Team
The people who carry it.
A core team, a board and an advisory board, the leadership of the deployment network, and the country members who carry each program. The team grows with each country wheel: the lead member's staff and the trainers certified at Rusi.
Core team
PURE Power Africa — continental platform, Bujumbura and Rusi.
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Michael Fichtenberg
Chief Executive Officer
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Patrick Nzitunga
Deputy Chief Executive Officer / Chief Operating Officer
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Akiva Turner
Chief Financial Officer
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Dr. Hanna Klein
Chief Technology Officer
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Deogratias Hurege
Chief Engineer and Technical Director
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Dr. Audace Niyonzima
Program Director
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Allickan Niragira
Burundi Country Liaison
Board and advisory board
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Orli Arav
Chair of the Advisory Board
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Josef Abramowitz
Advisory Board
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Juvénal Sakubu
Chairman of the Board, Burundi
Deployment network — African Agribusiness Incubators Network (AAIN)
The network's leadership and the lead member for Uganda.
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Prof. Alex Ariho
Chief Executive Officer, AAIN
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Phiona Katushabe
Lead, Youth and Women Economic Empowerment, AAIN
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Fred Twinobusingye
Chief Executive Officer, Excel Hort Consult Agribusiness Incubator (EHCAI), Mbarara
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Joseph Kasenene
Focal point for the PURE Power program, EHCAI
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Grace Bazitire
Human Resources and Administration, EHCAI
Nigeria country program — Africa Projects Development Centre (APDC)
The lead member for Nigeria, Abuja.
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Dr. Chiji Ojukwu
Managing Director, APDC
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Maaruf Yakub
Director of Programs, APDC
Roles are shown as held in the PURE Power Africa program; colleagues from partner institutions appear under their own organizations.