Speakers

Special Remarks
Plenary Session Speakers
Moderators
Hon. Ophelia Mensah Hayford
Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ghana
MP, Mfantseman Constituency, Ghana
Hon. Lydia Seyram Alhassan
Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Ghana
MP, Ayawaso West Wuogon, Ghana
Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo
Vice - Chancellor
University of Ghana
Prof. Elvis Asare-Bediako
Vice - Chancellor
University of Energy and Natural Resources
Prof. Felix Ankomah Asante
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Development
University of Ghana
Prof. Kwaku Appiah-Adu
Special Advisor, Vice President’s Secretariat, Office of the President
Republic of Ghana
Dr. Evans Aggrey-Darkoh
Head of Civil Service
Ghana
Dr. Emmanuel Marfo
Chairman, Committee on Environment, Science and Technology
Parliament of Ghana
Prof. Peter Quartey
Director
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
Dr. Namanga Ngongi
Board Chair
International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED)
Dr. David Ameyaw
President & CEO
International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED)
Andrew Read
Office Director, Economic Growth
USAID Mission, Ghana
Assan Ng’ombe
Resilience Officer
AGRA
Dr. Thomas de Hoop
Managing Economist & Program Area Lead
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Hon. Tirumar Abate
State Minister, Monitoring and Evaluation Division
Ministry of Planning and Development of Ethiopia
Dr. Howard White
Director of Evaluation and Evidence Synthesis
Global Development Network
Dr. Joseph Asunka
Chief Executive Officer
Afrobarometer, Ghana
Ousseynou Ngom
Program Officer, Gender Equity and Governance
Hewlett Foundation
Zackry Guido
Assistant Research Professor
Arizona Institute for Resilience, and School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Arizona
Prof. Michael Carter
Director
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience, University of California Davis
Prof. Robert Osei
Associate Professor
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana
Dr. Mercy Kamau
Senior Research Fellow and Director Measurement Learning and Evaluation Unit
Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development
Dr. Robertson Khataza
Senior Lecturer in Resource Economics
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR)
Kyle Murphy
Director, Innovation Commission for Agriculture, Food Security, and Climate Change
Development Innovation Lab (DIL), University of Chicago
Prof. Felix Ankomah Asante
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Development
University of Ghana
Dr. Portia Adade Williams
Research Scientist
CSIR- Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI)
Dr. Samson Machuka
Former Director for Department of Monitoring and Evaluation
National Planning and Economic Development, Kenya
Prof. Peter Quartey
Director
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
Prof. Simon Bawakyillenuo
Head of Statistics and Survey Division
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana
Dr. Antwi-Boasiako Amoah
Director, Climate Vulnerability and Adaptation
Climate Change Department, Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana
Dr. Opare-Djan, Nana
Director – Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Ghana
Mohamad Said Nur
Director of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
Ministry of Planning and Development, Department of M&E, Somalia
Susan Nakitto
Principal Monitoring and Evaluation Officer in Ministry of Public Service
Government of Uganda
Prof. John Kuwornu
Professor
University of Energy and Natural Resources
Prof. Peter Njiforti
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Dr. Betty Annan
Country Director - Ghana
AGRA
Prof. Tilahun Amede
Director, Climate change, Sustainable Productivity and Resilience
AGRA
Chinwe Udo-Davis
Chief Executive Officer
Instollar, Nigeria
Gloria Agyare
Environmentalist and Agri-Food System Advocate
Ghana Youth Environmental Movement
Muindi Samwel Maingi
Project Lead
Greening Mua Environmental Initiative (GMEI CBO)
Archie Jarman
Associate Director
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture
Dr. George Tee Forpoh
CEO, Participatory Development Associates Inc Liberia.; Regional Coordinator (West Africa Region), Quality Education Consultancy Ltd. Uganda;
Former Deputy Minister – Regional Development, Research, and Extension, Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Liberia
Seyram Awushie Agbemenya
Program Coordinator/Team Lead
African Capacity Building Foundation
Sophie Javers
Global Engagement Manager
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience, University of California Davis
Dr Martin Prowse
Evaluation Specialist
Independent Evaluation Office of the Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Dr. Fatu Badiane
Senior Programme Officer
Science Innovation Translation and Entrepreneurship Grand Challenges Africa
Prof. Hugh Waddington
Assistant Professor
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
Prof. Simon Wagura Ndiritu
Director - Strathmore Agri-Food Innovation Center & Associate Professor
Strathmore University Business School
Promise Nduku
Co-Director and Evidence Synthesis Lead
Pan African Collective for Evidence (PACE)
Prof. Dean Karlan
Professor of Economics and Finance
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and Chief Economist, USAID
Dr. Dora Neina
Assistant Lecturer
University of Ghana
Prof. Anna Lartey
Professor of Nutrition, University of Ghana (Part-Time)
Former Director of Nutrition at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Board Member of ICED
Daryl E. Bosu
Deputy National Director
A Rocha Ghana
Dr Gordon Akon-Yamga
Lead, Promoting Wider Uptake of Water Reuse for Circular Economy Transition Project
CSIR- Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI)
Dr. Ing. Issahaku Ahmed
Sewerage Systems Ghana Limited (SSGL)
Dr. Justina Onumah
Head, Agriculture, Medicine and Environment Division
CSIR-Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI)
Assan Ng’ombe
Resilience Officer
AGRA
Dr. Forah Obebo
Social Economist & Researcher
Kenyatta University, Kenya
Ousseynou Ngom
Program Officer, Gender Equity and Governance
Hewlett Foundation
Prof. Michael Carter
Director
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience, University of California Davis
Dr. Ralph Armah
Research Fellow
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana
Dr. Samson Machuka
Former Director for Department of Monitoring and Evaluation
National Planning and Economic Development, Kenya
Sarah Ameso
Associate Director, Advancing Local Leadership, Innovation and Networks (ALL-IN)
International Centre for Evaluation and Development
Alaine Johnson
Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellow, ACDI/VOCA
FAO World Food Forum (WFF) Youth Representative
Prof. Hugh Waddington
Assistant Professor
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
Dr. Justina Onumah
Head, Agriculture, Medicine and Environment Division
CSIR-Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI)

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