Mamadou Sangafowa-Coulibaly has held the post of Minister of Agriculture of Côte d'Ivoire since February 2010. His department was expanded to rural development in January 2016 and his exact title is since then, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Côte d’Ivoire. Before becoming a Minister, Mr. Sangafowa-Coulibaly was the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Minister of Agriculture from 2003…
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Jorge Esteve Recolons is General Director of ECOM Agroindustrial, Mexico, and a shareholder and member of the Executive Committee of ECOM Agroindustrial, a leading global agribusiness commodity merchant and sustainable supply chain management company with a presence in over 40 countries. ECOM has a focus on coffee, cocoa and cotton, as well as selected other agricultural products. ECOM is one of…
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Anne M. Finucane is vice chairman at Bank of America and a member of the company’s executive management team. She is responsible for the strategic positioning of Bank of America and leads the company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts. As part of this, she focuses on the company's outreach to shareholders on social and governance issues, implementing innovative ways to deploy…
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Ogundeyi is passionate about using technology to uplift Africa. A serial technology entrepreneur and Founder of Fashpa.com, an ecommerce platform for African Fashion. The platform connects global buyers to small and medium sized fashion brands and artisans across Africa. She is widely recognised as the pioneer of fashion online retail in Nigeria and is one of the Luminaries Shaping Africa’s…
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Brune Louise Sabine Poirson, politician, was born in Washington DC (US) on 1st September, 1982. Originally from Vaucluse, she studied at Sciences Po Aix, then at the London School of Economics (UK), and then at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (US). She began her career in England where she worked as a Project Manager for Nesta (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts…
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David Kamenetzky is Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer at ABInBev, a transnational beverage and brewing company with global headquarters in Belgium. Until September 2016, David served on the management team of Mars, Incorporated, one of the largest privately held companies and among the top food manufacturers, with responsibilities for corporate strategy, corporate affairs and enterprise…
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As the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, Dr. Kalibata works with the United Nations system and key partners to provide leadership, guidance and strategic direction towards the 2021 Food Systems Summit. She is responsible for outreach and cooperation with key leaders, including governments, to ensure the Summit serves as a catalytic process within the Decade of Action to improve food systems…
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Thierry Tanoh is Cote d’Ivoire’s Minister of Petroleum, Energy, and Renewable Energy since January 2017. He was formerly Deputy General Secretary in charge of Economic Affairs. Previously, served as Vice President of Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Western Europe at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). He oversaw IFC's European offices in developed countries. He…
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Rebecca Miano is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of KenGen as of October 2017. She is responsible for the operational running of the company and ensuring the execution of the corporate strategy for long-term competitiveness. Previously, from 2008 to 2017, she was the Company Secretary and Legal Affairs Director. She is a respectable lawyer with a career in law and corporate…
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Ugwem I. Eneyo is the co-founder and CEO of Solstice Energy Solutions , a start-up company specializing in IoT and software to connect and intelligently manage distributed energy resources in emerging markets. Eneyo’s Nigerian heritage created a strong passion for addressing the challenges and opportunities across the African continent. As a Masters and admitted Ph.D. student in Civil and…
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