Farmed Integrate Africa

Co-founder and Executive Director

Born and raised in Mandera County, Abdullahi is an environmentalist and social development enthusiast. He is concerned about transforming society through his actions. Abdullahi has over 15 years of experience managing social impact projects anchored on; Youth development, Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprises. He founded The Next Big Thing Enterprise Ltd; a venture Capital and an investment consultancy firm specializing in ICT infrastructure in 2010. Through NBTE, he has partnered with Techno Construct Ltd to provide eco-friendly housing technology where they jointly developed and delivered many projects in public and private sectors. Abdullahi was a lead marketing advisor for AITEC Africa, a pioneer in ICT and Telecommunication development organization in the continent. He also worked at Digital Divide Data Kenya (DDD), an impact sourcing company that seeks to improve the lives of disadvantaged youths through use of ICT to provide jobs and education opportunities. At DDD, he championed the Public-Private-Partnership through delivery of e- Government services, digitization projects for both the national and county governments among others. Abdullahi, was also The Managing Partner of Crowdsource Africa Ltd(CSA). CSA recruits, trains and employs youths, women, people with disabilities & retired professionals. doing so they create wealth providing sustainable digital online jobs through their Million Online Job Program. As a key leader at CSA, he championed conversations with the Government and Donor agencies that led to the development of the first ever Kenyan Government Online Digital Jobs Platform – AJIRA ONLINE JOBS. This led to his nomination as a Member of Kenya ICT Master Plan Implementation Caucuses on Human Capital and Workforce. He is passionate about research and when not managing a project, he engages in personalized research on economic issues affecting the marginalized communities in Africa. He also volunteers in creating community awareness to enhance public accountability.

Aly-Khan Satchu was born in Mombasa, pursued a Degree in Law at the University of Durham. He is the CEO of Rich Management. Aly-Khan has been an active Investor at the Nairobi Stock Exchange, The USE and various other African Stock markets. He worked for 15 years in the City of London. While there, he ran global trading desks for Credit Suisse First Boston (Emerging Markets) and lived through the financial crisis in Latin America in 1994 at a time when he had lent more than $2 billion in that market. In 1995, Aly-Khan took 9 traders and joined Sumitomo Bank as an MD reporting to the Chairman Konishi San. At the peak, the balance sheet that Aly-Khan controlled for the Bank was in excess of $ 17 billion. From 1998-1999, he was the Treasurer and Director of all collateralized lending at ANZ Investment Bank. During his time in various banks he was given significant proprietary trading limits. He traded nearly all instruments- Futures, Options, Repos, Bills and Bonds, Basis trading et al. Since 2003 he has been trading his own funds primarily Commodities (particularly Oil) Currency Futures and Options, Equity Indices and Single Stocks. He arrived in Nairobi in August 2006 and published his book “Anyone Can Be Rich” based on the NSE and the Kenyan Economy.

Board Member

Elyas Abdinoor is a medical professional with over 11 years of experience in the field. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, a Diploma in Community Health, and a Diploma in Medical Laboratory, demonstrating his diverse background in the healthcare industry.

Currently, Mr. Abdinoor is pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH), indicating his passion for improving healthcare delivery systems in the country. His academic qualifications equip him with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in the healthcare sector.

Mr. Abdinoor is a board member in the Kenya Health Professions Oversight Authority, a government body responsible for regulating and overseeing the training, registration, and licensing of health professionals in Kenya. His role as a board member enables him to make crucial decisions that impact the quality of healthcare services offered in the country.

In addition to his role at the Health Professions Oversight Authority, Mr. Abdinoor is also a board member of the Local Authority Provident Fund. The fund provides retirement benefits to local government employees and their dependents. As a board member, he is involved in making financial decisions that impact the fund’s sustainability and the benefits that employees receive.

Mr. Abdinoor’s vast experience in the medical field and his leadership positions in various organizations demonstrate his commitment to improving healthcare delivery systems in the country. His passion for healthcare is evident in his pursuit of an MPH, which will equip him with the necessary skills to make a positive impact on public health.

