State Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Uganda
H.E. Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki, Former Prime Minister, Niger
Mr. Khalid Bomba, Managing Director, Agrifood Transformation Agency Support Center (TASC)
Mr. Acha Leke, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Co
Dr. Sandy Thomas, Director, Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition
Ms. Frannie Leautier, Senior Partner, SouthBridge Group and CEO, SouthBridge Investments
Dr. Vera Songwe, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary UNECA
Hon. Dr Omar Touray, President, ECOWAS Commission
Mr. Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, AfCFTA - African Continental Free Trade Area
Mr. Sidi Ould Tah, Director-General, Arab Bank for Economic Development of Africa, BADEA
Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General, World Trade Organization
Dr. John N. Nkengasong, Director, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
Moderator Closing Remarks
Download Program
Markets and Livelihoods
09:00-10:30
Venue: MH3
Food Innovation Hubs
Food Innovation Hubs: Taking Innovation to Scale
Innovation is critical to food systems transformation: Innovations in technology, climate mitigation and adaptation, inputs, alternative proteins and business models across the agricultural value chain
abound. Yet many fail to go to scale, reflecting the systemic nature of agricultural value chains and food systems. This session looks at some of the common barriers to scale and discusses the role of
innovation incubators, hubs and other models for knowledge sharing and scaling of innovation.
Welcome and Framing Remarks by the Moderator:
Mr. Sean de Cleene, Member of the Executive Committee, Head of the Future of Food, World Economic Forum
Opening Remarks:
Hon. Mariam Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates and Co-Lead, Food Innovation Hubs
Firestarter remarks: Challenges to scale
Mr. Kees Aarts, Founder and CEO, Protix
Mr. Claude Munyangabo, CEO, BK Techouse
Ms. Anna Marie Silvester, Innovation Team Lead, Microsoft
Mr. Akintunde Akinwande, Head of Digital and Business Development Nigeria, Middle Africa, OCP Africa
Mr. Kunal Prasad, Co-Founder, Cropin Technology
Panel Discussion: Building Eco-systems for Scale
Mr. Eugene Kandel, CEO, Start Up Nation Central
Ms. Tesi Rusagara, Managing Director, Kigali Innovation City
Mr. Mehrdad Ehsani, Vice President for the Food Initiative in Africa, The Rockefeller Foundation
Mr. Jonathan First, Consultant, Climate Policy Initiative
Mr. Jeremie Pige, Head of IGNITE – WFP Innovation Hub for Eastern Africa
Ms. Amandla Ooko-Ombaka, Economist and Associate Partner, McKinsey
Mr. Parmesh Shah, Global Lead for Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Jobs, World Bank
Closing Remarks and Special Announcement
Hon. Gerardine Mukeshimana, Minister of Agriculture & Animal Resources
H.E. Amb. Ertharin Cousin, Founder and CEO, Food Systems for the Future and Former Executive Director, WFP
Hon. Pudence Rubingisa, Mayor, City of Kigali, Rwanda
09:00-10:30
Venue: AD12
Sustainable Livestock Coalition and ILRI /GASL
The cow in the room – the role milk, meat, and
eggs play in sustainable food systems
transformation
The 2021 UNFSS highlighted multiple
perspectives on the livestock sector. On the
one hand, governments and development
professionals stressed the numerous benefits
that different livestock systems provide to
the transformation of food systems in many
countries. On the other, many focused on the
harms of livestock systems to the
environment and the health of humans.
Livestock-derived foods are essential
building blocks of balanced diets, yet they
have a delicate interface with human health
and the environment.
African countries' challenge is to foster a
positive transition that contributes to food
and nutrition security and livelihoods
without damaging the environment or human
health. This session will look at specific
cases of livestock contributions to food
systems transformation and draw out lessons
learned in transforming the sector.
Moderator: Ms. Shirley Tarawali, Chair,
Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock
(GASL)
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Ms. Adesuwa Ifedi, Vice President,
Africa Heifer International
Keynote Remarks:
Dr. Iain Wright, Deputy DG, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Four ‘rapid-fire’ case presentations with a
focus on different aspects of food systems
transformation: environment/climate,
gender/youth, region, and value chain
diversity
Panel Discussion:
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Chad
Ms. Emma Naluyima, Smallholder Farmer,
Uganda
Mr. Ishmael Sunga, CEO, Southern African
Confederation of Agricultural Unions
(SACAU)
Mr. Faustin Mbundu Kananura, Executive Chairman, MFK Group Rwanda
Mr. Ekko Oosterhuis, Managing Director, Silverlands Tanzania ltd.
Mr. Gbola Adesogan, Director, Food Systems Institute, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems
Mr. Geoffrey Kirenga, CEO, SAGCOT Centre
Ms. Elizabeth Swai, CEO and Founder, AKM Glitters Company Limited
Farmer representative
09:00-10:30
Venue: MH4
Generation Africa
Accelerating Youth Employment in Food Systems and
Agriculture
Over 10 million young Africans join the labor
force each year, yet the continent creates
only 3.7 million jobs annually. By 2035,
more young people will be entering Africa’s
workforce each year than in the rest of the
globe combined. There is an opportunity to
reduce the unemployment rate by encouraging
the youth to join the food systems as
agripreneurs. Generation Africa has designed
a youth in Ag Ecosystem development
framework through Generation Africa. The
tool will ensure that Governments are able
to coordinate collaborative actions from
different actors to focus on creating an
enabling environment that will ensure the
youth are accounted for in the development
and inclusion.
Moderator: Mr. Simon Winter, Executive
Director, Syngenta Foundation
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Mr. Dickson Naftali, Head, Generation
Africa
Keynote remarks – Rwanda’s Prespective:
Hon. Rosemary Mbabazi, Minister of Youth
and Culture, Rwanda
Presentation of Youth Employment Development
Framework
Mr. Henry Lagat, Associate Partnership
Officer, Generation Africa
Panel Discussion:
Hon. Moussa Baldé, Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Equipment, Senegal
Dr. Donal Brown, Associate Vice
President, Programme Management, IFAD
Ms. Maureen Muketha, Founder, Tule
Vyema
Ms. Oluwaseun Sangoleye, CEO, Baby Grubz
Mr. Daniel Hailu, Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa, Mastercard Foundation
Mr. Pascal Murasira, Managing Director - East Africa, Norrsken Foundation
Mr. Amadou Fall, IT specialist and Technical lead on 1000 Digital Villages initiative in Senegal, FAO
Mr. Simon O'Connell, CEO, SNV
Ms. Jane Lowicki-Zucca, Senior Youth Advisor, USAID
Mr. Edson Mpyisi, Chief Financial Economist, Coordinator ENABLE Youth Programme, African Development Bank (AfDB)
Ms. Subhashini Chandran, Head of Social Impact, Africa & Asia, YARA
Ms. Betty Kiplagat, Government Affairs Leader, Africa & the Middle East, Corteva
Ms. Almas Jiwani, President of Emeritus UN Women Canada NC and CEO of Almas Jiwani Foundation
09:00-10:30
Venue: MH3
WBCSD Working Group (GAFF) WBCSD/GAIN/McKinsey
True Value of Food
In his Wealth of Nations, published 1776,
Adam Smith posed a famous paradox: why is
water, so necessary for life, worth so much
less than diamonds, which are not? Almost
250 years later, food markets remain some of
the most essential, extensive and complex on
earth. With insights from leading
policymakers, researchers, experts and
advocates, this session will unpack the
critical role of food in development,
highlighting new ways to think about food
and food markets, the impact of subsidies
and buying cartels, alongside strategies for
resilience, sustainability, access,
inclusion and organisation in food systems.
Moderator: Mr. Roy Steiner, Senior Vice
President, Rockefeller Foundation
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Keynote Remarks – The True Value of Food in
Africa
Mr. Peter Bakker, CEO, World Business
Council for Sustainable Development
Panel Discussion:
Mr. Biendi Maganga-Moussavou, Former Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, Gabon
Hon. Dr Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya, Minister of Environment, Rwanda
Dr. Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, GAIN
Prof. Sheryl Hendricks, Head of Department and Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension, and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Mr. Tabi Joda, Expert in Local Communities' Ecosystems Resilience
Mr. Ben Valk, Global Head Food and Agri Partnerships, Rabobank
Ms. Helena Leurent, Director General, Consumers International
Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Ms. Belinda Bwiza, Rwanda Deputy Country Director, One Acre Fund
Mr. Francois Nsengiyumva, Managing Director and CEO, Kilimo General Business Ltd
Mr. Omid Kassiri, Managing Partner, East Africa, McKinsey
Mr. Amar Ali, President, Africa Region, Royal DSM
09:00-10:30
Venue: MH1
AfDB & Agribusiness Deal Room Working Group
Finance: Finance Risk-Return Trade Off
The overall objective of the session is to
discuss the risk – return trade off that
informs the decision to invest, the cost of
finance and sector allocation. This session
will also explore the ‘high risk’ label
attached to agricultural investments and its
gender and climate dimensions. We will also
explore the need to maximize the de-risking
instruments available in the market.
