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AFRICA HARVEST BIOTECH FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL CAPABILITY

STATEMENT

By Florence Wambugu (Ph.D.)

OVERVIEW OF AFRICA HARVEST

AH Vision is an Africa free of hunger poverty and malnutrition. Africa Harvest Biotech

Foundation International (AHBFI) or Africa Harvest is incorporated in Kenya, South Africa,

Washington DC, USA and Toronto Canada. Nairobi office serves as the head office, mainly

focusing on projects and technology deployment, while Johannesburg office leads the

foundations communications efforts. The Washington DCs and Toronto offices serve as

networking offices. The USA office is focused on resourcing patented Intellectual Property (IP)

important for Africa and other relevant resource mobilization. The Toronto office is fairly new.

The organization is currently operating at an annual budget of US$ 4 million but has institution

dynamic capacity, expertise, experience, skills mix and a governance board to drive operations at

US$ 10 million annual budget in the next five years, as recommended by two recent Board of

Directors (BOD) commissioned reviews.

The proposed changes will see us move from our flagship biotechnology space to agricultural

development and environment. The institutional strategic plan is robust and is expected to deliver

the institutional growth agenda. This growth is supported by five pillars that have resulted in

Africa Harvest becoming a preferred partner in the African terrain. These are;

1. Planned growth strategy and institutional structure

2. Strong Governance by an independent competent international Board of Directors

3. A well coordinated Pan Africa Network sharing Experience

4. Team of highly qualified professional staff who are committed to deliver impact

5. Africa Harvest as a Team Player and ready to provide scientific leadership in Africa as in

the case of Africa Biofortified Sorghum (ABS) project consortium

(www.africaharvest.org)

PLANNED GROWTH STRATEGY & INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE

Due to dynamic leadership, the foundation has experience demand driven growth in staff, project

portfolio and scope. Africa Harvest now runs six programmes namely, Technical Programme,

Bio-safety programme, Communication and Public Acceptance programme, Capacity Building

Programme and Finance Administration and Business Development programme. The existing

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institutional structure and strategic plan have effectively delivered the vision and mission of

Africa Harvest in the last seven years. However in 2007, the Africa Harvest governing board of

directors (BOD) recognized the great potential for institution growth, requiring anchorage in the

proper organizational structure and strategic plan. The board commissioned two independent

reviews; one headed by Prof Wallace Tyner from Purdue University to look into the institutional

capacity and recommend a future growth plan. The second review was headed by Mr. Sam

Ndlovu of Eagle People and Organization Development (EPOD) from South Africa, who is an

expert in organization restructuring and was mandated to develop a new organizational structure

and a framework for a new strategic plan for the next five yearsBoth reviews made fundamental

recommendation on development of five year guided growth plan to unlock the potential of

Africa Harvest, moving from an annual budget if US$ 4 million to 10 million in the next five

years Also the review recommended the restructuring of the organization to accommodated

increase in project portfolio and the broadening of geographical scope. The new growth plan is in

the process of implementation and will be ready to accommodate new projects and project

partnerships. The final board approval is expected in May 2009 during the annual face to face

board meeting which will take place in Kenya. Africa Harvest proposes growth in the following

areas

a. Growth in project portfolio: A growth from the current portfolio of seven projects to a

minimum of 14 projects. This growth will be achieved through, the following;

i) Up scaling and out-scaling the current projects. The TC banana project is a good

example of such a project that will need to be up scaled and out scaled to new

regions. So far, using the whole value chain strategy the project is estimated to

have reached about 500,000 households in Kenya and there is every indication

that shows greater impact will be achieved when the project moves to the Eastern

Africa banana growing countries, such as Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and

Burundi. The improved tree project also falls under this category and will also

require up scaling and out scaling. Currently about 10 million Kenyans are

experiencing hunger due to severe drought but most of our TC-banana farmer are

not affected indicating that we have managed to establish sustainable rural

development .

ii) Projects that delivering improved crops/seeds to address the needs of the resource

poor. Africa Harvest see itself as a vehicle to deliver improved plant germplasm

or improved seeds to resource poor farmers using the whole value chain approach.

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The value chain approach enhances technology transfer and adoption for

increased household food security and income generating with sustainable rural

community development. This is our primary goal and is intended to increase

essential food and nutrition for the farmers and their families; and, to generate

surplus for the farmers’ immediate needs so that they can sell either locally or for

export to generate income. We intend to deliver already existing crops that can

bring about dramatic improvement in the livelihood and prospects of the poor.

Sorghum and Nerica Rice are good examples of such crops. Africa Harvest will

seek partnerships that will enhance the delivery of these crops to the most needy

in the continent.

iii) Development of new products that can have broad and long term impact targeting

the poor rural communities in Africa. Africa Harvest sees itself as a catalyst for

new high priority product development. A good example is the Africa Biofortified

Sorghum (ABS) project which targets long term strategic research and

development of a highly nutritious sorghum for arid and semi arid tropics of

Africa. The project targets 300 million people in rural poor situations where AH

part of a broad international consortium. The project seeks to biofortify sorghum

with vitamins and micro nutrients. Africa Harvest growth plan envisage a

situation where the foundation will be able to accommodate two other new

projects of similar size and magnitude depending on progressive growth over the

next five years.

b. Growth in Geographical Scope of Operation: Currently, Africa Harvest project

implementation and staff are based in Kenya and South Africa. Although this

arrangement has served the foundation well, the new growth plan will see Africa Harvest

establish some physical presences in three new countries, namely Burkina FASO, Egypt

and Nigeria. In all this countries the foundation will have personnel who will be involved

in coordinating project implementation who may be positioned in partner organizations

c. Growth in Organizational Financial Resources and Structure: The growth in project

portifoli and geographical scope will inevitably require commensurate growth in financial

resources and organizational structure. The new growth strategy takes cognizance of the

need to change the institutional structure in tandem with growth in other areas. The new

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plan reorganization the foundation into three thematic areas of scientific R&D

Operations, Finance and Administration and New Business Development. In the new

structure each of this area is headed by a Deputy Chief Executive who is answerable to

the Chief Executive Officer. The new structure positions Africa Harvest from the current

annual budget of US $4.0 million to a US $10 million per year. The restructuring and the

revision of the strategic plan is work in progress involving consultants, AH BOD and

senior management staff. It is evident that Africa Harvest is currently operating at 50% of

its projected capacity and has ample room for new additional projects.

