Speakers

State Secretary
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany

Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Chief Operating Officer, CIFOR-ICRAF Director General, CIFOR
CIFOR-ICRAF, CIFOR

Director General, World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Executive Director, CIFOR-ICRAF

Musician
International Artist and Humanitarian

Chief of Staff to CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF

Director of Vital Landscapes
World Resources Institute (WRI)

Reader
University of Ibadan, Nigeria

President
Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO)

Poet, Climate change project developer, Video creator

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
Akwaaba Feeds Ltd

Student
Ghana

President of the sustainability management committee of the tourist destination
Asociación de Autoridades Indígenas (ATICOYA), Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia

Tropical Forest Ecologist & Conservation Biologist
CIFOR-ICRAF

Kenya
Fellow
Young African Landscape Leadership Program

Co-Founder & Managing Director
AfricaCentric Entertainment (ACE)

Senior Advisor, Private Sector & Markets, Resilient Landscapes
Distinguished Senior Fellow, World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

GRASP Programme Manager and GRASP Coordinator
United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP)

Natural Resources Officer
GEF Impact Programs Drylands / Food Systems, FAO

Global Director
Agri-commodities and Executive Director, IDH UK

Event Coordinator, Administrative Assistant
GLFx Yaounde Chapter, Forest Resources and People (FOREP)

Co-founder & CEO
Wami Agro Ltd

Queen Mother of Bondede
Nkambe, Cameroon

Marine Biologist
Stellenbosch University

Post-Doctoral Fellow
CIFOR-ICRAF

CIFOR-ICRAF Malawi

CEO
Jinst Murun Co LTD

Director for Africa & Global Coordinator
CIFOR-ICRAF

Lead Environmental Specialist
Global Environment Facility

Restoration Steward
Moilo Grass Seed Bank

Communication Coordinator, SWM Programme
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Chairman, Social Entrepreneur, Soccer Coach and Youth Mentor
LEWMO

CEO
GrowForMe

Programme Officer
Agroecology, Route to Food Initiative, Nairobi, Kenya

Associate Professor
Rhodes University, South Africa

Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF

Senior Investment Manager (Sierra Leone)
Cordaid Investment Management

Independent, Graphic recorder

Senior Environmental Specialist
Global Environment Facility

Senior Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF

Research Associate & Country Program Manager
TMG Research

Photographer
Getty Images and National Geographic

Président du Conseil d’Administration/President of the board of directors
Coopération Togolaise des Organisations Paysannes/Togolese Cooperation of Farmers' Organizations (CTOP)

Co-founder
Impact Research Institute (IRI)

Chef Entrepreneur, author and systems thinker
Organic Life Limited

ESG Director
SAIL Ventures

Environment, climate change, natural Resource Management, and resilience expert
World Vision Kenya

Investment Manager
Wangara Green Ventures

Director
Greenpop

Chairwoman
Mongolian National Federation of Pasture User Groups of Herders

President
REFACOF

Chapter Coordinator
GLFx Yaounde

Founder & CEO
Mabele Agric

Présidente du conseil d’administration/President of the board of directors
Réseau National des Femmes Agricultrices du Togo/National Network of Women Farmers of Togo (RENAFAT)

Program Manager
ZOA Uganda, West Nile

Farm Projects Manager, Student
Ololo Farm, University of Nairobi

Senior Scientist
Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT

Local Landscape Restoration Expert, chairperson
Cheptais Community Forest Association (CFA)

Portfolio Manager
Wangara Green Ventures

Country Director, Ghana
World Cocoa Foundation

Director of Programmes
Tree Aid

Fellow
Young African Landscape Leadership Program

Président du conseil d’administration/President of the board of directors
Réseau des Jeunes Producteurs et Professionnels Agricoles du Togo/Network of Young Agricultural Producers and Professionals of Togo (REJEPPAT)

Technical Advisor
GIZ, Uganda

Ruler, farmer
Saah village in Nkambe Central

Chairman and founder, Vice-chair
Makera Cattle Company, Southern Africa Roundtable for Sustainable Beef and Resident Director for Shangani Holistic (Pvt) Ltd.

Member organization
Groots Kenya, ILC Africa

Executive Director
Hive Colab

Africa Regional Coordinator
ILC

Programme Officer
IUCN

Director and head
Natural Resource Department of the Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana (EPA)

Founder, Restoration Steward 2022
Light On A Hill, The GLF

Agroforestry officer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Music-maker and Illustrator

Coordinator
GLFx Nairobi

Principal Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF

District Coordinator, environmental ecology expert, district coordinator GEF 7
UN FAO, Malawi

Investment Services Manager
E4Impact

Research and Consultant
Forestoration International

Deputy Director
Forestry Division, FAO

Program Coordinator
Ghana Food Movement

Green Hydrogen & Youth Engagement Manager for Africa
UN Climate Change High-Level Champions

Serious Farming Accelerator
Tony’s Chocolonely

Senior Environmental consultant
World Bank

Scientist
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Policy and Legal Expert
Kenya

Painter and founder
Bonzo Art Gallery

Head of EIB Regional Representation for West Africa
European Investment Bank (EIB)

Senior lecturer
Centre for Applied Systems Analysis, Malawi

Research Associate
TMG Research

Agripreneur
Youth in Agribusiness

Gender and Youth portifolio
UNEP-Africa

Head of Financial Sector
Aceli Africa

Cocoa Agroforestry Head
Olam Cocoa

Professor of Environmental and Ecological Economics
Aberystwyth University, IPBES Europe and Central Asia assessment-Lead author and Values assessment-Chair

Climate Activist
Rise Up Movement

Business Developer
Boomitra

Research Associate, West and Central Africa Lead
World Resources Institute (WRI)

Coordinator
GLFx Ouagadougou

Directeur du Réseau/President of the network
SOA (Syndicat des organisations agricoles)/ SOA (Agricultural organizations’ Union), Madagascar