Welcome and Framing Remarks by the moderator: Mr. Frank Braeken, Board Member, AGRA
Panel discussion:
Ministers TBC
Ms. Diane Karusisi, CEO, Bank of Kigali
Ms. Hong Thuy-Patterson, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer, Green Climate Fund
Mr. Jules Ngankam, CEO, Africa Guarantee Fund
Mr. Ibrahima Cheikh-Diong, UN-ASG and Director-General, Africa Risk Capacity Group
Mr. Yosuke Kotsuji, Acting Manager of Agribusiness and Forestry, IFC Africa
Ms. Samirah Ade-Adebiyi, Managing Director, AFEX Investments (AFIL)
Mr. Jerry Parkes, CEO, Injaro Investments
Mr. Birama Sidibe, CEO, Interface
Ms. Atsuko Toda, Director Agricultural Finance and Rural Infrastructure, AfDB
Mr. Ben Valk, Global Head Food and Agri Partnerships, Rabobank
Ms. Dianah Mukundwa, Head of Investment and Social Impact, Equity Bank (Rwanda)
Dr. Jack Kayonga, CEO, Crystal Venture Ltd
09:30 – 11:00
Venue:
AGRA/HEIFER
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Harnessing and Scaling Digital Agriculture
The overall objective of the session is to
review the role of digital technology in
catalyzing, enabling, and supporting the
scaling up of agriculture and food security
solutions, including innovation, good
practices for transitions from trials and
pilot projects. The session will also
discuss how digital is transforming lives
and improve livelihoods in agriculture by
helping to secure savings, find affordable
insurance and tools to manage risk, increase
access to financial services, providing
employment and business opportunities.
Moderator: Nixon Gecheo, Senior Program
Officer – Digital Systems & Solutions for
Agriculture- AGRA
Speakers:
Mr. Jean Claude Munyangabo, CEO, BK Techouse
Mr. Sriram Bharatam, Founder & Chief Mentor, Kuza Biashara
Ms. Anna-Marie Silvester, Software team lead, Microsoft
Mr. Jehiel Oliver, CEO, Hello Tractor
Mr. Kwabena Frimpong, Regional Director – Africa, IGNITIA
Mr. Yusuf Oguntola, Chief Technology Officer, AFEX
11:00 – 13:00
Venue: Auditorium
Secretariat
Closing Plenary: Stronger Together
Moderator: Ms. Fiona Mbabazi, Anchor
Welcome Remarks
Ms. Jennifer Baarn, Managing Director, AGRF
Framing Remarks:
Dr. Ousmane Badiane, Founder and Executive Chairperson, Akademiya 2063
Keynote remarks Mr. Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, AfCFTA - African Continental Free Trade Area
Panel Discussion – Reinforcing Global Cooperation for Food Systems
African Minister of Trade
Representative of the Government of Denmark
Hon. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, India
H.E. Amb. Hans Hoogeveen, Independent Council Chairperson, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Mr. Jorge Werthein, Senior Adviser to the Director General, IICA
Mr. Yerlan Alimzhanuly Baidaulet, Director General, Islamic Organization for Food Security
Mr. Jai Shroff, CEO, UPL
Ms. Anne Nuorgam, Chair, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
H.E. Amb. Ertharin Cousin, Founder and CEO, Food Systems for the Future and Former Executive Director, WFP
Dr. Claudia Sadoff, Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact of the CGIAR System Organization
Ms. Diane Karusisi, CEO, Bank of Kigali
AGRF Highlights Video from the Week
Synthesis, Key Messages, and Outcomes of AGRF Summit 2022
Ms. Jennifer Baarn, Managing Director, AGRF
Thematic Platform Highlights and call for Action
Mr. Adam Gerstenmier, Executive Director, Food Action Alliance
Key Announcements and Award Ceremony Celebrations
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA and Host of the AGRF Secretariat
Closing remarks & AGRF Host country 2023 Announcement
H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Chair, AGRF Partners Group and Former Prime Minister, Ethiopia
Official Closing Remarks and Passing the Baton to the AGRF Summit 2023 Host
Rt. Hon. Édouard Ngirente, Prime Minister of Rwanda
AGRF Family Photo
Monday
05 September 2022
Download Side Events Program
09:00 - 11:00
Venue: MH1
AFAP, ABG
Urban Agriculture Initiative (UAI)
09:00 - 11:00
Venue: MH2
IFAD, CARE, ILO
Advancing Equitable Livelihoods for Food Systems
Workers
09:00 - 11:00
Venue: AD10
AGRA
Centre of Excellence for Seed Systems in
Africa
09:00 - 11:00
Venue: AD11
TAAT Africa
Resilient Food Systems
09:00 - 11:00
Venue: AD12
CALA
11:30 - 13:00
Venue: MH1
Fertilizer Canada, OCP AFRICA,African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI)
Nutrient Stewardship for Sustainable Food
Systems
11:30 - 13:00
Venue: MH2
AGRA,
Food Trade Coalition for Africa
Standards and Trade Development Facility
FOOD TRADE
11:30 - 13:00
Venue: MH3
Heifer, IFAD
Climate Finance and Technology: Opportunities for Youth
Speakers:
Ms. Sara Mbago-Bhunu, ESA Director, IFAD (Keynote Speech)
Mr. Amath Pathe SENE, Lead Regional Environment and Climate Specialist for West and Central Africa, IFAD
Mr. Kwabena Amoateng Frimpong, Regional Director, Ignitia
Mr. IRADUKUNDA Dieudonné – Youth Beneficiary from Agri-Business Hub Mr. Ayodeji Balogun, Entrepreneur, Commodity trader and CEO, AFEX
Adesuwa Ifedi, Senior Vice President, Africa Programs, Heifer International (Panellist and Closing Remarks)
11:30 - 13:00
Venue: MH4
AGRA, BMGF, USAID, TBI and TASC
Advancing the transformation agenda for food and
agricultural systems in Africa
11:30 - 13:00
Venue: AD10
IDH
DEALROOM: Developing value chains, boost investability to strengthen African food systems and increase local sourcing
11:30 - 13:00
Venue: AD11
AATI
Transforming agriculture during crisis &
recovery
11:30 - 13:00
Venue: AD12
CALA
14:00 - 15:30
Venue: MH1
Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
Green agriculture agenda for Africa
14:00 - 15:30
Venue: MH2
Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN)
Youth as Agents of Change to Transforming the
Broken Agrifood systems towards creating sustainable
job opportunities within a Resilient Climate
14:00 - 15:30
Venue: MH3
AU, EAC, AGRA, CIMMYT
Managing soil acidity for resilient food systems
on the African continent
14:00 - 15:30
Venue: MH4
FAO,Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Katapult,
SMART Africa,AATI,AATF
Harnessing Agtech for resilient food systems
14:30 - 15:30
Venue: AD10
Agribusiness Dealroom
DEALROOM: Learnings from demand led approaches to value chain development
14:00 - 15:30
Venue: AD11
UNCDF
Scaling Responsible Digital Payments to improve
efficiency, transparency and food security in
agriculture supply chains whilst promoting living
incomes for farmers
14:00 - 15:30
Venue: AD12
CALA
15:00 - 16:00
Venue: AD07
SCOPEInsight
DEALROOM: Making Systems Change Actionable
16:00 - 18:00
Venue: MH1
USDA, USAID, IFAD and COSAI,
BMGF and MaMo Panel
Fixing the Fragmented Innovation Pipeline for African Smallholders: Linking Investment, Research, Policy
and Delivery Priorities for Impact
16:00 - 18:00
Venue: MH2
AGRA, GAIN and WRI-Africa,
Farmers' Voices
16:00 - 18:00
Venue: MH3
IFAD, NEPAD/AUDA, Shamba centre
HEALTHY DIETS
16:00 - 18:00
Venue: MH4
AfDB
African Emergency Food Production Facility: Catalyzing a Resilient Food System for Africa
16:00 - 17:00
Venue: AD10
Agribusiness Dealroom
DEALROOM: Business Models for financing and provision of mechanization to smallholder farmers
16:00 - 18:00
Venue: AD11
IKEA Foundation, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
Scaling Regenerative Agriculture for Resilient
Food Systems
16:00 - 18:00
Venue: AD12
CALA
17:00 - 18:30
Venue: AD10
AECF, ACELI, ROCKEFELLER
DEALROOM: Bridging Capital Supply and Demand for Agri-SMEs: Challenges & Opportunities
Download Side Events Program
Climate Action through and
for Food Systems
09:00 – 13:00
Venue: MH4
Resilience & Adaptation TP
Accelerating Climate Action through Food
Systems
Farmers across the African continent are
being challenged to increase the resilience
of their crops, farms, and livelihoods in
the face of accelerating environmental
degradation and tumultuous trade links.
