The deadline for applications is 9am EST Friday 11th February 2022. To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter, detailing how you fulfil the role description and personal specification to quoting reference 5604. You will bring a cross-sectoral perspective and experience in order to lead a high-performing commercial team and a strong passion for improving quality of life among families and rural communities experiencing poverty. As someone who thrives in an outcome-focused, high-growth environment, you will be tenacious and resilient. As a member of the Executive team, you will contribute to the overall direction and strategy of the organization.Īs our Managing Director, Africa you will draw on your experience of leading and coaching senior leaders to build alignment and commitment. We are looking for a leader who will work at pace, demonstrate visible and inclusive leadership, as well as collaborate across the organization to take us to the next step of the journey. This is a time of tremendous opportunity for myAgro, but also a challenging juncture to improve our business performance. This role is pivotal to myAgro pulling 1 million farmers out of poverty and will require someone with commercial drive, business acumen and a strong mission alignment. You will spearhead the drive to reach 1 million farmers by ensuring clarity and robust operations.

Reporting to the CEO of myAgro, the newly created role of Managing Director, Africa will lead a large, complex and multi-country operation by overseeing the development and execution of ambitious and impactful sales and operations plans as well as governmental relations. We are now seeking to appoint a Managing Director, Africa to join our dynamic and growing team and to lead us towards achieving our mission. Our North Star is to increase the incomes of 1 million smallholder farmers by $1.50 a day by 2026. Our mission is to move smallholder farmers out of poverty. myAgro is at a pivotal moment in its history as it gears up to scale. We have pioneered a mobile savings model that allows farmers to invest their own funds in high-quality seed, fertilizer, and agricultural training to increase their harvest and income by 50-100%. MyAgro is an award-winning US-based non-profit social enterprise with operations in West Africa. Rigid concepts of masculinity are pushing Black men to suicide.Overcoming Tunisia’s Catch-22 on asylum seekers and refugees.Africa and the New Cold War: Africa’s development depends on regional ownership of its security.Total focus on renewables and gas is the cheapest way to meet Mozambique’s new electricity demand.The Africa Soft Power Project: Taking African culture mainstream in the global discourse.Morocco’s OCP Group throws fertilizer lifeline to Africa’s beleaguered farmers.Reimagining Tunisia: Recipes for a brighter 21st century.African Youth Survey 2022: Brimming with gems of insight.A homage to Senegalese cinema – Afrykas and the magic box – wins top award at London’s Docuworld film festival.Gender equality is still sluggish at best.Fallism and restitution: Removing racist statues and returning looted art objects.The 100 Most Influential Africans of 2020.Voices of African women during the time of Covid.African authors – writing for the world.The overthrow of Gaddafi lit the tinderbox in the Sahel, says Mohamed Ibn Chambas.What lies behind Mozambique’s deadly insurgency?.Nigeria and Africom: The dangers of ceding sovereignty.‘What we have is an “executocracy”, not a democracy’ – Sam Jonah.Showmax – the great African storyteller.Private sector role vital for food security in Africa.Who is to blame for vaccine inequality?.Ethiopia – only African solutions can resolve crisis.Creating the African dream: African youth speaks.Chimamanda Adichie: There are many ways for youth to organise for change.Africa is not getting its fair share of global climate finance.For AfCFTA to work, Africa needs to speak with one voice, says Afreximbank’s Hippolyte Fofack.How America got its groove back in Africa.African solutions to world food supply problems.Africa must not develop new dependencies.

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