Leadership Conference
Profitable poultry production in Africa
1 October 2019, Kigali Convention Centre, Room AD12
08:00 – 09:00
Registration and morning coffee
Session 1: General overview
by VIV worldwide
Chair person: Wiebe van der Sluis, Agriculture journalist, former editor World Poultry
09:00 – 09:05
Opening
09:05 – 09:35
Investing in African poultry: why, how and where?
Nan-Dirk Mulder, Senior Global Animal Protein Analyst, Rabobank (NL)
09:35 – 10:15
National egg consumption campaign in Ghana
Ms. Comfort Kyerewa Acheampong, The ASA WISHH AMPLIFIES GHANA PROJECT (GH)
Promoting locally produced chicken in Ghana through improving value chain efficiency and awareness creation
Mr. Raymond Denteh, Commercial Development Team Leader, Ghana Poultry Project (GH)
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee break
Session 2: Reaching (out to) the end-customer
By VIV worldwide
Chair person: Wiebe van der Sluis, Agriculture journalist, former editor World Poultry
10:45 – 11:15
Customer-supplier relationship
Katongole Rashid, Marketing, Kukuchic Ltd. (Uganda)
11:15 – 11:45
The role of social media in marketing
Olga Ishimwe, Creative Director, IGIHE.COM (RW)
11:45 – 13:30
Lunch
Session 3: Investing in Africa’s Poultry Potential: Mitigating Constraints & Leveraging Opportunities
By the Netherlands-African Business Council
Chair person: tba
13:30 – 14:30
The panel discussion assembles four representatives from Pan-African organisations in the private and public sectors to explore structural solutions for promoting efficient flows of financial investments into the poultry sector
Confirmed panellist:
Michiel Heemskerk, Associate Director Eastern and Southern Africa, Rabobank Africa
14:30- 15:00
Coffee break
Session 4: Practical insights into poultry nutrition
By WATT Global Media
Chair person: Mark Clements, Editor, Poultry International
15:00 – 16:00
Using amino acids to reduce cost and improve diets
Douglas Malala, Business Manager Animal Nutrition, Evonik East Africa Limited
A new approach to better gut health
John Owaga, Technical Services Manager Animal Nutrition, Evonik East Africa Limited
16:00 – 17:00
Closing drinks for conference delegates
18:00 – 20:00
Industry Leaders’ Welcome Dinner, sponsored by Hendrix Genetics
(upon invitation only)
Side event by NABC and DAPP
(upon invitation only)
1 October 2019, Kigali Convention Centre, Room AD10
Build Your Poultry Enterprise: Establishing and Operating Modern Poultry Business in Africa
by the Netherlands African Business Council (NABC) and the Dutch Africa Poultry Platform (DAPP)
09:00 – 12:35
09:00 – 09:45
Workshop 1: Building flock for optimised production
Hendrix Genetics and Verbeek Hatchery
09:55 – 10:40
Workshop 2: Enhancing animal health and production through monitoring and surveillance tools
The Animal Health Service
10:40 – 10:55
Coffee break
10:55 – 11:40
Workshop 3: Enhancing on-farm production efficiency
3a). Designing efficient and effective production processes
I Grow Chicken
3b). Managing light and feed for optimised egg production
Aeres University of Applied Science
11:50 – 12:35
Workshop 4: Processing, Branding and Marketing Poultry Products
4a). Grading, Branding and Marketing your eggs
MOBA Group
4b). Live bird to packaged-and-labelled consumer product: Designing and operating bird processing plant
Marel Poultry
Information session by Global Business Network Programme (GBN)
(closed activity)
1 October 2019, Kigali Convention Centre, Room AD11
Cooperation opportunities with German Development Cooperation (DC) for companies from the European Union
by Global Business Network Programme (GBN)
16:00 – 18:00
Presented by Linda Schraml, coordinator of the Business & Cooperation Desk in Ethiopia and Michael Kleinbub, coordinator of the Business & Cooperation Desk in Rwanda.
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