The people behind SAIGE.
SAIGE is led by a small management team combining research and delivery experience in African agriculture.
African agriculture does not lack ambition or capability. What it often lacks is connected evidence. The information exists, across markets, ministries, and farms, but it sits in fragments that rarely meet, and decisions built on fragments rarely hold. SAIGE was set up to close that gap: to connect the evidence, develop it into intelligence, and help partners act on it.
We have chosen to begin deliberately early, and to let the work earn attention before we amplify it. Credibility is built through the quality of analysis, not the length of a partner list. That is a slower path. It is also the one that builds an institution worth trusting.
If you work anywhere across African agriculture, as a partner, a policymaker, an investor, or a researcher, I welcome you to read our work, test it, and build with us.
The management team
Founder and Executive Director, leading SAIGE’s mission to build the intelligence layer beneath African agriculture.
Leads SAIGE’s research practice, with a focus on market-systems thinking and continental policy.
Leads strategic partnerships and institutional growth, building collaborations that connect resources, expertise, and investment to advance agricultural transformation across Africa.
Builds the data and product foundations behind the SAIGE Intelligence platform.
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