Marcus speaks with William Asiko, Managing Director, Africa Regional Office at The Rockefeller Foundation who shares the great work that this foundation is doing across the continent as both an active investor and being a catalyser of partnerships and policy reform in areas extending across a broad portfolio.
Sectors such as agriculture, hospitality and transport were already bedevilled with challenges pre-pandemic and the pandemic has exacerbated these sectors. The Rockefeller Foundation has made a commitment of $1 Billion over the next 3 years to this fight and assist in a clean-green recovery to vulnerable committees, globally and in Africa.
Have we made enough progress and transformation in agriculture and food security that needs to be taken in Africa? William talks through the challenges and solutions to this as well as expanded economic opportunity, data innovation and technology on the continent.
William Asiko is an experienced, results-oriented leader of international development institutions with both private and public-sector experience.