In conclusion, Elyas Abdinoor is an accomplished medical professional with a diverse background in the healthcare industry. His leadership positions in various organizations and his pursuit of a Master’s degree in Public Health demonstrate his commitment to improving healthcare delivery systems in the country

Mohamed is an experienced Social development specialist with over 25 years’ professional experience in advising donor and government agencies on balancing economic, environmental, and social considerations in the development and humanitarian projects, including leading the design, implementation, and evaluation of appropriate safeguard policies. Proven strengths in social and environmental risk assessment and the design and delivery of safeguards policy design for natural resources, agriculture, and biodiversity conservation in fragile environments. Strong background in research and training in policy and programme design, risk management, and evaluation. Excellent track record of delivering on international social and environmental sustainability principles and capacity enhancement of staff, development agencies, and Government in mutually appreciated and solution-oriented social safeguards in extractive industries, renewable energy, agriculture, infrastructure, environmental conservation, and natural resource management. Specialty areas of expertise include social and environmental scoping and baseline surveys, social and environmental risk assessment, social and environmental impact assessments and management systems, stakeholder engagement and conflict resolution, affirmative actions for indigenous peoples and vulnerable groups, land acquisition, and resettlement planning and implementation, social and land use planning aspects, due diligence and anti-corruption, monitoring, evaluation and audits of private and public investments against international standards. He has worked in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia/Somaliland, Djibouti and the Netherlands. He is currently the Senior Adviser the Office of the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Devolution and the ASALs, Republic of Kenya. He was the CEO of Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC), Nairobi, Kenya and Senior Adviser, The Office of the UN Resident Representative, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Nairobi, Kenya. He also served as the Deputy Governor, Isiolo County Government, Kenya between 2013 and 2017 after having served as Senior Programme Officer, CORDAID, in the Netherlands. He holds Post Graduate Degree in Development Studies from Catholic University Nijmegen- Netherlands; Bachelor & Master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology from Free University Amsterdam-Netherlands and Higher National Diploma in Telecommunications Technology from Multimedia University, Nairobi, Kenya.
In his career, he achieved a number of milestones including: spearheading in collaboration with the Kenya School of Government and the UNDP to establish learning centers in all the counties in Northern parts of Kenya. He is a Member of the SDG3 (Sustainable Development Goals) platform to help Kenya achieve universal health coverage. Mohamed managed to secure $ 1 billion (Ksh. 120 billion) World Bank project for infrastructure for North Eastern Kenya and signed up $3 million (Ksh 324 million) from Dutch Government support to FCDC. He co-led the Socio-Economic Atlas of Kenya project funded the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), 2015-2017 (3.6 million USD). Coordinated Scaling-up Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices smallholder farmers project in three countries (Kenya, Laos, and Uganda), funded the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 2016- 2020 (2mio USD).
As part of knowledge transfer, he oversaw the training of the local project teams and representatives of the agriculture districts offices and extension services on decision support tools for decision making in sustainable land management in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somaliland.

Hassan is an accomplished public administrator with over 30 years extensive experience in senior management and administrative roles in the Kenyan government. Knowledge of public infrastructure, geo-political and economic landscape in Kenya and neighboring regions. Some of the senior government roles held Hassan are as follows;
⦁ Acting Provincial Commissioner & Deputy Provincial Commissioner for Coast province – overall administration of Coast province, and directly reporting to the office of the president. Chairman of the provincial development, education and security committees, dissemination and implementation of government policies in the province.
⦁ District Commissioner – Chairman of district development, education, & security committees, Coordination of national government activities in the district, Management of district treasury, Resolving of cross border conflicts, Dissemination and implementation of government policies in the district, Working with agencies for Rwanda refugees
⦁ Commandant of the Administration Police college – overall management of the college, Training of provincial administration, administration police and other ministry department staff in the country, overall management of the finances of the administration police force, coordination of security with other security agents in the country, member of the national disaster management committee etc.
⦁ Chief officer public service management in Lamu county – overall coordination of the county activities and programmes, administration of the public service department, formulation and implementation of policies & plans, and development and implementation of strategic sector plans, performance contracting and appraisal, etc.
⦁ Under secretary in charge of Finance in the Ministry of Environment and Natural resources – general administration, financial management and control, Coordination of activities of regional center for mapping and remote sensing.

