Speakers

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

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

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

Director General, CIFOR; Director of Science
CIFOR-ICRAF

Musician
International Artist and Humanitarian

Director for Africa & Global Coordinator
CIFOR-ICRAF

Serious Farming Accelerator
Tony’s Chocolonely

IPCC-Vice Chair and Special Advisor for Sustainable Development
IPCC and South Centre

Founder & CEO
Mabele Agric

Founder & CEO
Hatch Ideas Worldwide Ltd

Program Manager
ZOA Uganda, West Nile

Research Associate
TMG Research

Présidente/President
PNFDDSA (Plateforme Nationale Femme, Développement Durable et Sécurité Alimentaire) / PNFDDSA (National Platform for Women, Sustainable Development and Food Security), Madagascar

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Skin Gourmet Limited

Researcher
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Department of Environmental Politics, Green Value Initiative

Senior Environmental Specialist
Global Environment Facility

COO and co-founder
Mzansi Meat

Chapter member
GLFx Yaounde

Moi University, Kenya

Associate Professor
Rhodes University, South Africa

Global Communications Coordinator
CIFOR-ICRAF

Director of Vital Landscapes
World Resources Institute (WRI)

Chapter Coordinator
GLFx Yaounde

Senior lecturer
Centre for Applied Systems Analysis, Malawi

Fellow
Young African Landscape Leadership Program

Kenya
Fellow
Young African Landscape Leadership Program

SWM Programme Site Coordinator, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Country Director
Namati Sierra Leone

Scientist
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Photojournalist and documentary Photographer

Senior Environmental consultant
World Bank

Chief of Staff to CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF

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

Coordinator
GLFx Ouagadougou

Global Director
Agri-commodities and Executive Director, IDH UK

Director and Regional Representative
UNEP Africa Office

Poet, Climate change project developer, Video creator

Research and Consultant
Forestoration International

College of Conservation and Environmental Management, Rwanda

Tropical Forest Ecologist & Conservation Biologist
CIFOR-ICRAF

SNV Netherlands Development Organization

Portfolio Manager
Wangara Green Ventures

Co-Founder
Nueden Bio

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

PhD candidate in Environmental Economics and Management
University of Agriculture Makurdi Benue State, Nigeria

Farmer
Ghana

Advocate
Green Africa Youth Organization

Professional Officer
ICLEI Africa

Chef Entrepreneur, author and systems thinker
Organic Life Limited

Chapter facilitator
GLFx Nkambe, Cameroon

CEO
GrowForMe

Music-maker and Illustrator

Team Leader
Linkages for Economic Advancement for the Disadvantaged (LEAD)

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)

Lead Environmental Specialist
Global Environment Facility

Director
Greenpop

Student
Ghana

Youth Employment and Participation Officer
International Labour Organization (ILO)

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

Associate Professor
University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana

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.

ESG Director
SAIL Ventures

Technical Advisor
GIZ, Uganda

Co-Founder & Managing Director
AfricaCentric Entertainment (ACE)

Queen Mother of Bondede
Nkambe, Cameroon

Forestry Consultant
Madagascar

Photographer
Tshwane University of Technology

Senior Investment Manager (Sierra Leone)
Cordaid Investment Management

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

Cocoa Agroforestry Head
Olam Cocoa

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

President
Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO)

Founder
OKO Forests

Head of Global Programme Responsible Land Policy
GIZ

Farm Projects Manager, Student
Ololo Farm, University of Nairobi

Facilitator
National Multi Stakeholder Platform on land governance in Malawi (NES MALAWI)

Founder
Oceaneers

Co-founder, Regional Director for Africa
Kenya Environmental Action Network (KEAN), Youth4Nature

Research Associate & Country Program Manager
TMG Research

Climate Activist
Rise Up Movement

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

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

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

Marine Biologist
Stellenbosch University

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

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

Investment Manager
Wangara Green Ventures

Researcher at Right Livelihood College at the Center for Development Research
University of Bonn, Germany

Land Ambassador
UNCCD

Coordinator
Loss and Damage Youth Coalition

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

Project Manager Water Sanitation and Hygiene
Viva con Agua South Africa

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

Carbon Project Manager, Programme lead
Climate Neutral Group, AgriCarbon programme

Farmer
Ghana

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

Director of Programmes
Tree Aid

CEO
Jinst Murun Co LTD

Global Coordinator
GEF-7 Impact Program on Dryland Sustainable Landscapes, FAO