Balancing food and nutritional security,
income stability, and a positive
relationship with the natural world presents
a compelling challenge, but a refreshed
approach to how farmers use and think about
crop cultivation may offer a path to true
resilience and prosperity.
Regenerative agriculture recognizes that
farmers live in harmony with their farms,
and that the health of their cropping
conditions is tantamount to the health of
their crops. Offering a pragmatic framework
of actions, from crop diversification, to
agroforestry, and cover cropping,
regenerative agricultural interventions
offer farmers a broad spectrum of resilience
outcomes, from hardier crops, reduced water
intensification, and manifold biodiversity
benefits. But chief among these outcomes –
and central to their realization – is soil
health. Building and preserving the health
of soils provides immediate and long-term
benefits to farmers and the food system,
integrating regenerative practices as a
first principle while acknowledging and
championing the natural technologies
contained within soils as the reactive area
for healthy crops, predictable yields, and
even soil-carbon sequestration.
Moderator: Ms. Susan Chomba, Director of
Vital Landscapes for Africa, WRI
Welcome Remarks and introduction:
Ms. Barbara Stinton, President, The
World Food Prize Foundation
Keynote remarks
Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, 2022 World Food
Prize Laureate and Climatologist and
Senior Research Scientist, NASA
Fireside Chat – Raising Our Ambitions for
Climate Action
Mr. Mohamed Mohieldin, Egyptian
High-Level Champion for Climate
Mr. Nigel Topping, UK High-Level
Champion for Climate
Mr. Patrick Verkoijjen, CEO, Global
Center for Adaptation
Panel Discussion 1
H.E. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of
Environment, Egypt
Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Niger
Mr. Zhenghua Xie, Special Envoy of
Climate Change, China
Prof. Joachim von Braun, Director of the
Center for Development Research (ZEF),
University of Bonn
Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary,
United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification (UNCCD)
Prof. Saleemul Huq, Director,
International Centre for Climate Change
and Development (ICCCAD)
Ms. Razan Al Mubarak, President,
International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN)
Panel Discussion 2
Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Mozambique
Ms. Bogolo Kenewendo, Africa Director,
UN Climate Change High-Level Champions
Ms. Sara Mbago-Bhunu, Director East and
Southern Africa Division, IFAD and
Commissioner, Commission on Sustainable
Agriculture Intensification (COSAI)
Mr. Enock Chikava, Acting Director,
Agricultural Development, Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation
Mr. Ibrahima Cheikh-Diong, UN-ASG and
CEO, Africa Risk Capacity Group
Mr. Santiago Alba-Corral, Director,
Climate Resilient Food Programs, IDRC
Amb. Asghar Ali Golo, Pakistani
Ambassador to the African Union
Moderator Wrap Up Remarks
[10:30-11:00 Coffee Break]
Speakers in Technical Session
from 11:00-13:00
Ms. Teddy Mugabo, CEO, Rwanda Green
Fund-FONERWA
Ms. Sara Scherr, President and CEO,
EcoAgriculture Partners
Mr. Divine Ntiokam, Founder and Managing
Director, Climate Smart Agriculture
Youth Network
Ms. Emma Fuller, Global Portfolio
Leader, Corteva
Mr. Dhruv Sawhney, COO and Business
Head, UPL
Mr. Ryan Hobert, Managing Director for
Energy, Climate, and the Environment, UN
Foundation
Mr. Harko Koster, Global Lead Climate &
Business, SNV Netherlands
Mr. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and
Chairperson, Global Environment Facility
(GEF)
Mr. Jean-Claude Rubyogo, Director,
Pan-African Bean Research Alliance
(PABRA)
Mr. Tim McLellan, CEO, Trees for the
Future
Mr. Foster Boateng, CEO, Tree Crop
Authority
09:00 – 13:00
Venue: MH3
Agribusiness TP
Producing and Adding More Value in African Food
Systems
Agriculture in Africa has a massive social
and economic footprint. More than 60 percent
of the population of sub-Saharan Africa is
smallholder farmers, and about 23 percent of
sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP comes from
agriculture. Yet, Africa’s full agricultural
potential remains untapped. Realizing
Africa’s full agricultural potential will
require significant investment. Sub-Saharan
Africa will need eight times more
fertilizer, six times more improved seed, at
least $8 billion of investment in basic
storage (not including cold-chain
investments for horticulture or animal
products), and as much as $65 billion in
irrigation to fulfill its agricultural
promise.
This session brings in key private sector
players, financiers and development partners
to agree on a roadmap to realise Africa's
full agriculture potential.
Moderator:
Mr. Khalid Bomba, Managing Director,
Agrifood Transformation Agency Support
Center (TASC)
Framing Remarks – The Latest Evidence
Mr. Jeff Dykstra, Co-Founder & CEO,
Partners in Food Solutions
Fireside Chat – Raising Our Ambitions
Mr. Aliko Dangote, Founder and CEO,
Dangote group
Panel Discussion – The Latest Business
Efforts
Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Nigeria
Mr. Vimal Shah, CEO, BIDCO
Ms. Hanneke Faber, President of Foods &
Refreshment, Unilever
Mr. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, CEO, DP
World
Mr. Daan Wensing, CEO, IDH
Mr. Frank Braeken, AGRA Board Member
Dr. Benedict Oramah, President, Afrexim
Bank
Closing Remarks – Country and Regional
Leadership
Hon. Moussa Baldé, Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Equipment, Senegal
Moderator Wrap-Up Remarks
[10:30-11:00 Coffee Break]
Speakers in Technical Session
from 11:00-13:00
Moderator: Mr. Quentin Rukingama,
Managing Partner, JBQ Africa
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Côte
d’Ivoire
Dr. Birungi Korutaro, CEO, Kilimo
Trust
Mr. Ahmed Sylla, Country Manager, Africa
Improved Foods
Mr. Tom Kehoe, Deputy Director, Africa
Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
Mr. William Asiko, Managing Director,
Africa Regional Office, The Rockefeller
Foundation
Mr. Ashish Pande, SVP & Managing
Director, Crown Flour Mill
Ms. Hannah Ratcliffe, Director,
Technical Assistance Facility and
Enterprise Development Team, AgDevCo
Hon. Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, Governor,
Kaduna State, Nigeria
09:00 – 13:00
Venue: MH1
Women in Agriculture TP
Special Event – Increasing Access to Healthy Diets in the AU Year of Nutrition
In the AU Year of Nutrition, African
governments and their partners have been
challenged to ensure nutrition is at the
forefront of priorities and action plans for
COVID-19 response and recovery. A strong
base of political will is present, as
advancing healthy diets from sustainable
food systems emerged as the #1 priority of
African countries coming out of the UN Food
Systems Summit, with more than 90% of
countries including this in their national
pathways for food systems transformation.
But this is ambitious priority, requiring
work not just on increasing productivity,
but also on increasing accessibility,
desirability, affordability, and
sustainability. It requires leadership
across the board, advocating for adequate
financing, implementation capacity, and
coordination to drive effective
implementation.
With the leadership of First Ladies across
the continent – drawing in coalitions from
community to global level – this session
will elevate and champion the transformative
actions and investments needed to increase
access to healthy diets today, while also
protecting the environment and climate for
the future.