In respect to compliance to meet the demands of the fast changing environment in the world of

non profit organizations, the foundation was reviewed by KPMG at the behest of the Gates

Foundation prior to making the ABS grant. The review was exhaustive and looked into details

of the organizational structure, financial management, programme design and implementation as

well as institutional capacity. The review observed that the foundation has made outstanding

achievement in all areas and complied with host country requirements. Reflecting its sense of

social responsibility, the reviews noted that Africa Harvest uses most of its funds for programme

activities to empower rural communities. Most of the Foundation’s projects are community

driven and managed, hence building local capacity. They also observed that Africa Harvest

complies with international accounting standards and local laws in all countries in which it

operates.

STRONG GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

The Foundation has a strong international board of directors, which includes prominent members

from the US, Europe, Canada and 4 African nations with a mix of professions, nationalities, and

experiences. This board takes responsibility for operational review, financial oversight, business

ethics and fiduciary matters. The board participates in the development and approval of the

foundations long-range strategic plans, policies, review annual program including projects, and

budget. The BOD membership includes individuals from the science, business and public policy

and community development. In order to maintain a sufficiently broad perspective in policy

making, Africa Harvest Board strives for diversity and balance in its composition. Over 50% of

the board members are drawn from developing countries-Kenya, Senegal, South Africa and

Nigeria while the balance from developed nations which include USA, Canada and Germany.

Gender is also an important aspect of diversity, and currently five out of the nine board members

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are female members to ensure balance in its composition. Board members from developing

countries bring an understanding of the cultural, sociopolitical, and institutional settings, and

needs to which AHBFI technology transfer and research are directed. Those from developed

countries bring knowledge of relevant advanced research institutions, technological innovations,

programs, and management policies that will advance the work of the Foundation. The current

BOD Chair Dr. Kanayo Nwanze is the Vice President of IFAD a UN institution based in Rome

Italy. He was previously the DG of WARDA a CGIAR center in Western Africa.

Board membership operates with a two three year term limit, to enable the board to renew its

membership and build a board responsive to the needs of the Organization. BOD meets three to

four times a year, one face to face meeting and three meetings telephonically. To ensure that

sufficient attention is given to critical board duties, the Board has three standing committees:

Executive Committee; Audit Committee Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Details of the board members are provided under APPENDIX I.

PAN AFRICA NETWORK AND EXPERIENCE

In the last seven years Africa Harvest has cultivated an international and pan-African network of

public and private partners and a network of stakeholders at national and grassroots levels

composed of organizations representing national agricultural research centres, universities, non-

governmental organizations (NGOs), international agricultural research centres of the CGIAR,

extension workers, Community Based Organizations (CBO) and farmers organization. Working

with these organization has enable Africa Harvest to acquire a pan-African experience which has

equiped the organization with indigenous knowledge, cultural understanding, and trusted

relationships with African leaders, farmers’ associations and international organizations. We are

currently working in Kenya, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Egypt. We are also

implementing project in close collaboration with partners in seven other countries within the

ASARECA region which include Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Congo DR., Ethiopia, Madagascar

and Rwanda. The foundation has built enormous social capital with national organizations and

downstream community based organization. Africa Harvest is now viewed as a sincere and

trustworthy ally in the fight against poverty and hunger in Africa.

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TEAM OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Africa Harvest’s team of professionals has unique expertise within the region in designing and

implementing projects that link the entire agricultural value chain to enterprise development and

rapid adoption of new technologies that deliver major socio-economic gains. The team is lead by

Dr Florence Wambugu, a scientist with outstanding international credentials. She has over 30

years of experience of working in Africa having worked for the Kenya Agricultural Research

Institute (KARI), in Monsanto Life Science Company in St. Louis USA, and International

Services for the Acquisition of Agri Biotech Applications (ISAAA), before founding the Africa

Harvest. She has a track record of successfully managing agri-biotech transfer, research activities

and resource mobilization. She has achieved substantial professional recognition in agricultural

research and development and has demonstrated exceptional, managerial competence, a capacity

for intellectual leadership and a high level of skill in working with colleagues, collaborator and

donors.

The team has a total of 37 full time professional staff excluding consultants & subordinate. Four

(4) hold PhDs; four (5) hold Masters Degree; 20 Bachelors, 5 diplomas, and three (3) hold

certificates. (see Appendix II). Their expertise can be categorized into five areas of

specialization which include Project Management, Product Development, Product Deployment;

Communication for Development, Regulatory and Biosafety-

Project Management: Africa Harvest serves as the lead organization in the $21 million Africa

Biofortified Sorghum Project funded by B&M Gates Foundation. We have been involved in all

aspect of the project including idea generation project proposal development project design,

planning, initiation, implementation, development, monitoring and evaluation. The foundation

has been involved in the coordination of activities of the 11 key partners in the project in order to

achieve the ultimate goal. We have also been involved in resource mobilization, financial

administration, human resources administration, documentation, reporting, and legal compliance.

Enormous progress has been made in with all the senior management staff having direct

involvement in providing leadership to different components of the project.

Product Development: Africa Harvest Technical Programme approach exemplifies the strength

of AHBFI in Research and Development as well as consortium building as it comprises a

systematic effort to focus Needs-driven initiatives on resolving some of the key problems that

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resource-poor smallholder farmers face in Africa’s rural areas. We have a scientific mandate and

role in development of new crops. Africa Harvest facilitates scientific consortiums of different

public and private sector institutions focusing on solving a major problem through R & D to

develop products that would impact the poor. Currently, under this programme Africa Harvest is

the leader of an 11 member scientific consortium working on Africa Biofortified Sorghum

(ABS) Project to boost the nutritional value of Sorghum. The project has the potential to impact

over 300 million people by reducing malnutrition in the semi-arid topics.

