Expanding Private Sector Investment and Public-Private Partnerships in African Agriculture and Nutrition
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2:00-2:10 pm Welcome and opening remarks
Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, Director, Global Food Security Project, and Vice President for Strategic Planning, CSIS
2:10-3:00 pm Panel One: Agribusiness development in Africa in a time of global food price volatility
Moderator:
Ms. Johanna Nesseth Tuttle, Director, Global Food Security Project, and Vice President for Strategic Planning, CSIS
Panelists:
Mr. Cyril Achcar, Managing Director, Groupe AMI, Mali
Mr. Njack Kane, CEO, Novel Commodities
Ms. Fostina Mani, Vice Chair and Kenya Director, Eastern African Grains Council
3:00-4:15pm Panel Two: U.S. government partnerships with African private sector partners
Moderators:
Mr. Mima Nedelcovych, Board member, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa and Partner, Schaffer Global Group
Mr. Daniel Runde, Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS
Panelists:
Mr. Jason Bauer, Director, Private Sector Development, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Mr. Sean de Cleene, Vice President, Africa Programs, YARA International
Mr. Cris Muyunda, CEO, Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA)
4:15-5:15pm Panel Three: Market-based solutions to nutrition and links to agriculture
Moderator:
Ms. Susan Bornstein, Senior Director of Program Development, TechnoServe
Panelists:
Mr. Jorge Casimiro, Director, International Public Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company
Mr. Bruce Cogill, Chief of the Nutrition Division, USAID
Mr. Matthew Freeman, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Mr. Simon Winter, Senior Vice President, Development, TechnoServe