Nitin Gajria leads the Sub-Saharan Africa region at Google. He has been at Google for over 5 years, prior to which he spent 13 years in Brand Marketing at Procter & Gamble and Mead Johnson

Michael Sudarkasa is the CEO of Africa Business Group (ABG) (www.abghq.com), a South Africa based continentally active, African economic development company. Founded in 2005, ABG focuses on three key areas: 1) economic and business development consulting, 2) agriculture and renewable energy/ energy efficiency project development, and 3) capacity development in the areas of private sector development and trade and investment facilitation – within Africa and between Africa and the global business community. ABG’s sister company, Africa Business Energy (ABE) (www.africabusinessenergy.com), is the vehicle through which the group provides renewable energy and energy efficiency focused: a) training; b) advocacy; c) consulting and c) project design, development, and implementation. ABE has a particular focus on providing renewable energy solutions for agribusiness and agriculture complex needs, and production, and pre- and post-harvest projects that involve processing, water and waste management, product transformation and value addition, and post-harvest loss reduction related projects. For young-ish agripreneurs (aged 18-40), ABG also has designed and manages the Global African Agribusiness Accelerator Platform ( www.gaaap.biz) as the company’s principal capacity development initiative. An American commercial attorney by training, Michael has lived in South Africa since 1999 ; travelled, and worked in 50 countries around the world (including 35 in Africa), and is the author of several publications, including: The African Union Commission’s Africa Business Directory: Toward the Facilitation of Growth, Partnership and Global Inclusion (African Union, 2014), A Field Guide to Inclusive Business Finance (UNDP 2012) and Investing in Africa: An Insider’s Guide to the Ultimate Emerging Market (John Wiley & Sons, August 2000). He is currently pursuing his doctorate degree at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, and he holds a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (High-Honors in History) and he received his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.

Michael Sudarkasa is the CEO of Africa Business Group (ABG) (www.abghq.com), a South Africa based continentally active, African economic development company. Founded in 2005, ABG focuses on three key areas: 1) economic and business development consulting, 2) agriculture and renewable energy/ energy efficiency project development, and 3) capacity development in the areas of private sector development and trade and investment facilitation – within Africa and between Africa and the global business community. ABG’s sister company, Africa Business Energy (ABE) (www.africabusinessenergy.com), is the vehicle through which the group provides renewable energy and energy efficiency focused: a) training; b) advocacy; c) consulting and c) project design, development, and implementation. ABE has a particular focus on providing renewable energy solutions for agribusiness and agriculture complex needs, and production, and pre- and post-harvest projects that involve processing, water and waste management, product transformation and value addition, and post-harvest loss reduction related projects. For young-ish agripreneurs (aged 18-40), ABG also has designed and manages the Global African Agribusiness Accelerator Platform ( www.gaaap.biz) as the company’s principal capacity development initiative. An American commercial attorney by training, Michael has lived in South Africa since 1999 ; travelled, and worked in 50 countries around the world (including 35 in Africa), and is the author of several publications, including: The African Union Commission’s Africa Business Directory: Toward the Facilitation of Growth, Partnership and Global Inclusion (African Union, 2014), A Field Guide to Inclusive Business Finance (UNDP 2012) and Investing in Africa: An Insider’s Guide to the Ultimate Emerging Market (John Wiley & Sons, August 2000). He is currently pursuing his doctorate degree at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, and he holds a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (High-Honors in History) and he received his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.