Mzansi Young Farmers Indaba

Meet the speakers!

Alex Platt

Business Development Manager at RegenZ

Aron Kole

Managing Director of FarmSol

Ayanda Nhlapo

Tactical Marketing Planner for Small Ag & High Value Crop at John Deere

Ayanda Vana

COO of Khula!

Bongani Msimang

COO of African Farmers’ Association of South Africa

Chantelle de Bruyn

Founder of Buttercup Farmhouse

Christopher Chaka

Gauteng Provincial Manager of Land Bank

Conce Moraba

Master of ceremonies

Dimpo Xaba

Gauteng crop and bee farmer

Duncan Masiwa

Master of ceremonies

Gaolaolwe Ishmael Digame

Animal Health Technician at Afrivet

Ipeleng Kwadi-Seboni

Chairperson of YARD-North West

Ivor Karan

CEO and Founder of Karan Beef

Ivor Price

Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief of Food For Mzansi

Johann Kotzé

CEO of AgriSA

John Steenhuisen

Minister of Agriculture

Karabo Mohale

Executive Deputy Chairperson of NYDA

Karidas Tshintsholo

Co-founder and CEO of Khula!

Karmini Pillay-Rangan

Director at Pulse Afrika

Kathy Magrobi

Founder and director of Quote This Woman+

Keatlegile Mnguni

Founder of Agrinouri

Keotshepile Mokgothu

Agricultural Transformation Specialist at PPECB

Kgaugelo Thosago

Limpopo crop and livestock farmer

Kgomotso Ranchu

CEO of Agricast Advisory Services

Kolobe Ramoroka

Acting head of Agro-Processing And Agriculture at IDC

Lerato Botha

Agronomist and Gauteng Farmer

Leona Archary

CEO of Agricultural Development Agency

Litha Kutta

Partnership Development and Programme Lead at Land Bank

Loyiso Manga

Founder of Ubuntu Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Maikutlo Matubatuba

Agricultural Transformation Specialist at PPECB

Manqoba Ntuli

Mpumalanga soya, sugarbean, and maize farmer

Margret Molefe

Executive deputy chairperson: South African BRICS Youth Association

Marthinus Stander

CEO of Rainbow Chicken Ltd.

Michael Bruderli

Co-founder of sproot

Mila Toth

Data scientist at TerraClim

Nakane Masoka

General Secretary of National Livestock Farmers’ Association of South Africa

Nigel Jacobs

Co-founder of Jacobs Jam

Olerile Lekgetho

Founder of Amantsi Meat Butchery

Peter Evans, Dr

CEO of South African Pork Producers’ Organisation

Sophy Musabeni

Crop farmer in Gauteng and Limpopo

Siphelele Vumisa

KwaZulu-Natal macadamia farmer

Siyabonga Madlala, Dr

Executive chair of the SA Farmers’ Development Association

Stephan Gouws

MD of John Deere in Africa and the Middle East

Themba Rikhotso

CEO of Land Bank

Tiisetso Manoko

News editor at Food For Mzansi

Tobias Doyer, Dr

CEO of Grain SA

Tshego Selepe

Head: Agribusiness at Kgodiso Development Fund

Vikar Sheopershad

Tactical marketing planner at John Deere

Vuyiswa Ramokgopa

Gauteng MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development

Wendy Papo

Database and communications manager of Quote This Woman+