The 4th edition of the 2020 African Diaspora Agrofood forum, due to the covid restrictions will now be an online event. The event will be on Friday 11th September 2020 from 10am to 4pm. The exhibition fair which holds on the second day of the forum has been cancelled. 

The theme for this 4th edition of the forum is Land, People and Markets; building a sustainable and inclusive agrofood sector

The 2020 African Diaspora agrofood forum has speakers with expertise in different sections of the agrofood sector and related fields including policy makers, agrofood entrepreneurs, investment experts and  researchers. The first panel will focus on The African Agrofood sector in a changing world. This panel will be moderated by Ms Yentyl Williams, expert in EU trade and investment in developing economies and Founder & Director ACP YPN. The panelists in this opening session are ;

Mr. Koen Es, Director Public Services Meise Botanic Garden Belgium

Dr. Escipion Oliveira Gomes, Assistant Secretary-General Department of Sustainable Economic Development and Trade, Organisation of ACP States 

Mr. Jedidiah R. Adogla, Deputy Head of Mission  Embassy of Ghana to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the EU

Mr. Jeremy Knops, Delegate General COLEACP

Ms. Giulia Castro, Migration and Rural Employment Specialist FAO

Mr. Viwanou Gnassounou, Entrepreneur, Expert Consultant Development Policies  and Former Assistant Secretary-General– Department of Sustainable economic development & Trade; Organisation of ACP States

The second panel highlights that the African Diaspora input in the development of Africa is more than just remittance . We have speakers from the African Diaspora with projects in the agrofood sector. The speakers are;

Mr Steve Ebhota, Managing Director  Esan farmers Cooperatives Nigeria

Mr Doli Nakwalekwenale, Co- Founder  Chakula Belgium

Ms. Thioro Diarra Toure, Co-Founder Reine Cabosse Senegal

 Ms Anto Cocagne, Founder ‘We Eat Africa’ France

The third panel focuses on the support and resources that can help African Diaspora entrepreneurs build successful businesses. The speakers are;

Ms.  Ayélé Sikavi Gabiam, Co-Founder & Director of Partnerships, LadyAgri Impact Investment

Ms. Grace Camara, Founder of RemitFund

Mr Stefan Moritz, Managing Director of European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME

Dr. Jan Van Seghbroeck, Attaché - Expert imports – Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain Belgium

The final panel provides insight into researches and innovations that are useful for African agrofood sector. The speakers are ;

Dr. Christy van Beek, Director AgroCares and SoilCares Foundation

Mr. Frank Annor, Postdoctoral Researcher Delft University of Technology   Netherlands, CEO of TAHMO and  lecturer Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

 Ms. Hannah Vandewiele, Aquaphonics Project Benin