Product Deployment: It is documented that many excellent technologies exist but the

challenges of delivering them and making the technology work for the poor in developing world

remains enormous. Thus, a unique aspect of Africa Harvest skills mix is the ability to deliver

improved products to the desired clients. Africa Harvest has a proven track record of delivering

modern agricultural biotechnology including improved plant germplasm or rootstocks or

improved seeds to resource-poor farmers. These are delivered together with information and

management packages for sustainable agriculture development. The outcome of effort has

consistently been invariably dramatic with households previously confined to food insecurity

producing surplus for income generation. For instance, the Tissue Culture (TC) Banana Project is

expediting the development and delivery of improved TC banana plants into farmers’ fields. The

initiative has proved to be an effective technology in the fight against poverty and hunger. A

comprehensive strategy has been developed to deploy the nutritionally enhanced Africa

Biofortified Sorghum to the target communities in arid and semi arid tropic of Africa once a

product is ready.

Communication for Development: Africa Harvest augments its technical initiatives with a

Communications and Public Acceptance Programme designed to empower

people – from national officials to grassroots stakeholders – to make informed decisions about

the use of biotechnology tools and genetically modified (GM) crops. Our communications

strategy is based on the fact that knowledge sharing and awareness creation empowers rural

communities. Sharing facts and figures leads to open and informed discussion on biotechnology

processes, dispelling the myths and misconceptions that can surround such processes,

the public awareness strategy forms an integral part of the business of enabling new commodity

production technologies to make an optimal contribution to food security, poverty alleviation and

sustainable rural livelihood. The foundation has acquired useful skill in respect to the need for

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preparedness and issues management to respond promptly to issues related to public perception

of biotechnology derived products. Africa harvest has so far been able to navigate the ABS

project through the difficult African biosafety terrain with remarkable success.

Regulatory and Biosafety: A significant barrier to the introduction of improved biotechnology

derived crops and products in Africa is a lack of expertise in implement effective biosafety

management and regulatory policies. Africa Harvest’s has developed core competencies among

its senior staff that focuses on raising levels of technical skills, strengthening the ability of

policymakers to grasp the issues, that surround effective transfers and applications of new

technologies. Equipping Africa’s lawmakers with the knowledge and information they need to

formulate and pass enabling legislation is important to stimulate= agricultural productivity and

bolster food security. In the last one year, the Regulatory and Biosafety Programme has built the

capacity of over 100 African Scientists and regulators in Kenya, South Africa and Burkina

FASO

AFRICA HARVEST A TEAM PLAYER

Africa Harvest is current serving as the lead organization in three of the project it is

implementing namely the ABS project, Tissue culture banana project and the improved multi-

purpose tree project. However, there are other projects where Africa Harvest is a partner and

reports to other partners such as the Virus Indexing Project where Africa Harvest reports to the

University of Queensland and Technology (QUT) and the Croplife communications programme

where Africa Harvest reports to a team of African organization and in a different USAID project

where it reports to Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI). In all these partnership Africa

Harvest team is comfortable working at different positions meeting the needs and expectations of

our partners and contributing towards the cohesion and the development of the group social

capital.

Africa Harvest Local and International Recognition through Rewards and Awards to CEO

In the last six years, Africa Harvest contribution to rural community development has been

recognized through different awards given to the CEO as follows:

1. Woman of the year award 2001 by the American Biographical Institute (ABI)

2. Noble Prize of the United Cultural Convention 2002

3. International Biographical Center (IBC) Lifetime Achievement Award 2002

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4. Recipient of the Woman of the year Award by the EVE Magazine, in February 2004 in

Nairobi Kenya in recognition of contribution to science and its application to combat

hunger and poverty in Africa.

5. Awarded Planet Africa Award on Science and Technology in Toronto Canada in 2005

6. Recipient of an award given to Africa Harvest by the South African government

during the commemoration of 10 years of democratic rule for consistent support to

agricultural development in 2004.

7. Under the leadership of Dr. Wambugu, Africa Harvest (and consortium collaborating

institutions) has been awarded US$ 18.6 million from a global competitive grant from

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Health Challenge for Health and Nutrition.

8. August 2008, Yara Award, a Diploma and US$ 100 for outstanding contribution to

development of rural agriculture and entrepreneurship in Africa.

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APPENDIX I: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dr. Kanayo Felix Nwanze is the Board Chair and is also the

Vice President of the International Fund for Agricultural

Development (IFAD) a United Nations specialized agency

and an international financial institution. He previously

served as Director General of WARDA. Dr Kanayo F.

Nwanze is a well seasoned manager who provides strong

leadership and strategic thinking focusing on growth and

sustainability of the foundation

Joseph G. Kibe is the Board Vice Chair and Treasurer. He

manages several highly success enterprises and sits on the

boards of a number of organizations. He provides Africa

Harvest with strategic financial and governance oversight.

He is a former Kenyan Permanent Secretary and had served

in five different ministries over 12 years.

Andrew C. Fish is the Board Secretary and is also the Senior

Vice-President for Legal and Government Affairs and

General Counsel for Consumer Healthcare Products

Association (CHPA), USA. His role at Africa Harvest is to

provide strategic advice on governance issues.

Gisele d’Almeida is the Chair of the Nominating and

Corporate Governance Committee. She is currently serving

as the Executive Director of Interface, a wide network of

local private sectors in Senegal, West Africa. She provides

strategic advice on development and promotion of

entrepreneurial ventures among smallholder farmers in

Africa. She has also been involved in breaking ground in

French speaking countries of West Africa for the ABS Project.

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Dr. Mary G. Alton Mackey is the Chair of the Finance and

Audit Committee. She has vast experience in international

agriculture development in Africa and Asia and currently

runs her own health and nutrition consultancy and offers

advice to biotech-related organizations in Canada. Her role

on the Africa Harvest Board is to provide strategic advice on

audit matters and on programme formulation, design and

implementation.

Dr. Caroline A. Kovac, Board Member, is a former Senior

Manager at IBM, now holds the position of Managing

Director of Burill and Company, a venture capital firm

promoting the start-up and growth of life science-based

entrepreneurial ventures. She provides the Board with

strategic leadership in organizational development and

growth of entrepreneurial ventures, with a unique private

sector view.

Prudence Ndlovu, Board Member previously held a senior

position at Pricewaterhouse Coopers. She is currently

serving as the Chief Executive of Eagle People and

Organization Development (EPOD) Global, a private

enterprise involved in human resources development. She

advises the Board on human resource development and

institutional policy issues.

