Agriculture OUTLOOK

11-14 October. Africa Outlook.

The purpose of this conference was:

To acquire regional updates on the continent
To combine farmland and farming to maximise returns
To learn how to utilise your land to its full potential
To tap into the resources of Africa’s food security potential
To evaluate effective strategies to decrease the risk factors
To find out about new innovations in the biotech and bioenergy fields
To hear from top financial institutions on how to obtain finance for potential agricultural projects

Speakers

• Nixon Bugo, Program Officer, Innovative Finance, Policy and Partnership Programs, AGRA-Alliance
• Momodou Ceesay, Managing Director, GAMBIA HORTICULTURAL ENTERPRISES
• Niel Fitt, Coordinator Agricultural Hub, Ministry of Agriculture Botswana
• Trevor Grant, Managing Director, Omnia
• Mr Humphrey Harrison, Managing Director, World Heritage Investments
• Bello M. Iliyasu, Agriculture Officer, Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Industrial Development
• Anup Jagwani, Director: Agriculture in Africa, International Finance Corporation
• Ernst Janovsky, General Manager, ABSA Agribusiness
• Evans Kacelenga, General Manager, Pressethanol
• Jagger Kalyelye, Head of Agriculture, Stanbic Bank Zambia
• Joseph Mavu, General Manager: Vegetables and Fruit Division, Cairns Foods
• Jethro Mbau, Chairman, Afgri
• Willem Meyer, Investment Manager, PSG- Zeder Investments
• Zhann Meyer, Regional Head for Commodity Traders and Agriculture for Africa, Standard Chartered Bank
• Prof. Richard Mkandawire, Advisor: Agriculture Food and Security, NEPAD- Agriculture And Food Security
• James Mulwana, Director- Uganda, East African Development Bank
• John Mutorwa, Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture Namibia
• Hon. Gideon Ndambuki, Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture Kenya
• Andrew Ndishishi, Permanent Secretary of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture Namibia
• Nelson Njikho, Specialist, Agri-Investment and Advisory Services, First Merchant Bank, Malawi, First Merchant Bank
• Daniel Nyabuta, Agriculture, Barclays
• Abah Ofon, Soft Commodity Analyst, Standard Chartered Bank
• Patrick Oketa, Chief Investment Officer, African Agricultural Capital
• Leslie Omari, Chairman, East African Fine Coffees Association
• Susan Payne, Chief Executive Officer, Emergent Asset Management
• Mahendra Raghunath, SABC News Anchor and Producer, Chairperson
• Karim Sadek, Managing Director, Citadel Capital
• Meghan Sapp, Sectretary General, PANGEA- Partners for Euro-African Green Energy
• Lucas Simons, Director, New Foresight
• Jaques Taylor, Head: Agriculture, Standard Bank- Agribusiness
• John Wakiumu, Program Officer, Innovative Finance, Policy and Partnerships, AGRA-Alliance
• Jerome Yazbek, Group Chief Executive Officer, Farmsecure Technologies