Speakers
Meet the speakers
Robert Lisinge
Director of Technology, Innovation, Connectivity, and Infrastructure Development Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
Data & Infrastructure at a Pivotal Moment
Tetyana Zelenska
Director of Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Digital Green
Lab 2: Enumerator vs App – What Data Can You...
BEYOND THE OBVIOUS SPEAKER
Tawanda Hove
Senior Program Officer-Digital Agronomy, Gates Foundation
When Intelligence Reaches the Last Mile
Liam Brody
CEO, Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA)
DPI PANELLIST
Lars Kahnert
Advisor Digitalisation, GIZ / DIASCA
Bringing Agile Data & DPI Together — What For?
Dr. Benjamin Kwasi Addom
Adviser, Agriculture & Fisheries Trade Policy Commonwealth Connectivity Agenda
National Data Infrastructure
DPI PANELLIST
David Sengozi Kyeyune
TEI Regional Coordinator Africa
Bringing Agile Data & DPI Together — What For?
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Richard Caldwell
Richard Caldwell Senior Program Officer in Agricultural Development, Gates Foundation
Bringing Agile Data & DPI Together — What For?
Sumer Johal
Executive Director, AgStack Project - Foundation
LAB FACILITATOR
Dr Elena Serfilippi
Research Director, Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA)
Lab 2: Enumerator vs App – What Data Can You...
Hawi Atomsa Daba
Executive Director, Information Communication Technology, Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA)
DPI Group 4: From Policy to Practice: Building Ethiopia’s National...
Grzegorz Tajchman
IT Solutions Manager, ITC
DPI Group 2: Making Data Work: Integrating DPI for Deforestation-Free...
Dr. David Ameyaw
International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED), CEO & President
Lab 1: Reaching Farmers at Scale
Success Mhlanga
Director ICT - Applications Development and Management Ministry of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, Zimbabwe
Policy Reflections: From Evidence to Action in Digital Agriculture
PECHA KUCHA SPEAKER
Fayaz King
Digital Economy & Innovation Strategist (Former Assistant Secretary-General level) to the United Nations Secretary-General's envoy on technology)
The Business Case for Agile Data & DPI
The Architecture of Trust
Kirchuffs Atengble
Executive Director of PACKS Africa & University of Ghana Co-chair
Lab 4: Making Systems Talk
Ama Akuamoah
Director, Market Engagement Digital Innovations Group, Opportunity International
Why Good Systems Fail Good Farmers
Henok Alemayehu Kassahun
CEO, Vulcan ICT PLC & Developer of the ECTMS Platform
DPI Group 4: From Policy to Practice: Building Ethiopia’s National...
FOUNDATIONAL TOPIC SPEAKER
Dr. Ashrita Sarans
Director, Evaluation and Evidence Synthesis Programme Global Development Network (GDN)
Data Democracy
Learnmore Masanga
General Manager, AI Econet (Cassava Technologies)
From Compute to Capability: What It Really Takes to Power...
FOUNDATIONAL TOPIC SPEAKER
Krishan Bheenick
Lead Consultant, Knowledge Management, Networking & Capacity Building (KMNCB) Associates; KM Consultant to the Commonwealth Secretariat
National Data Infrastructure
Tafadzwa Bandama
Director General, Zimstat
Policy Reflections: From Evidence to Action in Digital Agriculture