Professor Matin Qaim is the Full Professor and Chair of

International Agricultural Trade and Food Security at the

University of Hohnheim in Stuggart, Germany. He is a

specialist in agricultural economic issues, with a bias

towards poverty, food security, agricultural innovation,

farming systems and sustainable development in developing

countries. Provides strategic advice on project design with a

focus on impact.

David Farber is Africa Harvest’s Legal Counsel. Although

not a Member of the Board, he serves as the Board Secretary.

He is a Legal Counsel with Patton Boggs LLP and ensures

institutional compliance as well as handling all legal matters.

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APPENDIX II: AFRICA HARVEST STAFF

1. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Dr. Florence Muringi Wambugu, a renowned agricultural plant pathologist with

specialization in virology and genetic engineering, has a B.SC Botany, University

of Nairobi; M.SC in Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University; PhD in Plant

virology, Biotechnology, University of Bath, England; and a Post-Doctoral

Research Associate – Biotechnology, Plant Science Monsanto, St. Louis, USA.

Dr. Wambugu who has over 30 years experience in agricultural crop research is

the Founder, Director and the Chief Executive Officer of Africa Harvest Biotech

Foundation International (AHBFI) from 2002 to the present. AHBFI is a nonprofit

foundation with offices in Nairobi, Kenya, Johannesburg, South Africa, and

Washington, D.C. Previously, she founded, established and worked as Africa

Region Director, ISAAA – Afri-center, in Nairobi; she also worked as Plant

Biotechnology Research Scientist, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI),

Kenya.

Dr. Wambugu has made significant contributions in research, development and improved production in

maize, pyrethrum, banana, sweet potato and forestry in Kenya. She has published over 100 articles and

co-authored various papers. She is also the author and publisher of Modifying Africa: How Biotechnology

Can Benefit the Poor (www.modifyingafrica.com). Dr. Wambugu is a strong believer in the power of

biotechnology and has participated in many international forums in support of biotechnology in Africa to

increase food production. Under her leadership, the Biotech Tissue Culture Banana Project has positively

impacted thousands of small-scale farmers in Kenya and Eastern Africa.

Dr. Wambugu is the recipient of numerous local and international honors, awards, and grants. KARI’s

1989 Crop Science Award for outstanding scientist of the year; International Potato Center’s (CIP)

Regional Research Award/Grant, 1989; Noble Prize of the United Cultural Convention 2002; World Bank

Global Development Network Award in 2000 for succesful introdution of the tissue-culture banana in

Kenya; Woman of the Year 2001 by the American Biographical Institute; and Woman of the Year Award

by Eve Magazine. Under the leadership of Dr. Wambugu, Africa Harvest (and consortium collaborating

institutions) has been awarded US$ 18.6 million from a global competitive grant from Bill & Melinda

Gates Foundation, Global Health Challenge for Health and Nutrition. In August 2008, the Yara

Foundation awarded her the Yara Award for outstanding contribution to development of rural

agriculture and entrepreneurship in Africa

Dr. Wambugu has served as a board member for and in other capacities both local and international

institutions. Previously she served in several board of directors which include Private Sector Committee

of CGIAR, United Nations Millennium Development goals Hunger task force; Executive Committee

member of Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA); DuPont Company Biotech Advisory Panel,

USA; International Plant Genetics Research Institute (IPGRI now called Bioversity) and African

Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum (ABSF).

Currently, she is serving as a Council Member of the Japan Science and Technology in Society (STS)

Forum, a Steering Committee Member of the European Action on Global Life Sciences (EAGLES) and a

Science Board member of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenge in Global Health.

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2. DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Michael Njuguna is an international development professional with

Twenty (20) years of experience in agri-business development, financial

services, institutional and financial management, human resources

development, training, agricultural research and development, project

management, technology transfer and applications at a senior level. He is

currently serving both as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer and the

Director Finance and Business Development at Africa Harvest. His

career progression has been marked by rich and diverse leadership

experience, dedication, creativity and focus. He joined Africa Harvest

five years ago when the organization was at its formative stage. He has

been instrumental in the establishment of policies, procedures and management systems for the smooth

running of the institution.

As the head of finance at Africa Harvest he is responsible for planning, budgeting, budget controls, cash

flow forecasts, disbursements, investments, audit oversight and timely reporting. In the last five years,

the funding commitment to Africa Harvest has grown more than fivefold which reflects a vote of

confidence in both the foundations programme performance and financial management. He supports the

CEO in coordination of all the activities of the board of Directors, including planning for meetings and

implementation of resolutions. His involvement in project work has given him good understanding of all

phases of project cycle including initiation, development, monitoring, impact assessment and evaluation.

He has acquired enormous experience in the management of the sub-grants organizations, expertise in

organizational policies development, partnership agreements, management of research and proprietary

technologies. He has acquired skills of forming strong strategic partnerships with all those that contribute

to the well being of the marginalized people

Prior to his engagement with Africa Harvest he held the position of Programme Administrator at the

International Service for Acquisition of Agri Biotech Applications, in Nairobi (ISAAA AfriCenter) for six

years where he managed agricultural projects in sub-Saharan Africa. In year 2000 he was part of the team

head by Dr Wambugu that won the Global Development Network (GDN) for contribution to research

and development. He also worked as a Business Development Specialist for BEAM Training and

Consultancy for two years. Michael has worked as a high school teacher, a profession he esteems highly

where he acquired valuable training experience. He is currently finalizing his PhD in Entrepreneurship

development at Kenyatta University, in Kenya. He holds a Masters Degree in Entrepreneurship

Development from JKUAT, a Certified Diploma in Finance and Accounting from the UK’S Association of

Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and BSc from the University of Nairobi.

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3. DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL PROGRAMMES

Dr. James Micah Onsando joined Africa Harvest is the Director- Technical

Programme/Manager of the ABS project from Unilever where he was heading

the Agricultural Research Programme and the Unilever Global tea Sustainability

Project. James holds a PhD in Plant Pathology from Kenyatta University, Kenya

and an MSc in the same discipline from the University of Hawaii, USA. His BSc

was in Botany and Zoology from the University of Nairobi.

