December 5th, 2016
Africa Development Promise
RISE: Unleashing the Economic Potential of Rural Women
Umubano Hotel
March 16, 2017
TENTATIVE AGENDA
09:30 – 10:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:05 – 10:15 am
Opening Remarks by Her Excellency, Geraldine Mukeshimana, Minister of
10:00 – 10:05 am
10:15 – 10:35 am
10:35– 11:30 am
Welcome Mr. Bjorn von Euler, Africa Development Promise, Board Chairman
Agriculture, Rwanda
Keynote Speaker, Ms. Aisha Karanja, Executive Director, Green Belt Movement,
Kenya
Panel Discussion: Cooperative Enterprises: A vehicle to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals
Moderator: Ms. Nina Miller, Regis University, Masters of Development Practice
Panelists: Ms. Sarah Bilson, Head of Partnerships, One Acre Fund; Mr. Apollo
Munanura, Director General, Rwanda Cooperative Agency; Mayor Emmanuel
Nsanzumuhire, Bugesera District; Mr. Dennis Karamuzi, RDCP II Chief of Party,
Land O’Lakes; and Dr. Daniel Wessner, Executive Director, Regis University
Questions and Answers
11:30 – 11:45 am
Break
11:45 – 12:45 pm
Panel Discussion: Adding Value to Agricultural Enterprises: Barriers and
Opportunities
Moderator: Sherina Munyana, Africa Development Promise
Panelists: Ms. Hadijah Nankanja, Executive Director, CWEN; Mr. Tom Adlam,
Associate Director- Rwanda, AgDevCo; Ms. Adriana van Ommering, Senior
Consultant, BMB Mott MacDonald; Mr. Jackson Munyaneza, Agriculture Finance
Manager, Urwego Opportunity Bank.
Questions and Answers
12:45 – 1:15 pm
Breakout Sessions
• Cooperative Development: Moving women driven agricultural cooperatives
to the next level
• Product Packaging and Marketing: Positioning products to be sold in retail
stores
• Inclusive Financing: Empowering rural women for enterprise development
1:15 – 2:15 pm
Lunch
2:15 – 2:30 pm
Reconvene in plenary
2:45 – 3:45 pm
Panel Discussion: Empowering agricultural cooperatives to respond to climate
2:30 – 2:45 pm
Breakout Sessions report back
change effects
Moderator: Barika Poole, Africa Development Promise
Panelists: Ms. Aisha Karanja; Dr. Laetitia Nyinawamwiza, College of Agriculture,
Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (CAVM); Claire Cummins, Principal
Consultant, ERM; Evariste Safari, Head of the Agriculture Department, Balton CP
–Rwanda
Questions and Answers
3:45 – 4:15 pm
Breakout Sessions
• Renewable Energy: How improving energy access can increase productivity
and competitiveness
• Educational Institutions: How educational institutions can strengthen
capacity building services for sustained agricultural development
• Climate Change: Engaging vulnerable communities in the planning and
decision making processes affecting their lives will be more successful than
pre-determining solutions
4:15 – 4:30 pm
Breakout Sessions report back
5:00 – 6:30 pm
Reception
4:30 – 4:35 pm
Wrap Up