Hasssan’s areas of expertise are, public administration & management, policy and legislation drafting, conflict & disaster management, and security & anti-terrorism advisory.
As a public administrator he was selected to undertake a study tour to India, Thailand, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Study areas included arid and semi-arid land management, local authority management, and small scale industries.
In 2000, he was elected as the secretary general of Kenya Football Federation (KFF) and in 2001, he was elected as the secretary general for Confederation of East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA).

He has served in numerous board memberships and management committees of the following organizations;
⦁ The Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) – Current
⦁ Football Kenya Federation (FKF) – Current
⦁ Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC)
⦁ Energy Producers Regulatory Authority (EPRA)

He holds a postgraduate diploma in public administration and management from Glasgow Caledonian University, UK a BSc. Social work from Indira Gandhi National University in India and Masters in International Studies and Diplomacy from Washington International University in USA.

Daud has more than 17 years of experience in resource mobilization, programme management, and public-private partnerships. He excels in project development and management in the private and humanitarian sectors. His skills are manifold: project planning, multi-sectoral programme management, and coordination, institutional capacity development, proposal/report writing, M&E. He has excellent communication skills and is used to working with government authorities and at the international level. Daud has a Master’s in human development and food security from Rome Tre University and a Bachelor’s degree in Arts from Hogeschool van Utrecht in the Netherlands. His principal areas of operation are Kenya and Somalia. Areas of expertise include Management of programs such as food security-livelihoods, (crop production, rural development, CFW, CR, ICG for urban as well as rural communities and agro-pastoral economy), NRM, Micro-financing, governance, public administration, and institutional capacity development), Nutrition (OTP and TSFP), Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)- (prevention of AWD and other health risks), Protection and Human Rights (Prevention of GBV, provision of counseling services, IDMA), addressing natural resource conflicts, Education (education in emergency especially for rural pastoral children). Have deep knowledge/skills in planning, multi-sectoral program management and coordination, and institutional capacity development, proposal/report writing, M&E, high level of social competencies, international communication skills, and public relations with government authorities, UN/INGO donors.

With 27 years of irrigation engineering experience. Has a BSC in water supply from the University of Silsoe in London. Alison online studies offers a diploma in land surveying (KNEC), a diploma in agricultural engineering, and a diploma in project management.
Technician of Irrigation, Certificate in agricultural engineering obtained through extensive training in Eldoret. (In reference to a colonial farm in Africa established in 1940.) Israel’s certificate in dry land farming. G.I.S. certification, as well as a certificate in solar energy. Certification in animal tration, such as oxen and donkeys. Certification in farm machinery maintenance, insect biodiversity, dam design and irrigation, soil and water conservation, and water harvesting are all available. Irrigation audit, feasibility studies, and environmental impact.
Did irrigation structure, farmer organization, and participation courses.
In Mwingi North, we completed ten irrigation projects for the Red Cross. Action Aid (France) implemented two irrigation schemes in Garissa.
10 irrigation schemes for arid land were surveyed and designed.
At Ijara Abalatiro, 200 hectares were surveyed.
Garissa’s soil and water conservation structures include dykes, trapezoidal, contour, and terraces.
Farmers in the NEP irrigation project were trained on the creation of scheme -laws.
Scheduling irrigation, cross husbandry, pest control, and safety.
Best irrigation techniques. Conducting PRA for the community prior to the project’s launch. Preliminary studies for proposed irrigation schemes are being carried out. National agriculture laboratories conduct soil analysis. Design and estimation of runoff in catchment areas for mega water dams.
Before drilling boreholes, dowsing and hydrological surveys were used to survey underground water. Working with Somalia’s old Italian banana project at Barawa, with funding from Care Somalia, I trained Somali old engineers on form survey and canal construction with night slopes.
Wire installation in the river. Every year, the provincial irrigation unit PIU used to train new graduates engineers on survey and irrigation infrastructure and designs for three months.
From 1980 to 2000, I worked as an oil survey team member and district irrigation officer in the districts of Wajir Mandera and Garissa. Small-holder farmers in Wajir were established using dams and shallow wells and were awarded the best irrigation of the year. I collaborated with Fao, Care, Wasda, Usaid, and Cdtf.
I was assigned the task of researching and gathering data in order to calculate the correct evapo-transpiration rate ETR for NEP. The findings were presented to the panel of engineers at Wajir House and Kilimo House, where they were accepted and adopted as the correct ETO. Irrigation was installed in Kismayo, Gabowein, where the Juba River enters the Indian Ocean. GIZ funded the establishment of 200 vertical farming home gardens for Kenyan refugees

