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AgriTech in Africa: Why an AgriTech Innovation Competition?
AgriTech, the use of emerging technologies to help farmers become more efficient and profitable, pr
omises to help revitalize and potentially revolutionize agriculture all over the world.
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Strive Masiyiwa
Strive Masiyiwa is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Econet Group and one of the early pi
oneers of the mobile telecoms industry in Africa.
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Malado Kaba
Malado Kaba served as the first female Finance Minister of the Republic of Guinea between 2016 an
d 2018.
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Kellen Silver
Kellen Silver is an associate at the Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy.
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Weldon Turner
Weldon Turner was formerly the Director of International Equity Sales/Trading at Credit Suisse in
New York, and has been a senior product manager at RCS Solar, a leading supplier of solar power plants in Europe and Africa.
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Martine Polycarpe
Martine Polycarpe is a senior associate for strategic philanthropy at the Milken Institute. Her w
ork focuses on the environment and social equity, including advising foundations and corporations on implementing impactful giving strategies.
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Nino Kharaishvili, MD
Nino Kharaishvili, MD, is Jacobs’ global health director for health system governance, where she
focuses on health system resilience and preparedness.
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Interview with K.Y. Amoako on Africa’s Economic Recovery and Transformation
COVID-19 Africa Watch speaks to K.Y. Amoako, President of the African Center for Economic Transfor
mation, about the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across the continent.
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Small-Scale Farming in the Face of COVID-19 in South Africa: An Interview with Mbali Nwoko
COVID-19 Africa Watch talks to Mbali Nwoko, CEO of Green Terrace, about how COVID-19 is impacting
small-scale farming in South Africa.
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Interview with K.Y. Amoako on Africa’s Economic Recovery and Transformation
Key Takeaways
The following are a few of the main takeaways from COVID-19 Africa Watch’s conversati
on with K.Y. Amoako, Founder and President of the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET):, “Leaders need to build trust with the people, and there’s no better time than to build trust than when you have a crisis – that’s what leadership is about.”
, But beyond that, one thing now that we need to stress, is that you need to build trust. Leaders need to build trust with the people, and there’s no better time to build trust than when you have a crisis – that’s what leadership is about.
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Africa: Next Frontier for the Creative Economy
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