Andrew Mack is CEO and Founder of Agromovil, an award-winning data and market access company that links small farmers with buyers and large supply chains around the world to dramatically improve the efficiency of small-scale agriculture. The company works with thousands of farmers, aggregators and offtakers in Colombia, Tanzania and Ghana… and soon more countries.
A former World Bank official and banker, with wide experience in tech policy and new market entry, Mack has worked in just under 80 countries. A serial entrepreneur, he also founded and led AMGlobal Consulting, a Washington, DC-based firm working with Fortune 200 clients specializing in Corporate Social Responsibility, emerging markets and partnership development.
Mack holds a BA Magna Cum Laude from Amherst College and a MA in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS. He speaks and works in Spanish, French and Portuguese.
Many systemic challenges hinder the localization of ICT to revolutionize agriculture in the global South. Inadequate infrastructure limits access to digital resources and services. Data and tools that power AI often fail to accurately represent the specific contexts of local agrifood systems. Gender gaps in the ownership and usage of digital tools exacerbate these challenges. Language barriers also present significant obstacles, as local languages are frequently underrepresented in ICT tools. This session will explore how diverse stakeholders—including development agencies, research institutions, innovation accelerators, and non-profit organizations—are collaborating to tackle these issues and evaluate the effectiveness of various approaches.
New Delhi, India
Texcoco, Mexico
Washington, D.C., United States
