African governmental/ political representatives:
• H.E. Josefa Sacko, Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable
Environment, African Union Commission, Ethiopia
• Hon. Ir. Prosper Dodiko, Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock, Burundi
• Hon. Daniel Siméon Kelema, Minister of Agriculture, Mali
• Hon. Mzwanele Nyhontso (MP), Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development, South Africa
• Hon. John Steenhuisen, Minister of Agriculture, South Africa
• John Mulongoti, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Zambia
• Dr Hussein Mohamed Omar, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Tanzania
• Prof. Jacques Datte, Director for the Promotion of Agro-Industries, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development
and Food Production, Côte d’Ivoire
International speakers and experts of politics, private sector, academia etc. (in order of the program):
• Frank Nordmann, Chairman, German Agribusiness Alliance & Deputy Chairman, Afrika-Verein, Germany
• Hon. Cem Özdemir, Federal Minister, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) & Federal Ministry of
Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
• Prof. Christine Wieck, Director of the Chair of Agricultural and Food Policy and co-convenor of UKUDLA,
University of Hohenheim, Germany
• Mologadi Ngoetjana, Managing Director, AgriSeptember Farming, South Africa
• Mali Eber-Rose, Research and Policy Analyst, Shamba Centre for Food and Climate, UK
• Gunther Beger, Managing Director, Vienna, UNIDO
• Dr Olaf Deutschbein, ITPO Berlin, UNIDO
• Beatrice Egulu, Policy Officer, African Union Commission
• Prof. Dr Joachim von Braun, Professor Economics and Technical Change, Center for Development Research,
Bonn University, Germany
• Ibrahim Coulibaly, President, Pan African Farmers Organization, Mali
• Johannes Buschmeier, Managing Director, GOPA AFC GmbH, Germany
• Nancy Rapando, Food Leader Africa, WWF, Kenya
• Christoph von Spreti, Area Sales Director Africa, Minitube International AG, Germany
• Nyaradzo Mutande, Young Agripreneur, Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU), Zimbabwe
• Dr Ferdinand Schmitt, Managing Director, Caisley International GmbH, Germany
• Hamed Beheshti, CEO, Boreal Light, Germany
• Bernard Njathi, Founder & CEO, Imfuyo, Kenya
• Lena-Maria Russ, Managing Director, Maschinenring Foundation gGmbH, Germany
• Rosely Kasunda, Board Member and Agripreneur, Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM), Malawi
• Sergii Aksonov, CEO, AgSet GmbH, Germany
• Markus von Busse, Director Global Product Safety, Worlée, Germany
• Winston Odita, Project Manager, EU-Nigeria Agribusiness Platform, Nigeria
• Britta Muellender, Team Leader Capacity Building, Global G.A.P., Germany
• Mildred Nadah Pita, Head Public Affairs Science Sustainability Africa, Bayer AG, Kenya
• Max Sturm, CEO, Amatheon Agri Holding N.V., Germany
• Sabine Dall’Omo, CEO, Siemens (Pty) Ltd, South Africa, Chairperson, Afrika-Verein, Germany
• Giselle Llanes, Agribusiness Sector Expert, Africa Business Network, Angola