Can Africa guarantee its own inclusive agricultural research and development? What are the specifics of getting private sector to optimally contribute to this mission?

In this podcast we are joined by Ms Amandla Ooko-Ombaka, an Associate Partner at McKinsey, to discuss the role of private sector and how we can get private sector engagement right. 

To find out more about the work Amandla is doing, please visit: www.mckinsey.com

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Hosted by World Agroforestry (ICRAF), in Nairobi, Kenya, AWARD works toward inclusive, agriculture-driven prosperity for Africa by strengthening the production and dissemination of more gender-responsive agricultural research and innovation.

To find out more about AWARD, go to https://awardfellowships.org/

Today we are joined by Dr. Steven Were Omamo to discuss the agricultural development, inclusive development nexus, and the role of policies. 

Before returning to New Growth International at the end of 2021, Were spent most of the last four years as the Representative and Country Director for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Ethiopia. Before this, he was WFP’s Deputy Director of Policy and Programme and Representative to the African Union and UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa.

To find out more about the work Were is doing, visit: www.newgrowthint.com

Please subscribe to AgSpirations by AWARD to follow the conversations. You can find all episodes at https://awardfellowships.org/podcast

Hosted by World Agroforestry (ICRAF), in Nairobi, Kenya, AWARD works toward inclusive, agriculture-driven prosperity for Africa by strengthening the production and dissemination of more gender-responsive agricultural research and innovation.

To find out more about AWARD, go to https://awardfellowships.org/

This episode features a conversation with Dr Mandefro Nigussie to discuss how we can scale institutional policies to drive countrywide gender-responsive agriculture. Dr Mandefro Nigussie is an agricultural researcher and the State Minister for Agricultural Development at the Ministry of Agriculture in Ethiopia. Until 2020, he was the Director General at the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR). Dr Nigussie has a PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding with over two decades of experience in policy, research, and development across Africa.

Please subscribe to AgSpirations by AWARD to follow the conversations. You can find all episodes at https://awardfellowships.org/podcast

Hosted by World Agroforestry (ICRAF), in Nairobi, Kenya, AWARD works toward inclusive, agriculture-driven prosperity for Africa by strengthening the production and dissemination of more gender-responsive agricultural research and innovation.

To find out more about AWARD, go to https://awardfellowships.org/

This episode features a conversation with her excellency professor Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, a distinguished, award-winning biodiversity scientist and the sixth president of the Republic of Mauritius.

We delve into why inclusive leadership is crucial for Africa’s development and the convergence of scientific innovation and inclusive leadership as a development driver. 

Her Excellency, Professor Gurib-Fakim, talks of her eclectic journey to the pinnacle of leadership. She illuminates why inclusive leadership is not just right but smart and how Africa can move the needle on development by investing in its people.

Please subscribe to AgSpirations by AWARD to follow the conversations. You can find all episodes at https://awardfellowships.org/podcast

Hosted by World Agroforestry (ICRAF), in Nairobi, Kenya, AWARD works toward inclusive, agriculture-driven prosperity for Africa by strengthening the production and dissemination of more gender-responsive agricultural research and innovation.

To find out more about AWARD, go to https://awardfellowships.org/

In this episode we are talking to Judith Ann Francis, from Trinidad and Tobago, one of the leading global experts on agricultural innovation systems.

As we discuss inclusive agricultural innovation systems, we ask, are we making any progress? 

Please subscribe to AgSpirations by AWARD to follow the conversations. You can find all episodes at https://awardfellowships.org/podcast

Hosted by World Agroforestry (ICRAF), in Nairobi, Kenya, AWARD works toward inclusive, agriculture-driven prosperity for Africa by strengthening the production and dissemination of more gender-responsive agricultural research and innovation.

To find out more about AWARD, go to https://awardfellowships.org/

Welcome to AgSpirations by AWARD. A podcast that explores how we can accelerate inclusive, agricultural-driven development in Africa.

Brought to you by African Women in Agricultural Research and Development, AWARD, we feature immersive conversations with leading global experts. Hosted by Dorine Odongo.

Every month, we invite you to join us as we curate a series of conversations to shape the narrative and actions around advancing inclusive agricultural-driven development in Africa in policy and practice. We will be spotlighting the global and regional trends, while surfacing the fundamental importance of gender-responsive research and development.

AgSpirations by AWARD will amplify the voices of researchers developing home-grown solutions for inclusive, agricultural-driven development for Africa.

Our conversations will feature successful strategies that can be upscaled to advance equitable agricultural innovation systems across Africa. We will be highlighting the need for intentional investment in African scientists and research institutions, so that they can deliver agricultural innovations that better respond to the needs and priorities of a diversity of women and men across Africa’s agricultural value chains.

So join us to learn more as we deconstruct inclusive agricultural innovation systems and illuminate why they are crucial drivers of transforming livelihoods.

Please subscribe to AgSpirations by AWARD to follow the conversations. You can find all episodes at www.awardfellowships.org/podcast

Hosted by World Agroforestry (ICRAF), in Nairobi, Kenya, AWARD works toward inclusive, agriculture-driven prosperity for Africa by strengthening the production and dissemination of more gender-responsive agricultural research and innovation.

To find out more about AWARD, go to www.awardfellowship.org