James started his Research career thirty years ago with the Ministry of

Agriculture, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute. He then joined the Tea

Research Foundation of Kenya as the first Kenyan Tea Industry Plant Pathologist

where he pioneered work in the area of Biological Control of the tea root rot

fungus (Amillaria mellea) using indigenous fungal antagonists. Using Coffee pulp to enhance the

proliferation of the antagonist (Trichoderma) was one of the achievements by James because of the cost-

effectiveness of the technology. While with the Tea Research Foundation, James won a USAID funding to

fine-tune the biological control technology for use by the small tea holders in Kenya, a project he steered

up to time he left to join Unilever.

James joined Unilever as the Head of Research and Development. For this business, James implemented

an Integrated Pest Management strategy and also developed various management packages against

Fusarium root rot of carnations.

James has published 28 scientific papers covering diseases of horticultural crops and tea and contributed

a chapter in a book “Diseases of vegetables and oil seed crops. Eds. A. N. Mukhopadhyay et al. Prentice Hall, New

Jersey, pp. 243-252.

Although James’ experience is mainly in Research, his 13 years stint with Unilever has enriched his

finance and people management skills immensely. He brings to Africa Harvest a skills mix that covers,

people and finance management, product innovation and development, project leadership and

management, strategic thinking and development of government networks to support technology

delivery.

James is very well networked within the Kenyan Agricultural and Environmental Public Sectors. This is

exemplified by his appointments to the boards of Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services and the

Kenya Forestry Research Institute, boards he has served with distinction. He currently serves as

Chairman of Research and Development committee of the KEFRI board.

Since he joined Africa Harvest, James has provided world class management and leadership to the ABS

project. This has led to major developments in the transformation efficiency of sorghum, delivery of all

the planned nutrition traits except vitamins A, a robust product development roadmap with a supportive

breeding strategy for Burkina Faso, Kenya and South Africa, a bio-safety entry plan into Burkina Faso,

Kenya and south Africa, a sound documentation track record culminating in the project mid-term report

and identification of African popular and adapted germplasm to carry the nutritional traits after the

backcrossing process.

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4. DIRECTOR, TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT PROGRAMME

Dr. Rose W Njeru obtained a PhD in Plant Sciences from Murdoch University in

Western Australia in 1996. She also holds an MSc. in Plant Pathology and BSc.

in Agriculture, both from the University of Nairobi. She has attended several

short courses with a focus on Agriculture, Science Technology and Innovation

systems.

Currently she heads the capacity building and technology deployment program

at Africa Harvest. Her areas of focus include tissue culture banana technology

for food security and income generation and planting trees for environmental

rehabilitation, source of fuel and other wood products. Implementation looks at

the whole value chain, analysis of skill gaps for various actors and addressing

the identified needs.

Dr. Njeru joins Africa Harvest from Rwanda where she was based at Institut de Sciences Agronomiques

du Rwanda (ISAR) and was the head of Crop Protection unit where she spearheaded research activities,

capacity building of researchers, information diffusion agents and farmers. She was also the a team leader

of Sub Saharan Africa challenge program under Forum for Agriculture Research in Africa (SSA-CP

FARA) at Lake Kivu pilot learning site. She conducted training courses for various teams in Rwanda,

Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo and in collaboration with Center for Tropical Agriculture

conducted training on Agriculture, Science Technology and Innovation System for Rwanda in 2008.

She also has experience as a senior lecturer in the department of Crop Protection at University of Nairobi.

Responsibilities at the University included teaching, mentoring young graduates, resource mobilization,

technology transfer and conducting research. Rose has published extensively with 34 publications in

international journals, 17 invited presentations in scientific meetings and produced 7 extension

materials/brochures in various languages.

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5. DIRECTOR, REGULATORY AFFAIRS

Dr. Silas Obukosia obtained a PhD in Molecular Genetics from Pennsylvania

State University USA in 1992; MSc. in Genetics and Plant Breeding, and BSc. in

Agriculture from the University of Nairobi. He has attended several short

courses in Biosafety and Intellectual Property Rights at Michigan State

University and in Kenya.

He currently works as Director of Regulatory Affairs Africa Harvest where he

oversees all biosafety and regulatory issues of the program from technology

development, product development and deployment. In his position at Africa

Harvest he has trained several regulators and scientists in biosafety and

regulatory covering: contained experimentation, confined field trials and

biosafety at commercialization stage of GMO products in Burkina Faso and in Kenya.

Lecturer-Senior Lecturer. From 1992 until 2000 he worked with the University of Nairobi as Lecturer and

later was promoted to Senior Lecturer in the Department of Crop Science. His research experience at the

University involved development of laboratory and commercial procedures for producing citrus

greening- free seedlings using tissue culture and molecular biology approaches, development of

genomics of Kenyan strains of Liberabacter africanum, pathogenic strains that cause the citrus greening

disease, development of indexing procedures for the same pathogen.

Biotechnology Advisor. From 2002 until May 2008 he worked with United States Agency for

International Development (USAID) as Biotechnology Advisor to its Kenya Biotechnology Program that

encompassed three programs: Developing and managing the implementation of Kenya’s National

Biosafety Regulatory Framework, a National Biotechnology Outreach Program and Biotechnology

research Program. During his tenure with USAID he developed a “Strategy to facilitate the Enactment of

Kenya Biosafety Bill” and facilitated the Development of regulations for facilitating the Biosafety Bill”.

Publications

Dr. Silas Obukosia has published several papers in both scientific refereed journals and proceeding and

published three training manuals in field of biotechnology.

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6. DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE

DANIEL GITHING’U KAMANGA

Daniel heads the Communication Program, which focuses on increasing media

coverage of agriculture in the African media in order to increase awareness about

agricultural opportunities, especially the benefits of biotechnology.

Under his watch, Africa Harvest has been featured on, among other media

outlets, the CNN, BBC, South African Broadcasting Corporation and the New

York Times. Daniel has helped Africa Harvest develop extensive media

networks in Africa, including with the over 40-country, 400-member, African

Economic Editors Forum (AEEF) to facilitate biotech public acceptance in the

continent.

In his journalistic career, Daniel has been Associate Business Editor of the Nation, Kenya’s leading daily

newspaper and sub-editor of the Standard, Kenya’s oldest newspaper. He has contributed to various

African media, including the Business Day and the Sunday Times of South Africa.