Facilitator: Ms. Fiona Mbabazi, Anchor
Co-host Welcome Remarks
H.E. Roman Tesfaye, Former First Lady of
Ethiopia
H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko,
Commissioner for Rural Economy and
Agriculture of the African Union
Commission
Framing Remarks - The Latest Evidence
Dr. Gunhild Stordalen, Founder and
Executive Chair, EAT Forum and Founder,
Food Forward Consortium
Guest of Honor Remarks –
H.E. Jeannette Kagame, First Lady of
Rwanda
Roundtable Discussion of First Ladies and
Experts in Healthy Diets & Nutrition
Moderator: Ms. Redi Tlhabi, Anchor, UN Global
Journalists Corps
First Ladies in attendance
Hon. Minister of Health
Hon. Minister of Agriculture
H.E. Auxillia Mnangagwa, First Lady,
Republic of Zimbabwe
H.E. Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin
Khalifa Al Thani, Qatar
Ms. Kate Hampton, CEO, Children’s
Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
H.E. Gerda Verburg, Coordinator, Scaling
Up Nutrition Movement
Chef Sam Kass, Food Entrepreneur
Chef Marcus Samuelsson,
Ethiopian-Swedish Chef
Ms. Nancy Roman, President and CEO,
Partnership for a Healthier America
(PHA)
Prof. Ruth Oniang’o, Founder and
Director, Rural Outreach Africa
Announcement of Winner WAYA
competition
Award Presenter & Speakers
Attending First Lady
Ms. Hajia Salamatu Garba, WAYA 2021
winner
Award Winners: TBC
Award Judges
Ms. Betty Kiplagat, Government Affairs
Leader, Africa & the Middle East,
Corteva
Ms. Marieme Esther Dassanou, AFAWA
Coordinator, African Development Bank
(AfDB)
Ms. Robynne Anderson, President,
Emerging Ag Inc
Moderator Wrap Up Remarks
[10:30-11:00 Coffee Break]
Speakers in Technical Session
from 11:00-13:00
Moderator: Dr. Namukulo Covic, Director
General's Representative in Ethiopia,
President of the Africa Nutrition
Society
Keynote remarks: H.E. Amb. Hans Hoogeveen,
Independent Council Chairperson, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO)
Speakers
Ms. Rahmat Eyinfunjowo, Co-CEO,
Nourishing Africa
Ms. Adesuwa Ifedi, Senior Vice President
of Africa Programs, Heifer International
Dr. Francesco Branca, Director of the
Department of Nutrition for Health and
Development, WHO
Mr. Roy Steiner, Senior Vice President,
Rockefeller Foundation
Ms. Carmen Burbano, WFP School Meals
Coordinator
Prof. Corinna Hawkes, Director, Centre
for Food Policy, City University, London
Ms. Seynabou Dieng, CEO, MAYA
Enterprises
Mr. Paul Newnham, Coordinator, SDG2
Advocacy Hub
Ms. Stephanie Sargeant, Youth Leader,
#Act4Food #Act4Change
Dr. Abdou Tenkouano, Executive Director,
CORAF
Ms. Lynnette Neufeld, Director of Food
and Nutrition Division (ESN), FAO
09:30 – 10:30
Venue:
Government Tanzania Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Tanzania
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
11:00 - 13:00
Venue: MH1
AGRA, AUC Working Group
Special Event - Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health
Session: A new vision for sustainable agriculture
and food systems transformation
Moderator:
Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa, Director of
Agriculture and Rural Development, AUC
and Coordinator of the AU Response Group
Host Welcome Remarks:
H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko,
Commissioner, African Union
Framing Remarks on the Abuja Declaration
H.E. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Former
President, Nigeria, and Outgoing Chair
of the Africa Food Prize Committee
Presentation on Progress, Priorities and
Issues
Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa, Director of
Agriculture and Rural Development, AUC
and Coordinator of the AU Response Group
Mr. Christian Witt, Senior Program
Officer, Soil Health, BMGF
Fireside Chat:
Prof. Richard Mkandawire, Vice
President, African Fertilizer and
Agribusiness Partnership
Mr. Albin Hubsher, President and CEO,
IFDC
Mr. Svein Tore Holsether, CEO, Yara
International ASA
Mr. Mostafa Terrab, CEO, OCP Group
Panel Discussion:
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Ethiopia
Hon. Mohamed Sadiki, Minister of
Agriculture, Morocco
Mr. Bimal Kantaria, CEO, Elgon Kenya
Prof. Pedro Sanchez, Director,
Agriculture & Food Security Center
Ms. Alzbeta Klein, CEO and Director
General, International Fertilizer
Association (IFA)
Ms. Marie Claire Kalihangabo,
Coordinator of the Africa Fertilizer
Financing Mechanism (AFFM), AfDB
Mr. Michael Sudarkasa, CEO, AFAP
Mr. Tom Kehoe, Deputy Director, Africa
Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
Mr. Bashir Jama, Agricultural
Development Expert, Islamic Development
Bank
Mr. Kolyang Palebele, President,
Pan-African Farmers Organization (PAFO)
Closing Remarks by:
H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko,
Commissioner for Rural Economy and
Agriculture of the African Union
Commission
11:00 – 12:00
Venue:
Government Zambia Delegation
Zambia Government Investment Opportunities
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
14:30 – 16:00
Venue: AD12
Policy & State Capability TP
Special Event - Ministerial Roundtable- Country
Actions to Progress Pathways for Food Systems
Transformation
Africa is not on track to meet the
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development
Programme (CAADPs) and the Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG 2) targets to end
hunger and ensure access to safe,
nutritious, and sufficient food by 2025 and
2030 respectively. Against this backdrop,
The AGRF 2022 comes at a pivotal time, in
Africa’s recovery and progress towards the
attainment of sustainability and resilient
agricultural-led economic transformation. In
order to fast-track actions toward national
food systems transformation the Policy and
State Capability Thematic platform will host
the Ministerial Roundtable, convening the
foremost leaders on the continent.
Moderator: Mr. Sean de Cleene, Member of the
Executive Committee, Head of the Future of
Food, World Economic Forum
Fadel Ndiame, AGRA
H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, Chair, AGRF
Partners Group and Former Prime
Minister, Ethiopia
H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko,
Commissioner for Rural Economy and
Agriculture of the African Union
Commission
African Ministers
14:30 – 15:30
Venue:
AGRA/CASA/CRDB
Tipping the balance: Opportunities in climate
adaptation for African smallholder farmers and
SMEs
Currently 95% of climate finance is supplied
by public sources and allocated towards
low-hanging fruit to mitigate climate
change. To get beyond the low-hanging fruit
the world will have to consider smaller
investment opportunities that, in aggregate,
can significantly adapt to climate change in
Africa. If no action is taken, climate
impacts in Africa will lead to overall yield
reductions of up to 30% by 2050, while
extreme weather events will result in higher
post-harvest quality and quantity losses.
This session will explore how to effectively
attract more funding to the agri-SME sector
to achieve this aim while managing the
risks.
Moderator
Mr. Patrick Verkoijjen, CEO, Global
Center for Adaptation
Presentation of the Key Findings of the
Climate Investment Research
Mr Mathias Hague, Research Lead, CASA
Speakers:
Ms Fiona Napier, Africa Nature Lead,
UNFCC Climate Champions team
Dr. Catherine Nakalembe, Lead, NASA
Harvest
Ms. Thouraya Tiriki, Director,
Sustainable production, markets and
institutions, IFAD
Ms. Daniela Chiriac, Global Lab for
Climate Finance, Climate Policy
Initiative
Mr. Jerry Parkes, CEO, Injaro
Investments and ABC Fund
Mr. Abdulmajid M. Nsekela, CEO, CRDB
Mr. Shailendra Mishra, Head of Climate,
Environment & Natural Capital, Olam
Group
Mr. Samir Ibrahim, CEO Sunculture
Boston Consulting Group Representative
16:00 – 17:30
Venue: Auditorium
Secretariat
Plenary – Presidential Summit- Advancing pathways
for people, planet and prosperity
Introduction
Moderator: Ms.
Nozipho Mbanjwa, Anchor
Opening Video - Grow. Nourish. Reward – Bold
Actions for Resilient Food Systems
Welcome from the Host Government
Hon. Gerardine Mukeshimana, Minister for
Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda
AGRF Remarks
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA and
Host of the AGRF Secretariat
H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, Chair, AGRF
Partners Group and Former Prime
Minister, Ethiopia
Presidential Keynote Remarks
H.E Paul Kagame, President, Rwanda
The road to COP and Commitments to action
Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Secretary of
State, Foreign, Commonwealth and
Development Affairs, United Kingdom
Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC,
Secretary-General, Commonwealth
Secretariat
Mr. Alvaro Lario, President-Elect,
IFAD
Mr. Rodger Voorhies, President, Global
Growth & Opportunity, Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation
Mrs. Reeta Roy, President, Mastercard
Foundation
Mr. Akinwumi Adesina, President, AfDB
(video)
Presidential Panel
Invited Heads of State
and Government
H.E. President, Rwanda
H.E. President, Senegal and Chair of the
AU
H.E. President, Zambia
H.E. President, Tanzania
H.E. Prime Minister, Morocco
H.E. President, Zimbabwe
H.E. President, Mozambique
H.E. President, Malawi
H.E. President, Niger
H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson,
AUC
H.E. Amina Mohammed, Deputy
Secretary-General, UN
Call to Action Beans Challenge
Chef Marcus Samuelsson,
Ethiopian-Swedish Chef
Chef Sam Kass, Food Entrepreneur
Chef Dieuveil Malonga, Food
Entrepreneur, Congo-Brazzaville
Mr. Paul Newnham, Coordinator, SDG2
Advocacy Hub
End of Ceremony and Official Photo
19:00 – 21:00
Venue:
Africa Food Prize Award Ceremony and AGRF Gala
Dinner
Venue: TBD
A celebration of the Africa Food Prize
Laureate, as the premier award showcasing
individuals or institutions helping
transform African food systems and
agriculture. VIP attendees to include all
Members of the Africa Food Prize Committee,
all former Africa Food Prize Laureates, and
CEOs of Africa Food Prize Funders.
