| First Name | Last Name | Institution | Country |
| Abe | Gerrano | Agricultural Research Council (ARC) / Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute | South Africa |
| Abush | Tesfaye Abebe | Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) | Ethiopia |
| Charity | Chidzanga | Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Center (SIRDC) | Zimbabwe |
| Charles | Amadi | National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike | Nigeria |
| Charles | Mutimaamba | Crop Breeding Institute, Department of Research & Specialist Services | Zimbabwe |
| Daniel | Nyadanu | Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana | Ghana |
| Dowiya Benjamin | Nzawele | Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques (INERA) | DR Congo |
| Enoch Gbènato | Achigan Dako | University of Abomey-Calavi, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences | Benin |
| Fulgence | Niyongabo | Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi (ISABU) | