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The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) concentrates its operations on four country programs in Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda. Originally operated as Sasakawa Global 2000 (SG 2000) through a joint venture with the Carter Center of Atlanta, Georgia (USA), SAA served as the lead management organization while former US President Jimmy Carter and his advisors worked through the Global 2000 Program to provide policy advice to national political leaders in support of program objectives. Funding for SAA comes principally from The Nippon Foundation, whose Chairman is Mr Yohei Sasakawa and President is Mr Takeju Ogata. SAA was founded in 1986 by Mr Ryoichi Sasakawa, Dr Norman E Borlaug and President Jimmy Carter. SG 2000 is still widely used to describe SAA programs.
SAA relies on the Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE) – once a legally separate organisation also funded by The Nippon Foundation, but now amalgamated to form One SAA – to provide leadership for building human resource capacity in agricultural extension.
Women working on their Community Demonstration Plot (CDP) in the Ségou region of Mali
SAA Founders
Ryoichi Sasakawa
(The Nippon Foundation Founder)
Norman E. Borlaug
(Nobel Peace Prize Laureate)
Jimmy Carter
(Former US President)
SAA Board of Councillors
Takeju Ogata Shuichi Ohno Katsumi Hirano
SAA Board of Directors
Ruth K. Oniang’o, Chairperson Yoshimasa Kanayama, President Fumiko Iseki, Executive Director Jean F. Freymond, Director Nicéphore D. Soglo
(Former President of Benin), Director Amit Roy, Director
SAA Auditor
Keiichiro Yamada, Auditor
SAA Principal Sta
Executive Management
Yoshimasa Kanayama, President Fumiko Iseki, Executive Director
Management
Mel Oluoch, SAA Regional Director (as of October 1)
Juliana Rwelamira, SAA Regional Director (retired September 30)
Deola Naibakelao, SAA Deputy Regional Director; Thematic Director, Human Resource Development/SAFE
Senior Sta (Regional O ce)
Bidjokazo Fofana, Thematic Director, Crop Productivity Enhancement
Leonides Halos-Kim, Thematic Director, Postharvest Handling and Agro-Processing Kebba Ngumbo Sima, Thematic Director, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Sharing Ande Okiror, Acting Thematic Director, Public Private Partnerships and Market Access
Front cover: Amina Neha, a maize farmer from Kano State, Nigeria. Following the provision of a new technology package by SAA, Amina planted a new variety of maize, resulting in increased crop yields.
Back cover: Farmers sharing their experience on a rice garden in the Kamwenge District, Uganda.
Senior Sta (Country O ces)
Fentahun Mengistu, Ethiopia Country Director
Aberra Debelo, Ethiopia Country Director (retired August 31) Sokona Dagnoko, Mali Country Director
Sani Miko, Nigeria Country Director
Roselline Nyamutale, Uganda Country Director
SAFE Associate Sta from Winrock International
Mercy Akeredolu, SAFE Technical Director Assa Kanté, SAFE Regional Coordinator Oladele Idowo, SAFE Regional Coordinator
(As of December 2018)
SAA Annual Report 2018
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About SAA
History and personnel