Introduction
Moderator: Mr. Georgie
Ndirangu, Anchor
Opening Video
Winner GoGettaz Competition
Grand Prize Award: Award Presenter TBC
Impact Award: Award Presenter TBC
Award Prize Winner Speeches
Grand Prize Award: Winner TBC
Impact Award: Winner TBC
Africa Food Prize
Speakers:
H.E. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Former
President, Nigeria and Outgoing Chair of
the Africa Food Prize Committee
H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, Incoming Chair,
Africa Food Prize Committee and Former
President
Award prize winner
Presenters of the Africa Food Prize Award on
stage
Award Prize Winner Speech
Dinner & Celebration
Download Side Events Program
Nutrition and Healthy
Diets
09:00 – 10:30
Venue: Auditorium
Secretariat
Plenary – Council of the Wise
Following a successful inaugural session in
2021, this year’s Council of the Wise aims
to encourage African leaders to increase
funding to the agriculture sector, meeting
CAADP, SDGs and Food Systems targets by 2030
and to solicit stronger accountability of
the AGRF partners in delivering on
commitments.
Moderator: Ms. Nozipho Mbanjwa, Anchor
Welcome Remarks
Ms. Jennifer Baarn, Managing Director,
AGRF
Framing Keynote Remarks: Our Future with
Business as Usual
Mr. Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food
and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO)
Council of the Wise Panel Discussion
H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, Chair, AGRF
Partners Group and Former Prime
Minister, Ethiopia
H.E. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Former
President, Nigeria and Outgoing Chair of
the Africa Food Prize Committee
H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, Former President,
Tanzania and Incoming Chair of the
Africa Food Prize Committee
H.E. John Kufuor, Former President,
Ghana
H.E. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Former
President, Liberia
H.E. Joyce Banda, Former President,
Malawi
H.E. Lionel Zinsou, Former Prime
Minister, Benin
H.E. Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki, Former
Prime Minister, Niger
Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Executive Chairman,
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
H.E. Mary Therese Winifred Robinson,
Former President of Ireland, and chair
of the Women Leaders Network
Mr. Tidjiane Thiam, Former CEO, Credit
Suisse
Mr. Donald Kaberuka, Former President,
AfDB
Moderator Closing Remarks
11:00 - 13:00
Venue: MH1
Agribusiness TP, FAA and L4Ag
Special Event - CEO Roundtable - Financing Food
Systems Transformation
Co-Moderators:
H.E. Amb. David Lane, President, The
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Ms. Frannie Leautier, Senior Partner,
SouthBridge Group and CEO, SouthBridge
Investments
Fireside Chat:
Amb. Cindy McCain, United Nations
Permanent Representative to UN Agencies
in Rome
Hon. Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana, Minister of
Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda
Mr. Mostafa Terrab, CEO, OCP Group
Roundtable Discussion 1
Hon. Minister of Agriculture
Hon. Minister of Agriculture
Mr. Svein Tore Holsether, President and
Chief Executive Officer Yara
Mr. Mostafa Terrab, CEO, OCP Group
Mr. Erik Fyrwald, CEO, Syngenta
Mr. Jai Shroff, CEO, UPL
Mr. Vimal Shah, CEO, BIDCO
Ms. Elizabeth Nsimadala, President, East
African Farmers Federation
Mr. Alvaro Lario, President-Elect,
IFAD
Mr. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, CEO, DP
World
Mr. Ramon Laguarta, CEO, Pepsico
Mr. Nick Barigye, CEO, Rwanda Finance
Limited
Mr. James Mwangi, CEO, Equity Bank
Ms. Geraldine Matchett, Co-CEO, Royal
DSM
Mr. Faustin Mbundu Kananura, Executive
Chairman, MFK Group Rwanda
Mr. Joost Oorthuizen, CEO, Invest
International
Mr. Ulf Mark Schneider, CEO, Nestle
(video)
Roundtable Discussion 2
Ms. Delphine Traore, Regional CEO,
Allianz Africa
Mr. Venkataramani Srivathsan, Director
Africa and the Middle East, Olam
Mr. Sean de Cleene, Member of the
Executive Committee, Head of the Future
of Food, World Economic Forum
Dr. Wai-Chan Chan, Managing Director,
Consumer Goods Forum
Mr. Cheikh Oumar Seydi, Director for
Africa, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Beth Dunford, Vice President for
Agriculture, Human and Social
Development, African Development Bank
Ms. Viktoria de Bourbon de Parme, Food
and Agriculture Transformation Lead,
World Benchmarking Alliance
Dr. Jewel Branaugh, Deputy Secretary,
USDA
Mr. Ekko Oosterhuis, Managing Director,
Silverlands Tanzania ltd.
Moderator Closing Remarks
11:00 - 13:00
Venue: AD12
Building Diverse and Nutritious Food Markets in
Africa
Perhaps the most critical component of Food
Systems in Africa, certainly the most
visible to the majority of Households, is
the Food Market. Households across the
continent depend on food markets to provide
them with access to nutrition. However, with
recent disruptions caused by COVID-19 and
the Russia-Ukraine war, how can we build
diverse food markets that will secure our
most vulnerable communities against
malnutrition and undernutrition?
Moderator: Ms. Lindiwe Sibanda, Co-Chair,
Global Alliance for Climate Smart
Agriculture (GACSA)
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Ms. Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Founder of
Nourishing Africa and Managing Partner,
Sahel Consulting
Panel Discussion
Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Nigeria
Mr. Daan Wensing, CEO, IDH,
Mr. Nico Janssen, Programme Manager,
Agricultural Livelihoods, IKEA
Foundation
H.E. Lionel Zinsou, Board Member, Danone
and Former Prime Minister of Benin
Mr. Chris Hegadorn, Secretary, Committee
on World Food Security (CFS)
Ms. Betelhem Lakew, Youth Leader,
#Act4Food #Act4Change
Ms. Lynn Brown, Director of Alliances
and Policy, HarvestPlus
Mr. Mohamed Fall, Regional Director for
Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF
Mr. Ibrahima Coulibaly, Network of
Farmers and Producers Organizations in
West Africa (ROPPA)
11:00 - 13:00
Venue: MH2a
Markets and Infrastructure TP
Bringing the latest in appropriate technology to
African food systems, SMEs, and farmers:
Mechanization, Digital Tools, Irrigation, &
Energy
COVID-19 has exacerbated challenges to
Africa’s food and agriculture sector and to
its millions of smallholder farmers. At the
same time, the pandemic has accelerated
innovative efforts to develop and deploy the
transformative power of digital technology
to address these problems in ways that
leapfrog past practices and traditional
solutions. This session will showcase the
latest on new digital technologies and
infrastructure developments targeted at
farmers and SMEs across the continent.
Moderator:
Ms. Robynne Anderson, President,
Emerging Ag Inc
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Mr. Martin Fregene, Director of
Agriculture and Agro-Industry, African
Development Bank
Keynote Remarks:
Mr. Simeon Ehui, Regional Director for
Sustainable Development for Africa,
World Bank
Ms. Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman and
Managing Director, Tractors and Farm
Equipment Limited (TAFE)
Panel Discussion:
Hon. Hussein Mohamed Bashe, Minister of
Agriculture, Tanzania
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Livestock
and Fisheries, Côte d’Ivoire
Ms. Kristina Skierka, CEO, Power for
All
Mr. Elad Levi, Vice President, Head of
Middle East & Africa, Netafim
Mr. Nel Stephan, Head of Sales, East
Africa & Middle East, John Deere Africa
Middle East
Dr. Canisius K. Kanangire, CEO, African
Agriculture Technology Foundation (AATF)
Mr. Mike Michener, Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Bureau for Resilience and
Food Security, USAID
Mr. Bram Govaerts, Director General,
CIMMYT
Closing Remarks
11:00 - 13:00
Venue: MH3
IICA, AGRA & IFAD
South-South Cooperation: Leadership from the
Americas and Asia
The Global South has a majority of the
world’s population and landmass, and,
according to the OECD, may also account for
a majority of world GDP by 2030. In this
session, leaders from Africa, Asia and the
Americas will share experiences, lessons and
ambitions for the next phase of development.
Cooperation is paramount, with the session
revealing how countries in the Global South
can forge, then leverage, closer political,
economic, financial and cultural ties;
solving shared problems while creating new
opportunities.
