Ethel Gloria

Founder

OphirGold

Having lived and worked as a medical doctor in a rural farming community since 2016, Gloria-Ethel knows first-hand the frustrations of poultry farmers and their associated effects on food security and malnutrition in Ghana. She believes that the high prevalence of malnutrition seen in the consulting rooms could be solved outside the consulting room.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
06:30 pm EEST	08:00 pm EEST	Fixing Food Systems: Women entrepreneurs pitch ideas to end hunger Side Event Lemigo Hotel - Ruhondo Room	Broken food systems have caused extreme suffering for the vulnerable. Food prices and populations are rising, while climate change is reducing yields, affecting Read More Broken food systems have caused extreme suffering for the vulnerable. Food prices and populations are rising, while climate change is reducing yields, affecting livelihoods and causing migration. Sight and Life have shortlisted 6 changemakers who’ve created local, low-cost innovations in emerging economies to fix food systems. Join us as they present their ideas live to an expert jury in a fast-paced high-energy pitch competition. Organizer: Sight and Life Read Less Speakers Kalpana Beesabathuni Managing Director Sight and Life Asa Maria Tham Co-Founder Winnua LDA Ethel Gloria Founder OphirGold Caroline Pomeyie Founder Oceans Mall Company Limited Sparsh Kaur Chief of Staff AgNext Technologies Fre Tachea Co-founder and CTO Essential Sarah Gibson Manager, Evidence to Policy and Practice Children’s Investment Fund Foundation

Speakers

Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki

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Magdalene Dorto

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Deborah Nyirenda

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Yashmin Fernandes

Director Women's Digital Financial Inclusion Hub, Women's World Banking

Stella Anyangwe

End Polo Now Coordinator Rotary International

Blandine Umuziranenge

Founder and CEO Kosmotivr

Taryn Russell

Deputy Executive Director Results Canada

Djeinaba Kane

Advocacy & Partnership Lead AfricaNenda

Rafiat Akinokun

Youth Advorate and cub's health nurse

Melania Chiponda

Gender and Climate Advisor The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)

Aries Setiadi

Managing Director Fintech Association Indonesia

Claude Mambo Muvunyi

Director General Rwanda Biomedical Center

Hanna Lemma

Co-founder & Contributor Addis Powerhouse

Kathryn Toure

Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office IDRC

Dr. Lisa Avery

Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba; Director Africa Initiatives

Carmen Correa

CEO Pro Mujer

Tawakkol Karman

Nobel Peace Price Laureate Tawakkol Karman Foundation

Anis Farid

Research Project Manager Women's Aid Organisation

Patricia Elias

Every Woman International Lawyer; Chief, Global Diplomatic Campaign

Lipi Rahman

Executive Director, Badabon Sangho Every Woman Indrani Fellow

Kigali Convention Center - KG 2 Roundabout, Kigali, Rwanda

contact@wd2023-conference.org

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