During the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development from 17 - 22 July in Nairobi, Dr. Sekai Nzenza, Amatheon's Head of Public Affairs was honored to speak on several occasions. On Tuesday, Sekai joined a panel on Women empowerment, highlighting progress, efforts and successes of the company's Outgrower Programme with respect to inclusion of rural women. On Thursday, during a Ministerial Roundtable on pro-poor trade, Sekai presented the vision of inclusive agricultural investments that boosts trade with rural smallholders by delivering access to market, knowledge, and finance.

The last and most in-depth presentation was held by her on Friday at Riara University Business School. A 30 minutes keynote on sustainability and internationalisation provided the academic audience with insights about Amatheon's strategies and lessons learned when investing in sub-Saharan Africa. Throughout the past week, Sekai was accompanied by renowned individuals from the United Nations, Ministries across Africa, Academics and other private sector representatives.

Simultaneously, Amatheon Agri Uganda's Sustainable Development Manager was invited to participate in a workshop with government officials in Uganda. Nancy Akumu attended this workshop on 20 July to take government officials through Amatheon's consultation procedures with communities and government officials throughout all development stages of the company. Nancy was invited by UN's FAO who organized the workshop.

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