Stephen is a BSc. Computer Science graduate from University of Nairobi. He is a mobile, web and cloud software developer with over 12 years’ experience who is enthusiastic about solving local problems using sustainable and innovative technology such as SMS, low end features phones, Java, MySQL and Linux. While on campus he co-developed a simple SMS based voting app that enabled students to elect student union leaders using SMS to replace the expensive and inefficient ballot box queue system. He also co-founded a company www.competamillman.co.ke that develops mobile data collection and dissemination solutions for unconnected parts of Africa using SMS on low-end feature phones and apps on smartphones that are currently in use Non-Governmental and Corporate institutions. In 2015, he became a Professional Scrum Master (PSM1) to adopt agile project management methodologies in his company. In 2016, he innovated Imara.tv, a portal where youth in Kenya could create and share entertainment videos such as plays, comedies and animations educating their fellow youth on Health issues while earning money for economic empowerment. He is also passionate about sharing his knowledge with less fortunate youth to empower them with job-creation skills. He trains high school and college graduates in software development methodologies in partnership with other like minded organizations at www.codepamoja.org.Stephen is a BSc. Computer Science graduate from University of Nairobi. He is a mobile, web and cloud software developer with over 12 years’ experience who is enthusiastic about solving local problems using sustainable and innovative technology such as SMS, low end features phones, Java, MySQL and Linux. While on campus he co-developed a simple SMS based voting app that enabled students to elect student union leaders using SMS to replace the expensive and inefficient ballot box queue system. He also co-founded a company www.competamillman.co.ke that develops mobile data collection and dissemination solutions for unconnected parts of Africa using SMS on low-end feature phones and apps on smartphones that are currently in use Non-Governmental and Corporate institutions. In 2015, he became a Professional Scrum Master (PSM1) to adopt agile project management methodologies in his company. In 2016, he innovated Imara.tv, a portal where youth in Kenya could create and share entertainment videos such as plays, comedies and animations educating their fellow youth on Health issues while earning money for economic empowerment. He is also passionate about sharing his knowledge with less fortunate youth to empower them with job-creation skills. He trains high school and college graduates in software development methodologies in partnership with other like minded organizations at www.codepamoja.org.

Robert has worked in the humanitarian sector for over 20 years managing more than 150 employees in the fields of food security, water Sanitation and hygiene protection, human rights, nutrition and health. Implemented 40 projects funded UNOCHA, INTERSOS, WFP, UNFPA, UNICEF, ACTED/OFDA, IOM, DDG/DFID, CEFA, NIS foundation, FAO and RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) with project budgets ranging from USD 200,000 to over USD 2 million. He has vast experience in preparation of annual budgets, yearly planning, annual audits and strategic adjustments. He is well versed with networking; member of the review committee of the Food Security Cluster and member of both the Strategic Advisory Group of the Food Security Cluster and WASH Cluster with a role of endorsing policy related issues. Provides high level support to program officers in proposal writing and implementation as well as budget monitoring. Represent different platforms at Donor conferences and other discussion groups while reporting results and organizational progress to the Board of Directors. His areas of expertise include; Humanitarian Relief Programming and Senior Management, Strategy development, Forestry and Agricultural Research, Seed Relief, Agro-biodiversity, Research in Disaster stricken areas, resilience, Gender Based Violence (GBV) advocacy, Food Security and Livelihoods, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH). Well-developed communication skills, excellent proposal writing skills, flexibility, work well under stress/in a stressful environment, a practical and result oriented attitude, love to travel and participate in marathons.