I am an Agribusiness Professional with a decade of experience in banking and finance, livelihood development, agri-enterprises development, and international agricultural research. I am currently studying innovative business models for agroforestry coffee. I have expertly facilitated agribusiness programmes, projects, and research across Sub-Saharan Africa in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Somalia, working with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRSAT), Centenary Bank, and Caritas Kampala. I am the 2019 recipient of the Young Graduate Scholars Fellowship awarded by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa, and the 2017 recipient of the TAGDev scholarship by the MasterCard Foundation and RUFORUM. I am a recipient of the RUFORUM Innovation Products to Markets (IPM-FAPA) award. In 2023, I was awarded Startup Researcher of the Year by the Africa Startup Ecosystem Builders Summit & Awards (ASEB). I am passionate about improving the livelihood of people in socially, economically, and environmentally fragile situations.
Consultant, Global Research Program on Enabling Systems Transformation at ICRISAT-Nairobi, CGIAR System Organization
2017–2017
Customer Service Consultant, Centenary Bank
2015–2017
Agricultural Loans Officer, Centenary Bank
2013–2015
Project Officer, Caritas, Kampala
Education
2019
Gulu University, Master of Science in Agri-enterprises Development
2013
Makerere University, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Publications
2022
Determinants of quality-based payments for livestock in conflict-prone areas of Kenya, Journal of Arid Environments
2021
Contextualizing private sector-led seed system development: The case of sorghum in Eastern Africa. , Outlook on Agriculture
2021
Effect of market information quality, sharing, and utilisation on the innovation behaviour of smallholder pig producers, Cogent Food & Agriculture
2020
Utilisation of labour among pig farmers in northern Uganda., African Crop Science Journal
2019
Determinants of innovation behaviour among pig farmers in Northern Uganda, African Journal of Rural Development
Grants and Contracts
2020
Effects of complementary agricultural measures on transition readiness of cash transfer beneficiaries in Somalia - Consolidating a Transition Readiness Framework