Confirmed Speakers at this Conference
More speakers will be added here as and when they are confirmed.
Abdullah Bagersh
Managing Director of SA Bagersh
Adugna Debela Bote (PhD)
Director General Ethiopian Coffee & Tea Authority
Agapeters Kubasu
Fairtrade Africa
Amb. George William Kayonga
CEO National Agricultural Export Development Board
Amir Hamza
Chairman & CEO Amir Hamza (T) Limited
Andreas Nicolaides
Director, Great Lakes Coffee Company Ltd. & Coffeelac SARL
Carole Hemmings
TechnoServe - Head of Coffee Agronomy and Sustainability Training Programs
Chris Jordan
Founder Coffee Manufactory
Dr.Celestin Gatarayiha
Coffee Value Chain Division Manager, National Agricultural Export Board
Dr Joseph K. Kimemia
Chairman African Fine Coffee Association (AFCA)
Timothy T. Schilling
Founder & CEO World Coffee Research
Gilbert Gatali
CEO of Roots Imizi Ltd.
Ishak Lukenge
Managing Director of Kampala Domestic Store Ltd & Board Chairman, AFCA
Jaime R. Polit
Founder, Be Green Trading SA (BGT)
Janet Maundu
Operations/Technical Manager, Africert Limited
Jemal Ahmed
Managing director/co-owner Horizon Investment Group
João Alberto
Manager, P&A Trading & Consulting
José Dauster Sette
Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization (ICO)
Judith Ganes
Founder & President of J. Ganes Consulting, LLC
Liam Brody
President, Sustainable Harvest®
Mattia Guglielmi
Twin
Paul Stewart
Global Coffee Director at TechnoServe
Peter Kettler
Fairtrade International
Philip Schluter
Head, Specialty Division of Olam Coffee
Phyllis Johnson
Key Note Speaker
Primus Kimaryo
Acting Director General, Tanzania Coffee Board
Ria Stout
Chief Regional Officer for the Rainforest Alliance
Samuel N. Kamau
Executive Director, AFCA
Sandrine Urujeni
Deputy Chief Executive Officer/NAEB
Scott T. Ford
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Westrock Group, LLC
Stefaan Calmeyn
Programme Officer DRCongo/Coffee value chain analyst at Oxfam-Wereldwinkels