Before joining Africa Harvest, Daniel worked in the following companies: World Stream, subsidiary of

Econet Wireless International (Director, Business Development), Liberty Life Association of Africa

(Marketing & Media Relations Manager), New Economy Worknet, South Africa (Manager, Sales &

Advertising), PRIDE AFRICA, US NGO headquartered in Kenya (PR & Communications Manager),

Nation Marketing & Publishers, a subsidiary of the Nation Group in Kenya (Associate Business Editor)

and the East Africa Standard Newspaper Group in Kenya (Business Sub-editor).

Daniel holds BA in Economics & Sociology, Post-Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication and a

Masters in Business Administration; the first two are from the University of Nairobi, Kenya and the third

is from the Durham University Business School, UK. He has a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing and

is a member of the world’s largest marketing organization, the UK-based Chartered Institute of Marketers

(CIM). Daniel is also a member of the African Economic Editors Forum (AEEF).

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COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE DEPARTMENT

7. SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICER

Julia Kagunda holds an MA in Public Relations and BA in Communication and a minor in Community

Development. Currently she is pursuing an MA in Counseling Psychology so as to enhance her

understanding of people and to hone communication skills.

She has over ten years’ progressive experience in a variety of communication fields, from teaching both

undergraduate and postgraduate students, to applying the principles on the ground in a variety of

settings. Julia has worked as a lecturer at Daystar University; an institution leading communication

education in Africa. She has also served as a Communications Manager with a faith based NGO both

locally and internationally in Harare, Zimbabwe. Prior to that she worked for one of the local newspapers

where she published several articles. Julia, who has consulted widely in communication, has developed

and implemented communication strategies for: Worldbank/ Government of Kenya project; SIDA, Food

for the Hungry, KEPSA amongst others.

The last two years have plunged her in the frontline of development policy formulation in the field of

agriculture and in media relations and advocacy in Kenya. Working with Africa Harvest, she has

engaged with stakeholders in the field, lobbied members of parliament and other policy makers, and

developed strong contacts with virtually every media house in the country. Some of this effort

culminated in the passing of the Kenya Biosafety Bill 2008, launch of National Kenya BioAware strategy

under the Ministry of Agriculture, successful 1st Africa Biotech Congress, high visibility and adoption of

Africa Harvest TC Banana and Trees for Energy Project (the latter is under the Ministry of Energy). She is

a co-author of a book called, “Rape: A Critical Analysis” published in 2008 in Nairobi, Kenya.

8. SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Benson Kariuki is a Senior Communications Officer in Africa Harvest based in the Johannesburg Office.

His duties involve management of Africa Harvest communications databases, research and drafting of

articles, development of project reports, involvement in biotech public awareness initiatives, contributing

in cross-functional teams on special projects, and facilitating the hosting of conferences, workshops and

seminars. He is responsible for implementation of the CropLife project and Public Acceptance and

Communication strategy for the Africa Biofortified Sorghum project.

9. SENIOR COMMUNICATION OFFICER

Grace Chivaura is a senior communication officer at Africa Harvest South Africa. She brings a talent for

scientific analysis and research writing. She contributes to print production content and also oversees the

design and content generation for Africa Harvest websites and media issue sensing by regularly

monitoring internal and external information on the organization. Grace holds a Masters degree in

Biotechnology specializing in plant biotechnology from the University of Western Cape. She is interested

in professional growth and interested in taking the science out of the lab; Grace identified a gap in science

and communication and decided to expand her career in communication. Her area of specialization

(biotechnology) gives her a strong background in scientific writing and research.

10. ADMINISTRATION OFFICER

Yonela Benya has oversight on the administration for the communication’s office based in South Africa,

with mainly important responsibilities in supporting the implementation of the communication’s strategy

plans. This is assisting the communication’s team to be more effective on its activities and milestones.

Other major responsibilities are an oversight of all office matters, secretarial matters, and office

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compliance matters with relevant laws assisting the Communication’s Director.

As a result of this support Africa Harvest Communication’s Team is always delivering all expected from

them as a team in time. Before joining Africa Harvest, Yonela worked in the following companies: Durban Institute of Technology (Volunteer, Admin Assistant), Mr. Price Group (Assistant Manger), and Healthworx Medical Centre (Receptionist). She has a wealth of experience in Customer service, accounts and administration. Yonela has a National Diploma in Cost and Management Accounting and a Certificate in Professional Secretary.

TECHNICAL PROGRAMMES

11. SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER

Victoria Wanjiru Ndung’u has 8 years working experience as a field officer, team leader and senior

program officer in international non governmental organizations and private consultancy firms.

She has a Bachelors degree in Education, a diploma course in water management and crop production

from Galilee College in Israel and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts degree in Rural Sociology and

community Development from the University of Nairobi.

As a senior program officer in Africa Harvest, Ms. Ndungu has gained experience in project planning and

management having successfully coordinated the implementation of a TC banana project targeting 7

districts in the Eastern and central Kenya. The project exceeded the set targets. She has actively

participated in designing & implementing a curriculum for Farmer Field Schools through mobilization of

farmer-groups, TC technology adoption and managing micro-credit by small-scale farmers in East Africa.

12. PROGRAM OFFICER

Wangari Kiragu, a holder of a Bachelors degree in Horticulture from Egerton University and has been

working as a community development worker for the last eight years. She holds a post graduate degree

diploma in Marketing from Kenya Institute of Management.

Wangari is an expert in community engagement after working with farmers at the grass root level in the

implementation of TC Banana project in 8 districts in Kenya. She is also adept in identifying and

prioritizing community needs using participatory methods, marshalling small scale farming communities

to adopt innovative technologies in agriculture and helping build institutional and business capacity

within farmer organizations. She has also dealt extensively in the development of smallholder agri-

businesses as well as the establishment of smallholder associations

13. PROGRAM ASSISTANT

Jane Ndiritu is a Program assistant in the TC banana program. She has over five years experience in

community mobilization, sensitization, technology deployment in both rural and semi urban setup and

project report writing. Jane has also gained experience in conducting baseline surveys, data collection,

scientific data entry monitoring and evaluation. Prior to joining Africa Harvest, Jane had amassed seven

years experience and skills in front office management and customer care.