Moderator:
Mr. Juan Lucas Restrepo, Global Director
of Partnerships and Advocacy, CGIAR and
Director-General of the Alliance of
Bioversity International and the
International Center for Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT)
Co-Host Welcome Remarks
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA
Dr. Manuel Otero, Director General,
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation
on Agriculture (IICA)
Framing Remarks on Africa-Americas
Cooperation
Prof. Jean Jacques Muhinda, Regional
Head, East Africa, AGRA
Mr. Jorge Werthein, Senior Adviser to
the Director General, IICA
Fireside Chat: South-South Cooperation
Prof. Shenggen Fan, Professor Chair,
China Agricultural University
Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa, Director of
Agriculture and Rural Development, AUC
and Coordinator of the AU Response Group
Dr. Naoko Ishii, Executive Vice
President, Director for Center for
Global Commons, University of Tokyo,
Japan
Roundtable Discussion
Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Mozambique
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and
Rural Development , Togo
H.E. Amb. Christine Nkulikiyinka, CEO,
Rwanda Cooperation Initiative
Hon. Minister of Agriculture,
Argentina
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Brazil
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Barbados
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Guyana
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Mexico
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Republic
of Costa Rica
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Suriname
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Bahamas
Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee, Director
General, Confederation of Indian
Industries
Mr. Zavi Apfelbaum, Head of Global
Partnership Developmen, Israel Agency
for International Development
Cooperation (MASHAV)
Ms. Bev Postma, Executive Director, Grow
Asia
Amb. Asghar Ali Golo, Pakistani
Ambassador to the African Union
Dr. Jacqueline d'Arros Hughes,
Director-General, ICRISAT
Moderator Closing Remarks
11:00 - 13:00
Venue:
Regional Food Trade TP
Leveraging Data to Improve Intra-Africa Food
Trade
Regional food trade is one of the pathways
for Africa’s recovery. It can be a critical
driver in building resilient food systems
and an important engine for sustainable
economic growth. The intended outcome of
this session will be to gather commitments
and encourage governments to align national
and regional strategies and policies to
support the successful implementation of the
African Continental Free Trade Area.
Furthermore, this session will also seek to
gain commitment from development partners
and private sector, to support the building
of robust data systems to strengthen and
inform food and nutrition security, trade
policies, address constraints to food trade,
and guide investment decisions in regional
food value chains in Africa.
Moderator: Mr. Brian King, Lead of the
Platform for Big Data in Agriculture,
CGIAR
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Mr. Daniel Njiwa, Head of Regional Food
Trade and Secretariat, Regional Food
Trade Coalition
Presentation of the Key Findings of the
Africa Trade Status Monitor (ASTM)
Dr. Apollos Nwafor, Vice-President,
Policy & State Capability, AGRA
Dr. Ousmane Badiane, Founder and
Executive Chairperson, Akademiya 2063
Panel Discussion:
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Ghana
Hon. Minister of Trade, Zambia
Mr. Wamkele Mene, Secretary General,
AfCFTA - African Continental Free Trade
Area
Hon. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, President,
ECOWAS Commission
Hon. Chileshe Kapwepwe, Secretary-General, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Ms. Clara Park, Regional Gender Officer
for the Asia and the Pacific, FAO
Ms. Annie Kneedler, Vice President,
Social Sustainability, Cargill
Ms. Debbie Palmer, Director for Africa,
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development
Office (FCDO)
Ms. Maura Barry Boyle, Senior Deputy
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for
Resilience & Food Security, USAID
Mr. Bomi Fagbemi, CEO, Bioloop
Mr. Ishmael Sunga, CEO, Southern African
Confederation of Agricultural Unions
(SACAU)
Mr. Frank Matsaert, CEO, TradeMark East
Africa (TMEA)
Mr John Oppong-Otoo, Food Safety
Specialist, AU
Launch of The Regional Food Balance Sheet
Keynote Remarks:
Hon. Chileshe Kapwepwe, Secretary-General, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Ms. Debbie Palmer, Director for Africa,
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development
Office (FCDO)
Minister for Trade, Rwanda
Minister for Agriculture Malawi
Regional Food Balance Sheet Launch
Closing remarks by the moderator
11:00 - 13:00
Venue: MH4
Generation Africa
Generation Africa, Pitch Agrihack Winners’
Showcase
Heifer International is sponsoring the 2022
Pitch AgriHack Competition, targeting
African businesses that bring technological
innovation to the agriculture industry. The
competition will identify and amplify
efforts by young innovators to build
resilience beyond COVID-19 through digital
agriculture products and services. These
innovations should be scalable and generate
measurable impact in Africa’s food systems.
Winners of the competition will receive
funding and continued support to scale up
their innovations into products that can
help transform the entire sector.
Welcome remarks
Ms. Sherrie Silver, UN IFAD Advocate for
Rural Youth, Emcee for Generation Africa
Mr. Dickson Naftali, Head, Generation
Africa
Judges:
Mr. Jehiel Oliver, Founder & CEO, Hello
Tractor
Mr. Dayo Adoruja, Youth & Innovation
Lead, Heifer International
Mr. Peris Bosire, Founder & CEO,
FarmDrive
Ms. Isis Nyon’go Madison, Principal,
Asphalt & Ink
H.E. Joe Mucheru, EGH, Cabinet
Secretary, Ministry of Information and
Communications, Kenya
Pitch AgriHack Finalists Pitches
12 Young Agripreneur Finalists pitches
Closing remarks and word of thanks
Ms. Jennifer Baarn, Managing Director,
AGRF
Mr. Dickson Naftali, Head, Generation
Africa
11:00 - 12:00
Venue:
Government Ghana Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Ghana
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
14:30 - 16:30
Venue: MH4
Generation Africa
Special Event: Youth Town Hall
Venue: MH4
Chair: Generation Africa
In Africa, the population of young people is
growing rapidly. In 2015, 226 million youth
aged 15-24 lived in Africa. By 2030, it is
projected that the number of youths in
Africa will have increased by 42 per cent.
Africa’s youth population is expected to
continue to grow throughout the remainder of
the 21st century, more than doubling from
current levels by 2055 . Agriculture
provides the single most important platform
for employment, income generation and food
security and can drive poverty reduction
through increased productivity, value
addition and links to other sectors.
The youth population has however not been
well harnessed for Agriculture and food
systems transformation. Most young people
don’t often see a future in agriculture;
they see it as a back breaking labour that
is a preserve of the uneducated people. They
also face series of hurdles, including
access to land, finance, and other
productive resources necessary to start a
viable agriculture-based livelihood. This
consequently leads to youth taking up
agriculture as the last remedy amongst other
business and employment opportunities.
Moderator: Mr. Georgie Ndirangu
Special Guest Remarks
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA and
Host of the AGRF Secretariat
In Conversation with African Youth
H.E. President, Senegal
Mr. Strive Masiyiwa, Founder and
Executive Chairman, Econet
Ms. Reeta Roy, President and CEO,
Mastercard Foundation
Ms. Barbara Stinton, President, The
World Food Prize Foundation and World
Food Prize Winner
Youth Panel: Nothing About Us, Without Us
Youth speakers
Closing remarks:
Rt. Hon. Édouard Ngirente, Prime
Minister of Rwanda
14:30 - 16:30
Venue: MH2a
Women in Agriculture TP
VALUE4HER
In agriculture and food systems, when women
are enabled to access resources, they are
well able to not only increase agricultural
productivity but also increased income that
contributes to better adaptation to climate
change through technologies that contribute
to sustainable farming and conservation.
This session will unpack opportunities for
directing investments to women led ag
businesses. Using an evidence-based
approach, the session will create a platform
for establishing scalable mechanisms that
build resilience in agriculture and food
systems while demonstrating the impact of
access to resources for this group. As women
are very often on the frontline of
livelihoods and adapting to the effects of
climate change, they are powerful agents of
change and promoters of adaptation and
mitigation action. Their knowledge and
experience make for a compelling business
case to achieve lasting changes leading to
positive development outcomes and tangible
impact.
Moderator: Ms. Aggie Konde, Vice President,
AGRA
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Ms. Sabdiyo Dido, SME and Gender
Expert
Keynote Remarks:
Hon. Prof. Jeannette Bayisenge, Minister
of Gender and Family Promotion, Rwanda
Hon. Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of
International Development, Global
Affairs Canada
Panel Discussion - Women-Led Businesses
Moderator: Ms. Redi Tlhabi, Anchor, UN Global
Journalists Corps
Ms. Sakina Usengimana, CEO and Founder
Rwanda AFRI foods Fresh food export
Ms. Adanne Uche, CEO, Ady’s Food Mart
Ms. Sipamandla Manqele, Founder, Local
Village Foods
Ms. Towera Jalakasi, Founder Malawi
Naturals Limited
Presenting New Evidence on Women and Climate
Adaptation & Nutrition
Dr. Suzan Kaaria, Director, AWARD
Dr. Nicoline de Haan, Platform Director,
CGIAR GENDER Platform
Mr. Tony Simons, Executive Director,
CIFOR-ICRAF
Panel Discussion - Supporting SME Growth
Moderator: Ms. Redi Tlhabi, Anchor, UN Global
Journalists Corps
Ms. Beauty Manake, Assistant Minister of
Trade and Industry, Botswana
Dr. Dominic Charron, Vice President,
Programs and Partnerships, IDRC
Ms. Christine Campeau, Global Advocacy
Director, Food Systems, CARE
Ms. Vicki Wilde, Senior Program Officer,
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mr. Mehrdad Ehsani, Vice President for
the Food Initiative in Africa, The
Rockefeller Foundation
Ms. Victoria Sabula, CEO, Africa
Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)
14:30 - 16:30
Venue: AD12
Food Innovation Hubs
Food Innovation Hubs: Alternative Proteins, Green
Growth
Alongside unprecedented growth in plant-based
diets and vegan outlooks in light of climate
change and concerns for animal welfare in
the mass production of meat, alternative
proteins in the form of meat-like products
have grown in popularity alongside legumes.
