OUR SPEAKERS
The African Forum on Green Economy brought together policymakers, researchers, citizen groups, NGOs, governments and businesses large and small to forge new connections, share stories of success and build a new community of practice for a resilient and prosperous Africa.

Alice Ruhweza
Africa Region Director,
World Wildlife Fund

Dr. Arsene Sanon
Acting Regional Coordinator for Protected Areas and Biodiversity, IUCN Burkina Faso

Evelyn Atuhaire
Economist, Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment

Sareme Gebre
Regional Coordinator for Business and Biodiversity, IUCN Burkina Faso

Ronald Kaggwa
National Planning Authority of Uganda

Professor Kevin Urama
Senior Director, African Development Institute, AfDB

Thomas O'Brien
Senior Advisor for Africa to the World Bank

Lewis Akenji
Executive Director,
SEED

Charles Karangwa
Regional Coordinator: Forests, Landscapes & Livelihood, IUCN Eastern & Southern Africa

Sebutsoe Nkoanyane
African Development Institute

Dr Arthur Bainomugisha
Executive Director,
Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment

Lucy Muchoki
CEO, Pan African Agribusiness and Agroindustry Consortium
Vanessa Ushie
African Development Bank

John Mudany
Director, African Institute for Development Policy (Kenya)

Lucy Waruingi
Executive Director, African Conservation Centre

Dr Najma Mohamed
Policy Director, Green Economy Coalition

Oshani Perera
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure
IISD

Mersie Ejigu
IUCN Commission on Economics, Environment and Social Policy

John Maughan
Green Growth Knowledge Platform

Shakespear Mudombi
Researcher, Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies South Africa

Ulrike Troeger
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research

Ntiokam Divine
Founder, Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network

Tom Sengalama
Climate & Resources Advisor,
UK Department for International Development - Uganda

Nadine Bowles-Newark
Deputy Head, Ecosystem Policy Support, UNEP-WCMC
Mark Eigenraam
Director, Institute for the Development of Environmental-Economic Accounting

Philippe Puydarrieux
Lead Natural Resource Economist, IUCN

Sareme Gebre
Regional Coordinator for Business & Biodiversity, IUCN

Peter Katanisa
National Program Coordinator for Global Programme of Sustainability in Rwanda; Coordinator of Africa NCA CoP

Luther Bois Anukur
Regional Director for IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa


Beria Namanya
Fresh Water Governance Manager, WWF Uganda
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Dr. William Oweke Ojwang
WWF Kenya

Dr Nontutuzelo Pearl Gola
South African
National Biodiversity Institute