Jane holds a diploma in electrical engineering and hardware maintenance as well as various certificates:

Farming as a business (FAAB), A+ and N+ certifications.

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FIELD OFFICERS

14. TCBEL MANAGER

JULIUS METHUSELAH NYABICHA, currently the manager TCBEL; holds a BSC. degree in

Agribusiness Management and a Post Graduate Diploma in sales and marketing. Among other duties,

Julius handles the day to day management of the company in consultation with a Board of Directors

where he undertakes marketing management, demand forecasting and demand creation through

promotion and product development. Julius also offers leadership to a team of staff to achieve the

company goals and he oversees the general financial company management including budget

preparation and control. Before joining Africa Harvest in March 2007, Julius worked with the

Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) as a branch manager in charge of the Western Kenya Branch Julius

has also worked with a rural based NGO specializing on teaching farmers on adoption of modern and

more efficient farming methods besides picking on the right farm inputs, seeds and fertilizers. Julius has

also worked as a lecturer in a teacher training college and a sports administrator and is therefore

experienced in community mobilization, marketing and team building.

15. MURANGA SOUTH & THIKA

David Kimani Kamau is a field officer with Africa Harvest TC Banana project. He holds a Bachelor of

Agribusiness management (Honors) degree and he is currently pursuing a Diploma in Community Based

Development and Project Management. He has over four years experience in community work. Before

joining Africa Harvest, David worked for the Catholic Diocese of Muranga as a Project Coordinator in the

Sustainable Livelihoods Program, which encompassed all Agriculture and relief activities. He was

instrumental in the implementation of two technology transfer projects; Quality Protein maize (QPM)

funded by CIMMYT and Metal silo technology for grain storage funded by MATF Farm Africa. He also

coordinated the implementation of a dairy goat multiplication scheme and sustainable Agriculture. While

at Africa Harvest David he has had great achievements ranging from increased awareness of TC

technology to over in Thika and Murang’a south districts, to effective mobilization and training of 54

farmer groups with a membership of over 1800 farmers, with about 1400 of them adopting over 46,000 TC

banana plantlets, managing a loan in kind facility for 34000 TC plantlets that has an over 70% repayment

rate.

16. MERU SOUTH & EMBU

Nicholas M. Mutune is a field officer with Africa Harvest’S TC Banana program in Meru South and

Embu. He holds a BSc. Agriculture degree.

He has previous experience in the area of sales and training of farmers.

Prior to joining Africa Harvest, he worked at the Catholic Diocese in Embu where he was involved in

training farmers on good agricultural practices. At Africa Harvest he has continued to perfect his skills in

training farmers on the good agricultural practices.

17. KIRINYAGA AND MURANGA

Kenneth Waweru Macharia is the field officer for Kirinyaga and Muranga North districts. He holds a

Bachelor of Science in Horticulture (second class honors lower division) from Jomo Kenyatta University

of Agriculture and Technology (1998). He previously worked as a section Field officer at Homegrown (k)

ltd (Turaco Farm) in Timau. Prior to joining Africa Harvest, he worked as a Regional Field Supervisor at

Frigoken (k) ltd. Here he worked with small scale farmers in production of various horticultural crops.

He joined Africa Harvest in 2007 where he has many achievements including been able to mobilize 1200

farmers in to 36 groups planting more than 38,000 bananas.

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18. MERU CENTRAL

Kiogora Eugenio is a field officer with the TC Banana project. He holds a Bachelor of Agribusiness

Management (Hons) Degree. Kiogora has over 6 years agricultural experience, and prior to joining Africa

Harvest Kiogora he worked for BAT(K) LTD as Senior field Assistant in charge of Tobacco Leaf and

Woodlot growing farmers in Embu and Migori Districts as a Field assistant with AAA GROWERS LTD (a

Horticultural Exporting company) and also as a Field Supervisor with HOME GROWN (K) LTD Timau.

Since he joined Africa Harvest, Kiogora has effectively sensitized and mobilized the Meru Central

community into adopting TC banana growing technology to alleviate poverty hunger and malnutrition in

the region. He has mobilized 2190 farmers into 59 Banana growing groups who have adopted 42,688 TC

banana Plantlets in two years time.

TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT PROGRAMME

TREE FOR ENERGY PROJECT

19. PROJECT MANAGER

Phillip Wamahiu is the Project Manager for the Tree for Energy project at Africa Harvest. He holds a

Bachelor of Science Degree in Forestry and has other qualifications in Forestry and Natural Resource

Management. Prior to joining Africa Harvest, Wamahiu worked at Green Belt Movement where he was

in charge of planning and co-coordinating Agency for French Development project in the Aberdare Forest

Ecosystem. He has a wealth of over 27 years experience in strategic planning, design and managing

integrated development programmes, mainly in the environment, natural resources and rural

development fields. He has also has hands on experience as he has been involved in field work, research

and training.

20. PROGRAMME ASSISTANT

Rachael Wachuka, a program assistant officer in the Tree Energy project; is highly experienced in

community development work. She is highly skilled in agronomy, documentation, proposal

development, business management, monitoring and evaluation and has previously worked for Africa

Harvest in coordination of major baseline surveys for both Tissue Culture banana and Tree Energy

projects. Previously she worked with the Pesticides Initiative Programme, (PIP) of COLEACP, EU on a

framework contract as an expert on organization capacity assessments, assessing EUREPGAP status and

traceability systems and designing PIP’s intervention strategy to small holder farmer groups and

companies exporting Horticultural produce to the EU. She holds a BSc in Horticulture from Egerton

University; is multi skilled with vast experience gained over the years.

FIELD OFFICERS:

21. BUSIA, KAKAMEGA, BUNGOMA

Mildred Menda is a field officer working under the Tree for Energy project at Africa Harvest. She holds a

Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from Moi University, and has undertaken several additional

training courses such as; Empowerment training course by the Green Belt Movement (2006) and a

Certificate in community Based First Aid by The Kenya Red Cross Society(2004). Mildred has strong

research skills and some of her work includes research on; Effect of spacing in the nursery on the early

growth of eucalyptus salgina seedlings (2005); Inventory work in plantation and natural forest in

Kimondi Forest (2005) and an Inventory work in plantation and natural forest in Kakamega Forest (2004)

22. KERICHO, KISII, MIGORI

Ms Anne Tek has a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from and a certificate in Information Technology. She

worked with the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Authority (LVEMP) in Nandi as a field

assistant to carry out inventory of planted trees in July 2003.

