This event brings together 500+ delegates and over 30+ speakers from across Africa and globally, 30 countries and over 50+ investors and investing companies globally. ASENTI 2021 focused on several pillars; such as manufacturing, agri-business, green energy, health innovation, start-ups financing, Cybersecurity, fashion, film, media, technology, and much more to empower Africa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Extract of the programme:
Youth Agriculture session.
Mainstreaming; youth specific efforts to enforce the role of young people in African
agricultural transformation for sustainable food security. Africa is facing high levels of unemployment among the youth, a rapid trends of urbanization, and
unsustainable agricultural food systems. With the high population gradually there is a need for more
diverse agricultural produce. How do young people raise money to invest in agribusiness?
- Winnie Yegon, Food systems analyst FAO, Kenya - Opportunities for Youth in Africa (OYA) Programme
- Zindaba Hanzala - Founder- Mulimi Farmers, Zambia The Mulimi scheme deals in Agro funding, Agro insurance, Agro extension services, sales and marketing of agriculture products. These services are only available to members under the scheme.
- James Odede - Co-founder at LakeHub, Kenya (see picture)
- Solape Akinpelu, Co-founder/CEO HerVest, Nigeria
This fintech wants to bring financial inclusion to more African women. InAugust 2020, Solape teamed up with Yomi Ogunleye to found Lagos, Nigeria-based HerVest, a startup that describes itself as “an inclusive fintech company” serving underserved and excluded women in Africa through a gender lens.
- Moderated by Wafulla T. Nekesah - Business Development Manager, Crop Nutrition Laboratory services (Cropnuts) , Kenya / Co Moderator- Belly Jullians Communication Expert / Chat Moderator; Macdonald Tafadzwa Nyahoja-Skyline Group, Mauritius
5/11: 3:20 - 4:50 CET/CAT Securing the Future of the African Food Systems through the African Youth’
- Introduction Victor Mugo – Regional Coordinator (East Africa), Nourishing Africa
- Opening Remarks Ndidi Nwuneli - Managing Partner, Sahel Consulting, Co-Founder, AACE Foods & Founder of Nourishing Africa & LEAP Africa
- Keynote Address: Strengthening the Ecosystem for Youth Engagement in Agriculture Grace Vuhya Obeda - Principal Youth Employment Expert, African Development Bank (AfDB)
Africa’s One Trillion-Dollar
Industry: The Untapped
Opportunity for the African Youth
- Ayodeji Balogun, CEO, AFEX Nigeria
- Dominic Nyasulu – Country Coordinator, CSAYN Malawi & National Coordinator, National Youth Network on Climate Change (NYNCC) (youth network perspective)
- Ivor Price, Editor-in-chief and co-founder, Food For Mzansi (Media Perspective)
- Dr. Katrin Glatzel, Director, Policy Innovation at AKADEMIYA2063 (Policy perspective)
- Moderator: Victor Mugo
Fireside Chat
Coordinating Youth Action in
African Agriculture
- Rahmat Eyinfunjowo, Co-CEO,
Nourishing Africa
- Nono Sekhoto, AfricanLeadership for AgribusinessNetwork
Nono leads the Green Revolution sector network which supports alumni to access career opportunities in the agriculture sector across the African continent.
Nono’s work consists of relationship building with alumni and industry stakeholders and placing alumni into career opportunities. She spends most of her day communicating with alumni and stakeholders, recording all that occurs for reporting purposes. She collaborates with her teammates to ensure career placement targets are met. - Closing Remarks Ify Ummuna - Co-CEO, Nourishing Africa
6/11 Green and sustainable energy
Climate change pose a big threat to the world, and Africa as a whole can only be safe if
we encourage use of green and sustainable energy.
- Mc. Nobantu Modise Editor in Chief, Afrophilia, Ecophilia life
- Mario Aguilera Founder/CEO Tespack, Finland
- Onward Gibson CEO - Mushana Energy Africa
- Norman Moyo Nhidza, Group CEO, Distributed Power Africa (DPA Africa), South Africa
- Asara Bullen Panchol, Communication and Public Relations Specialist, South Sudan
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