Third cohort
CALA’s Third cohort for the Advanced Leadership programme began in 2023 and consists of 40 participants from 8 countries – Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Selected from over 1,700 applicants, the 40 individuals represent the continent’s most dynamic leaders in agriculture, with 60% of the leaders drawn from government agencies across the 8 countries, 23% from the private sector and 17% from civil society.
Ghana Cohort
Ghana Cohort
Prince Akoto-Adipah
CEO, Chamber of Fertilizers - Ghana
Ernest Bonah
Senior Regulatory Officer, Food and Drugs Authority
Adisatu Iddrisu
Head of Fertilizer Analytical Unit, Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Margaret Davids Opoku Agyeman
Agribusiness Expert, MOFA -Food Systems and Resilience Project
Peter Awin
CEO, Cowtribe Inc
Rwanda Cohort
Rwanda Cohort
Alexis Kabayiza
Chief Technical Advisor, Ministry of Trade and Industry
Ildephonse Niragire
Director of farm products and processes inspection unit, RICA
Joseph Ntezimana Museruka
National Agriculture Insurance Program Manager, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources
Musemakweli Prosper
Country Director, Muhondo Organic Farming Center
Elyse Mahoro
Agribusiness Advisor, SNV
Malawi Cohort
Malawi Cohort
Driana Guwa Lwanda
Chief Executive Officer, African Institute of Corporate Citizenship
Victoria Mwafulirwa
Founder and Managing Director, Homes Industries Ltd
Gladys Chigamba
Fisheries Research Officer, Department of Fisheries (Government of Malawi)
Enock Tambalamtuwa Mzembe
Chief Agriculture Officer, Ministry of Agriculture
Anderson Chizimba Chikomola
Deputy Programme Manager, Ministry of Agriculture- Mzuzu ADD
Tanzania Cohort
Tanzania Cohort
Mary Kigalu
Grower Social Liaison Specialist, Kilombero Sugar Company Limited
Moses Kabogo
Senior Country Program Manager, Lutheran World Relief
Samora John Chacha
Director of Planning, Policy and Research, The Ministry of Tourism and Heritage Zanzibar
Abel Mtembeji
Senior Agricultural Officer, Ministry of Agriculture
Kobusinge Aloys Nyabwisho
Head, Soil laboratory works
Kenya Cohort
Kenya Cohort
Naphtaly Waruhiu
CEO, Horticultural Producers and Marketing Association of Kenya/HPMAK
Aisha Langat
CEO, Sulma Whole Foods Ltd
Lucy Komen
Ag. Chief Executive Officer, Warehouse Receipt System Council
Florence Jelegat
Deputy Director, Agriculture and Food Authority
Rosemary Ndunge Mwanza
Assistant Director Livestock Production/Progamme officer, Value Chain Development Specialist, Ministry of Agriculture
Uganda Cohort
Uganda Cohort
Erongu Moses Edward
Senior Agricultural Inspector, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries
Mary Teddy Asio
Assistant Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries
Otim Benson
CEO, Princo Group (U) Limited
Lilliane Byarugaba
Sector Head of Agriculture Sector, Equity Bank
Caroline Wamono
Intervention Manager Agribusiness, aBi DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
Ethiopia Cohort
Ethiopia Cohort
Marshal Negussie
Manager, Ethio-Root Agro and Industrial Share company
Freyhiwot Nadew Belachew
Country Director, Precision Development
Reta Wegary Gissa
Director for agriculture policy and food systems, Ethiopian Agriculture Transformation Agency
Yenenesh Egu Bezabih
Lead Executive Officer, Agriculture and Horticulture Extension, Ministry of Agriculture
Alemnesh Hadgu Berhe
Senior Expert and case team leader, Ministry of Agriculture
Nigeria Cohort
Nigeria Cohort
Olatundun Kalejaiye
Nutrition & Post-Harvest Manager, HarvestPlus
Tajudeen Yahaya
Chief Executive Officer, Extension Africa
Adebayo Adeniyi
Agric Officer, Ekiti State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security
Eunice Bamishaiye
Assistant Director, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute
Ekum Oba Ojogu
Chief Agricultural Officer, National Agricultural Seeds Council, Abuja
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