Valery Okwenda, HSC, is a Development, Results Measurement Specialist with over ten years of experience working across agriculture, private-sector development, and public-sector programmes in East Africa. Her work focuses on strengthening results frameworks, improving data systems, and supporting organisations to use evidence effectively in programme planning, delivery, and policy implementation. At IFAD’s Accelerating Agricultural Transformation...Read More

Dr. Leonard Oruko, the Director of the Agricultural Transformation Office in Sierra Leone, is a renowned research economist with extensive experience in agricultural development, policy advisory, and program design. Over the years, he has provided expert advice on strategy development, formative evaluations, and policy formulation for leading organizations in the agri-food sector. Notably, Dr. Oruko...Read More

G.K. Ndungu is a seasoned public policy and governance expert with 20 years of experience in the development sector. His expertise spans policy development, institutional strengthening, economic governance (with a focus on decentralization), legislative strengthening, political economy, and strategic management. G.K. specializes in understanding the complex interplay between political and economic processes that drive development....Read More

Sarah is a public policy advisor with over five years of experience in government advisory roles and human capital development. She began her career supporting the Tony Blair Institute’s work with Burkina Faso’s Presidential Delivery Unit as a Sectoral Analyst, focusing on health. She later served as an Advisor on Human Capital Development, where she...Read More