REGIONAL MANAGING DIRECTOR Mandla Nkomo joined Solidaridad in 2017as the Regional Managing Director for Southern Africa. In his current role, Mandla takes care of country operations in South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Running programmes within horticulture, livestock production, soy andsugarcane out-grower Read More
Dr.Kate Strachan is a senior professional officer in the Climate Change, Energy and Resilience work stream at ICLEI Africa. Kate holds a PhD in coastal science and has a nearly a decade of experience in climate change and coastal management. Her experience Read More
SIMPLIFYING ENGINEERING THROUGH INNOVATION C3D Designs (Pty) Ltd, established in 2013, is a 100% Black owned South African based company with 75% youth ownership. They began by offering a reinforcement detailing and draughting services, but a need for higher accuracy led them Read More
Andrew holds a B Eng (Chemical) and M Com (Financial Economics) and worked in production and project roles up to 2006, when his focus shifted to strategy, business development and valuation. He has spent several years as technical advisor to government committees Read More
Head of EAME Business Sustainability, Syngenta Petra Laux is the Head of EAME Business Sustainability for Syngenta, one of the world’s largest agricultural technology companies with 28,000 employees across 90 countries. Syngenta is committed to doing its part to help improve global Read More
Prof Korsten is currently a co-Director of the DSI/NRF Centre of Excellence Food Security. She is also responsible for the food safety programme within the CoE and actively interact with other researchers in various institutes. She is a senior editor for Food Read More
Andrianos Giannou currently holds the position of Public Affairs Manager at EURACTIV, Europe’s leading policy media network. He has previously served as the Director of European Affairs of the New Europe media group and in various political positions, including as President of Read More
Antonie Delport is the current Head of South Africa & Strategic Partnerships (Africa and Middle East) for Syngenta. He holds an honours degree in Agronomy from the University of the Free State. He was appointed as the National Sales Manager for Zeneca Read More