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23. MTWAPA

Ronald Kazungu Mbura holds a BSc. Degree in Natural Resources Management (Forestry) from Egerton

University. He worked for Kenya Agricultural Research Institute under the Soil and Water Management

Project (SWAMP) and Coastal Forest Conservation Unit/WWF. He later joined World Vision Kenya

under the Humanitarian Emergency Affairs Program where his career progressed to the level of

Agricultural Extension Officer under Taita-Taveta Food Security Project before joining Africa Harvest as

Field Officer based in Mtwapa region.

24. KITUI

Pius Mutinda holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry (honors. He has been involved in community

development work and setting Eucalyptus plantations for various firms

25. NYERI

Eliud Mutahi holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Forestry from Moi University. He joined Green Belt

Movement as an assistant project officer in tree planting and was later promoted to a project officer.

26. EMBU CENTRAL

David Muriungi Kithinji has extensive experience in community mobilization for development. He has

also worked as a leaf collection clerk in the tea industry and been a teacher. Currently she is pursuing

Bachelor of Education Degree Course at the Nairobi University.

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

27. SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

James Njane is the senior accountant at Africa Harvest. He joined the organization in year 2005 and has

over ten years experience both with international Non profit Organizations and professional audit firm.

He holds a Masters in Business Administration (Strategic Management), and he is also a Certified Public

Accountant of Kenya (CPAK) and a Certified Public Secretary of Kenya (CPSK). He assists the Deputy

Chief Executive in financial and grant management for the three centers (US, Kenya and South Africa),

coordinates the audit process, and helps in budget preparations during proposal writing. James is an

exemplary performer and he has won an award as best student in CPA section 5 in tax and tax

management, and is a member of both the institute of certified public accountant of Kenya and institute

of certified public secretary of Kenya.

28. PERSONAL ASSISTANT - CEO

Mercy W. Muthui has 14 years working experience in administration work. She holds a Bachelors

degree in Business administration from NewPort International University, Advanced Diploma in

Business Management from Kenya Institute of Management and an advanced secretarial training from

Reeswood Secretarial College and an She is currently pursuing a Diploma course in Human Resource

Management. As a Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer, Africa Harvest Biotech International

(AHBFI), Ms. Muthui has gained crucial experience in office management, assisting and coordinating the

various duties associated with the office of the Chief Executive Officer. Mercy’s responsibilities with

AHBFI have evolved considerably over the past eight years. She began her career with AHBFI as an

Administrative Assistant in 2002 and was later promoted to PA to the AHBFI CEO.

29. PROCUREMENT OFFICER

Rose Kanduthu is a Procurement Officer in Nairobi Office. Rose has brought with her a wealth of

experience from a business career and background. She is currently pursuing a Diploma in purchasing &

Supply in process.

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30. ACCOUNTANT

Gideon Ndichu works as an Accountant and he is a holder of Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPA

K) and has enhanced his capacity by attaining a certificate in computer applications. Before joining Africa

Harvest he was working at Safari Park Hotel & Casino. Gideon is currently pursuing Certified Public

secretary (CPS).

31. SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Josephine Kilei is a Senior Administrative Assistant in the Africa Harvest Nairobi office. Prior to her

current position, Josephine worked as a Technical assistant in the field where she acquired immense

experience in community mobilization, project planning, implementation and training farmers.

Josephine holds a Diploma in Hospitality, Tours and Travel.

32. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Mumbi Maina is an administrative assistant and P.A to the Deputy CEO at Africa Harvest, Nairobi

Office. Her duties involve providing administrative support to the CEO as well as other departments.

She also provides great support to the finance department and is engaged in some accounting roles. She

has three years of finance and administration work experience having previously worked as an Accounts

and Tax consultant and as a Finance and administration assistant both in Uganda She holds a Bachelor of

International Business Administration in Finance from the United States International University (USIU)

and is currently pursuing her MBA – Strategic Management at Daystar University Nairobi.

33. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Terry Amaya works as an Assistant Office Administrator and Customer Care Officer. She has 10 years

experience in Front Office Management and Telephone / Switchboard Operation. Terry holds an

Advanced Diploma Certificate in Business and Human Resource Management, a Diploma in Front office

Management and Telephone / Switchboard Operation. Currently she is pursuing a bachelors Degree in

Business Administration and Management.

34. IT ADMINISTRATOR

Anthony Korir is an IT Administrator and PA to the Technical Director. He is Microsoft Certified

Systems Engineer (MCSE 2003) also (CCNA) Networking and System Administration/End-user

support at Kabarak University; and a holder of National Diploma in Computer Science. He worked for 5

yrs with Unilever Tea (Kenya) Limited, under Research and Development as Statistical Analyst; IT

Helpdesk assistant & PA before joining Africa harvest in 2006. He also worked as a trainer in two

Computer Institutes. Currently he is perusing higher diploma in computer science.

35. OFFICE ASSISTANT

Chris Nganga is an Office assistant in Africa Harvest Nairobi, He has hands on experience in Motor

vehicle mechanic for the last 20 years and he is an IT experience having done certificate in A+

Certification and C+ in CS Holdings, South Africa. He support in photography, He likes traveling and

watching movies.

36. OFFICE ASSISTANT

Israel Ikuro is an Office Assistant at Africa Harvest. He is involved in training and mobilizing farmer

groups. He also offers support to all other departments. He has attended several professional courses

including a Financial Management course with USAID. Prior to joining Africa Harvest, he worked at

Enda Enterprises as a Relief Supplies Manager.

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37. SITE SERVICE ASSISTANT

John Busaala is a Site Service Assistant with Africa Harvest. Under the supervision of the Administration

officers, he is responsible for maintaining the Nairobi Offices in terms of security as well as cleanliness.

John is also assists in message sending and deliveries.

38. SITE SERVICE ASSISTANT

Anne Ngugi is a site service assistant at Africa Harvest Nairobi office. She assists in the day to day

activities helping to ensure the smooth running of the office.