While legumes already form a large
proportion of protein-sources for diets in
the Global South and also increasingly in
the North, meat-like products are still yet
to dominate market share. In taste, texture
and price, alternative proteins are,
however, quickly matching their conventional
counterparts.
In many places they have gone mainstream, and
are expected to comprise more than 10% of
the overall protein market by 2035. Building
on both scientific and indigenous knowledge,
this session outlines the investments,
policies, technologies and innovations
required to drive the next phase of growth
in sustainable, affordable alternatives to
traditional, input-heavy food sources. In an
era of climate change, and expanding issues
of food security, the commercial, ecological
and developmental dividends are clear.
Moderator
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Mr. Sean de Cleene, Member of the
Executive Committee, Head of the Future
of Food, World Economic Forum
Keynote Remarks:
Hon. Mariam Almheiri, Minister of
Climate Change and Environment, United
Arab Emirates and Co-Lead, Food
Innovation Hubs
Panel Discussion:
Mr. Eugene Kandel, CEO, Start Up Nation
Central
Mr. Kees Aarts, Founder and CEO,
Protix
Ms. Kefilwe Moalosi, Acting Head of
Nutrition at AUDA-NEPAD
Rockefeller Representative
Closing Remarks and Special Announcement
Hon. Gerardine Mukeshimana, Minister of
Agriculture & Animal Resources
Mayor City of Kigali
14:30 - 16:30
AGRA Strategy Launch
This session will highlight AGRA’s results
and journey since 2006 as well as the new
strategy for 2023-2027. This platform
provides an opportunity to reengage existing
participants and potential partners to
showcase AGRA’s continuous effort in
leveraging its learnings to deliver
stronger, more resilient food systems on the
continent.
14:30 - 16:30
Venue:
Government Nigeria Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Nigeria
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
14:30 - 16:30
Venue:
Government Uganda Delegation
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Invest in Uganda
Presentation of Strategic investment
opportunities targeted at private sector
investors looking to set up operations or
trade with the country, Development Finance
Institutions supporting implementation of
public projects, financial providers
providing both debt and equity financing to
ag-businesses and institutional investors
financing large projects.
17:00 – 18:30
Venue: Auditorium
Secretariat
The Great Debate - Stopping Crises by Seizing
Opportunities
to Build Resilient Food Systems
Times of crisis are times of change. The past
few years have been characterised by war,
pandemics and extreme weather events. A
shattered status quo means that new visions
emerge, and as the dust settles the
opportunity arises to rebuild in a way that
learns from the past while looking to the
future. We are in such a moment; this
session debates how we react. Leading
individuals from trade, development, health,
finance and international civil society will
discuss how to safeguard local, regional,
national and international food systems,
highlighting the opportunities that must be
grasped and changes that must be made to
build resilience for a more dynamic, more
uncertain world in the midst of geopolitical
and economic tumult.
Moderator: Mr. Jeff Koinange, Anchor
Setting the Scene:
Mr. Joe Studwell, Author, Journalist
High-level Panelists
Hon. Ministers of Agriculture
H.E. Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki, Former
Prime Minister, Niger
Mr. Wamkele Mene, Secretary General,
AfCFTA - African Continental Free Trade
Area
Mr. Khalid Bomba, Managing Director,
Agrifood Transformation Agency Support
Center (TASC)
Ms. Cristina Duarte, UN
Secretary-General's Special
Representative for Africa
Mr. James Mwangi, CEO, Equity Bank
Mr. Acha Leke, Senior Partner, McKinsey
& Co
Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director
General, World Trade Organization
Mr. Paul Polman, CEO, Imagine
Dr. John N. Nkengasong, Director, Africa
Centres for Disease Control and
Prevention
Ms. Samantha Power, Administrator,
USAID
Ms. Inger Andersen, Executive Director,
United National Environmental Programme
(UNEP)
Dr. Sandy Thomas, Director, Global Panel
on Agriculture and Food Systems for
Nutrition
Moderator Closing Remarks
Download Side Events Program
Markets and Livelihoods
09:00-10:30
Venue: MH3
Blue Food Coalition
Blue & Aquatic Foods
Moderator: Mr. Jim Leape, William & Eva Price
Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Stanford
Center for Ocean Solutions
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
H.E. Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for
Oceans
Keynote Remarks:
Dr. Shakuntala Thilstead, World Food
Prize Laureate and Research Program
Leader for Value Chains and Nutrition,
World Fish Center
Panel Discussion:
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Livestock
and Fisheries, Mali
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Animal
Industry and Fisheries, Uganda
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Bahamas
Dr. Bernice Mclean, Head, Blue Economy
Programme, AUDA- NEPAD
Ms. Anastasie Obama, CEO, Defuscam
Mr. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti,
Secretary-General, Organisation of
African, Caribbean and Pacific States
(OACPS)
Ms. Editrudith Lukanga, Convener,
Tanzania Women Fish Workers Association
(TAWFA), Co-president, World Forum of
Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers (WFF)
and General Secretary, African Network
of Women Fish Processors and Traders
(AWFISHNET), Tanzania
Ms. Sara Mbago-Bhunu, Director East and
Southern Africa Division, IFAD and
Commissioner, Commission on Sustainable
Agriculture Intensification (COSAI)
Mr. Samuel Ondiek, Chairman, Kakamega
Fish Cooperative, Kenya
Ms. Beth Wagude, Program Manager
Aquaculture, IDH
09:00-10:30
Venue: AD12
Sustainable Livestock Coalition and ILRI /GASL
The cow in the room – the role milk, meat, and
eggs play in sustainable food systems
transformation
The 2021 UNFSS highlighted multiple
perspectives on the livestock sector. On the
one hand, governments and development
professionals stressed the numerous benefits
that different livestock systems provide to
the transformation of food systems in many
countries. On the other, many focused on the
harms of livestock systems to the
environment and the health of humans.
Livestock-derived foods are essential
building blocks of balanced diets, yet they
have a delicate interface with human health
and the environment.
African countries' challenge is to foster a
positive transition that contributes to food
and nutrition security and livelihoods
without damaging the environment or human
health. This session will look at specific
cases of livestock contributions to food
systems transformation and draw out lessons
learned in transforming the sector.
Moderator: Ms. Shirley Tarawali, Chair,
Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock
(GASL)
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Ms. Adesuwa Ifedi, Vice President,
Africa Heifer International
Keynote Remarks:
Dr. Jimmy Smith, Director General,
ILRI
Four ‘rapid-fire’ case presentations with a
focus on different aspects of food systems
transformation: environment/climate,
gender/youth, region, and value chain
diversity
Panel Discussion:
Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Chad
Ms. Emma Naluyima, Smallholder Farmer,
Uganda
Mr. Ishmael Sunga, CEO, Southern African
Confederation of Agricultural Unions
(SACAU)
Mr. Khalid Bomba, Managing Director,
Agrifood Transformation Agency Support
Center (TASC)
Mr. Faustin Mbundu Kananura, Executive
Chairman, MFK Group Rwanda
Mr. Ekko Oosterhuis, Managing Director,
Silverlands Tanzania ltd.
Mr. Gbola Adesogan, Director, Food
Systems Institute, Feed the Future
Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems
09:00-10:30
Venue: MH4
Generation Africa
Accelerating Youth Employment in Food Systems and
Agriculture
Over 10 million young Africans join the labor
force each year, yet the continent creates
only 3.7 million jobs annually. By 2035,
more young people will be entering Africa’s
workforce each year than in the rest of the
globe combined. There is an opportunity to
reduce the unemployment rate by encouraging
the youth to join the food systems as
agripreneurs. Generation Africa has designed
a youth in Ag Ecosystem development
framework through Generation Africa. The
tool will ensure that Governments are able
to coordinate collaborative actions from
different actors to focus on creating an
enabling environment that will ensure the
youth are accounted for in the development
and inclusion.
