CALA Inaugural Cohort
CALA’s inaugural cohort for the Advanced Leadership programme began in late August 2021 and consists of nearly 80 participants from 8 countries – Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The cohort boasts a wide representation across the three sectors with 44% government, 31% private sector and 25% civil society. The participation of women leaders is also of note, accounting for nearly half of the cohort.
Ghana Cohort

Yakubu Abukari
District Director of Agriculture/Head of Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development//Tolon District Assembly/Department of Agriculture

Victoria Amoafi Antwi
CEO, Success For People Microfinance

Stephen Debre
Agribusiness and Value Chain Manager, Ghana Agriculture Sector Investment Programme (GASIP)

Seidu Mubarak
Chief Operating Officer, Antika Company Limited

Kwasi Ofori-Kwasi
Principal Industrial Promotion Officer, Ministry of Trade and Industry

Mark Kebo Akparibo
Executive Secretary, TELE-BERE – Forest and Farm Producer Organisation

Hajaratu Wumbei Issahaka
Sustainability Operations Manager, Barry Callebaut

Francis Dogbese
Municipal Director of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Kwahu West Municipal Assembly

Edna Baffoe Bonnie
Principal Economic Officer, Ministry of Finance

Anthony Morrison
Chief Executive Officer, Chamber of Agribusiness, Ghana
Rwanda Cohort

Peter Ntaganda
Advisor to the Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI)

Mutako Vedasto Alphonsine
Operations Manager, Rwanda Grain and Cereals Corporation ltd

Jean Bosco Gatanazi
Strategic Investment Analyst, National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB)

Jean De Dieu Umutoni
Business, Market and Finance development (Componed) Lead, CNFA-RWANDA

Francois Nsengiyumva
Managing Director, Kilimo General Business Ltd

Salomon Mbarushimana
Managing Director, Seed Potato Fund Joint Ventures (SPF-IKIGEGA)

Alice Mukamugema
Crop Product Supply Chain and Market Analyst, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources

Belinda Bwiza
Deputy Country Director. One Acre Fund
Malawi Cohort

Tayani Vincent Banda
Senior Development Planning Specialist ( Macro & Real Sector), National Planning Commission (NPC)

Sarah Tione
Principal Economist, Ministry of Agriculture

Readwell Musopole
Deputy Director of Planning, Ministry of Agriculture

Pamela Kuwali
National Director, Civil Society Agriculture Network

Ngabaghila Chatata
Managing Director, Thanthwe Enterprises

Jacob Nyirongo
Chief Executive Officer, Farmers Union of Malawi

Harriet Jenala Gausi
Chief Animal Health and Livestock Development Officer, Ministry of Agriculture

Gertrude Kambauwa
Director of Land Resources Conservation Department, Ministry of Agriculture - Department of Land Resources Conservation

Fannie Gondwe
Executive Director, Perisha Agro and Packaging Enterprise

Beatrice Makwenda
Head of Policy & Communication, National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM)
Tanzania Cohort

Raymond Nsiande
Senior Economist, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries

Joseph Kizito Mhagama
Executive Director, RUCODIA, The Parliament of Tanzania

Honest Mseri
Head of Operations, Agricultural Non State Actors Forum-ANSAF

Gaudensia Bakilile
General Manager, G2L Company Limited

Emmanuel Nyanda Enock
Director Of Sector Coordination Department, President'S Office of Regional Administration and Local Government

Ellykedo Ngonyani
Principal Economist, Ministry of Finance and Planning

Elizabeth Swai
Managing Director, AKM Glitters Company Limited

Editrudith Lukanga
Executive Director, Environmental Management and Economic Development Organization (EMEDO)
Kenya Cohort

Thule Lenneiye
Coordinator, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries & Cooperatives

Tei Mukunya
CEO, NatureLock

Peter Lugendo
President & COO, KICKSTART INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Jacqueline Odundo
Head Legal & Compliance, Warehouse Receipt System Council

Hellen Omondi
Head of Food and Nutrition security, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives

Annah Mukunya Mutinda
Deputy Commissioner for Cooperative Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives

Alex Nene
Senior Associate, Advocacy, East Africa, Rainforest Alliance
Uganda Cohort

Ronald Wabwire
Ag. Head of Portfolio, Agricultural Business Initiative (aBi) Development Limited

Rachel Ajambo
Country Team Leader, Kilimo Trust

Rachel Ciconco Mbabazi
Chairperson, Rice Association of Uganda

Paul Waluube
Managing Director, Pomised Land Educational & Agricultural Development

Narcis Tumushabe
Managing Director, Farm Inputs Care Centre (FICA) Limited

Moses Kasigwa
Assistant Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries

Martha Byanyima
Director/owner, Venture37

Lawrence Tusimomuhangi
Assistant Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries

Daisy Olyel Aciro
Assistant Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries

Charles Emongo
Programs Manager, Young Farmers and Entrepreneurs Network YOFENET
Ethiopia Cohort

Semira Mohammed Beyan
Managing Directress, Gate for Opportunity

Rahel Moges Beyene
Founder Managing Director, Ethiogreen Production and Industry PLC

Girma Bekele
Director General, Ministry of Agriculture

Fentahun Mengistu Tiruneh
Country Director, Sasakawa Africa Association

Efa Muleta
Advisory State Minister, Ministry of Agriculture

Esayas Lemma Hayi
Director, Ministry of Agriculture

Anteneh Girma
Senior Technical Expert, Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency

Amleset Haile Abreha
Researcher, IWMI

Abrhame Endrias Butta
Founder and Managing Director, Green Agro Solution PLC
Nigeria Cohort

Vincent Aduramigba-Modupe
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Nigeria

Folasade Victoria Ojebiyi
CEO, Alpha-Cedar Corporate Company Ltd

Temitope Adegoroye
Managing Partner, Sahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition Ltd

Sugra Mahmood
Deputy Director Irrigation Agriculture and Crop Development, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Olufunke Adebola
Chief Data Scientist, Hello Tractor

Grace Obi-Ukpabi
Head of Division: Agriculture, Water Resources and Gender Sector, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning

Grace Fosen
Country Project Manager, Mennonites Economic Development Associates - MEDA

Dolapo Enejoh
Program Manager, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)

Deji Adebusoye
Principal, Sahel Capital

Apeh Akwu Omede
Co-founder, AgriCatalyst Innovations
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