Moderator: Mr. Simon Winter, Executive
Director, Syngenta Foundation
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Mr. Dickson Naftali, Head, Generation
Africa
Keynote remarks – Rwanda’s Prespective:
Hon. Rosemary Mbabazi, Minister of Youth
and Culture, Rwanda
Presentation of Youth Employment Development
Framework
Mr. Henry Lagat, Associate Partnership
Officer, Generation Africa
Panel Discussion:
Hon. Moussa Baldé, Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Equipment, Senegal
Dr. Donal Brown, Associate Vice
President, Programme Management, IFAD
Ms. Maureen Muketha, Founder, Tule
Vyema
Ms. Uduak Odungide, CEO, Udyfoods
Mr. Daniel Hailu, Regional Director,
Eastern and Southern Africa, Mastercard
Foundation
Mr. Fred Swaniker, Founder and CEO,
African Leadership University
Mr. Pascal Murasira, Managing Director -
East Africa, Norrsken Foundation
Mr. Amadou Fall, IT specialist and
Technical lead on 1000 Digital Villages
initiative in Senegal, FAO
09:00-10:30
Venue: MH3
WBCSD Working Group (GAFF) WBCSD/GAIN/McKinsey
True Value of Food
In his Wealth of Nations, published 1776,
Adam Smith posed a famous paradox: why is
water, so necessary for life, worth so much
less than diamonds, which are not? Almost
250 years later, food markets remain some of
the most essential, extensive and complex on
earth. With insights from leading
policymakers, researchers, experts and
advocates, this session will unpack the
critical role of food in development,
highlighting new ways to think about food
and food markets, the impact of subsidies
and buying cartels, alongside strategies for
resilience, sustainability, access,
inclusion and organisation in food systems.
Moderator: Mr. Roy Steiner, Senior Vice
President, Rockefeller Foundation
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Keynote Remarks – The True Value of Food in
Africa
Mr. Peter Bakker, CEO, World Business
Council for Sustainable Development
Panel Discussion:
Minister of Environment, Gabon
Hon. Minister of Environment, Rwanda
Dr. Lawrence Haddad, CEO, GAIN
Prof. Sheryl Hendricks, Head of
Department and Professor in the
Department of Agricultural Economics,
Extension, and Rural Development,
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Mr. Mamadou Goita, Executive Director,
Institute for Research and Promotion of
Alternatives in Development, Mali
Mr. Tabi Joda, Expert in Local
Communities' Ecosystems Resilience
Mr. Ben Valk, Global Head Food and Agri
Partnerships, Rabobank
Ms. Helena Leurent, Director General,
Consumers International
Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, Assistant
Director-General and Regional Director
for Africa, International Labour
Organization (ILO)
Dr. Line Gordon, Director, Curt Bergfors
Professor in Sustainability Science,
Stockholm Resilience Centre
Ms. Belinda Bwiza, Rwanda Deputy Country
Director, One Acre Fund
Ms. Amandla Ooko-Ombaka, Economist and
Associate Partner, McKinsey
09:00-10:30
Venue: MH1
AfDB
Finance: Risk/return Dilemma
The overall objective of the session is to
discuss the risk – return trade off that
informs the decision to invest, the cost of
finance and sector allocation. This session
will also explore the ‘high risk’ label
attached to agricultural investments and its
gender and climate dimensions. We will also
explore the need to maximize the de-risking
instruments available in the market.
Moderator: Mr. Frank Braeken, Board Member,
AGRA
Welcome and Framing Remarks:
Panel discussion 1:
Minister of Agriculture
Ms. Hixonia Nyasulu, Board Member,
AGRA
Mr. Jules Ngankam, CEO, Africa Guarantee
Fund
Mr. Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, CEO, ARC
Mr. Yannick Glemarec, CEO, Green Climate
Fund
Ms. Rose Goslinga, CEO, PULA
Ms. Hope Murera, CEO, PTA Insurance
Panel Discussion 2:
Hon. Amadou Hott, Minister of Economy,
Finance and Planning, Senegal
Mr. Yosuke Kotsuji, Acting Manager of
Agribusiness and Forestry, IFC Africa
Samirah Ade-Adebiyi, Managing Director,
AFEX Investments (AFIL)
Mr. Jerry Parkes, CEO, Injaro
Investments
Ms. Tokunbah Ishmael, CEO Alitheia,
impact fund manager
Mr. Birama Sidibe, CEO, Interface
Mr. Joost Oorthuizen, CEO, Invest
International
Ms. Atsuko Toda, Acting Vice President
for Agriculture, Human and Social
Development, AfDB
Mr. Nick O’Donohoe, CEO, British
International Investment
Mr. Michael Jongeneel, CEO, FMO
Ms. Nneka Eze, Partner, Vested World
Annie Kneedler, Vice President, Social
Sustainability, Cargill
09:30 – 11:00
Venue:
AGRA/HEIFER
AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM
Harnessing and Scaling Digital Agriculture
The overall objective of the session is to
review the role of digital technology in
catalyzing, enabling, and supporting the
scaling up of agriculture and food security
solutions, including innovation, good
practices for transitions from trials and
pilot projects. The session will also
discuss how digital is transforming lives
and improve livelihoods in agriculture by
helping to secure savings, find affordable
insurance and tools to manage risk, increase
access to financial services, providing
employment and business opportunities.

Moderator: Nixon Gecheo, Senior Program
Officer – Digital Systems & Solutions for
Agriculture- AGRA

Speakers:
• DELUCQ, Marie-Christine, Airbus
• Sriram Bharatam, Founder & Chief Mentor
Kuza Biashara
• Anna-Marie Silvester, Microsoft
• Jehiel Oliver, CEO Hello Tractor
• Kwabena Frimpong, Regional Director –
Africa, IGNITIA
• Yusuf Oguntola, Chief Technology
Officer-AFEX
11:00 – 13:00
Venue: Auditorium
Secretariat
Closing Plenary: Stronger Together
Moderator: Ms. Fiona Mbabazi, Anchor

Welcome Remarks
• Ms. Jennifer Baarn, Managing Director,
AGRF

Framing Remarks:
• Dr. Ousmane Badiane, Founder and Executive
Chairperson, Akademiya 2063

Keynote remarks Mr. Wamkele Mene, Secretary
General, AfCFTA - African Continental Free
Trade Area

Panel Discussion – Reinforcing Global
Cooperation for Food Systems

• African Minister of Trade
• Representative of the Government of
Denmark
• Hon. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister
of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, India
• H.E. Amb. Hans Hoogeveen, Independent
Council Chairperson, Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Dr. Manuel Otero, Director General,
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
Agriculture (IICA)
• Mr. Yerlan Alimzhanuly Baidaulet, Director
General, Islamic Organization for Food
Security
• Mr. Willem Olthof, Deputy Head of Unit,
Rural Development, Food Security, and
Nutrition, European Commission
• Mr. Harry Hagan, The Foreign, Commonwealth
& Development Office (FCDO), United Kingdom
• Mr. Jai Shroff, CEO, UPL
• Ms. Anne Nuorgam, Chair, UN Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues
• H.E. Amb. Ertharin Cousin, Founder and
CEO, Food Systems for the Future and Former
Executive Director, WFP
• CEO Bank of Kigali

AGRF Highlights Video from the Week

Synthesis, Key Messages, and Outcomes of
AGRF Summit 2022
• Ms. Jennifer Baarn, Managing Director,
AGRF

Thematic Platform Highlights and call for
Action
• Mr. Adam Gerstenmier, Executive Director,
Food Action Alliance

Key Announcements and Award Ceremony
Celebrations
• Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA and
Host of the AGRF Secretariat

Closing remarks & AGRF Host country 2023
Announcement
• H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, Chair, AGRF
Partners Group and Former Prime Minister,
Ethiopia

Official Closing Remarks and Passing the
Baton to the AGRF Summit 2023 Host
• Rt. Hon. Édouard Ngirente, Prime Minister
of Rwanda

AGRF Family Photo {ENDS}
Speakers
Plenary Speakers
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the theme of this year’s AGRF summit?
The AGRF,
Africa’s
premier forum for driving the food and agriculture agenda in the continent, will
host
its 12th annual summit under the theme
Grow. Nourish. Reward. Bold Actions for Resilient Food Systems from September 5-9,
2022,
in Kigali, Rwanda.
Where will the summit take place?
Kigali convention center,
Kigali,
Rwanda
When will the summit take place?
From September 6-9, 2022,
with a
pre-summit day on Sep 5, 2022.
Who can join the summit and how do I register for the AGRF
2022?
The summit is open to all actors in the private and public sectors with an interest
in
African food systems. The summit registration
is open via
AGRF 2022 summit registration page
How do I register to participate in the summit?
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What are the registration fees?
There are 3 categories at
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Friday,
Sep 9, 2022, which is a half day. It provides access to the summit sessions,
refreshments, and lunch
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Upon registration, delegates
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venue
location, options to make accommodation
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Once you register and pay for the
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– please
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Single-entry visas are available online.
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protocols
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the
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regularly be updated in the lead up to the
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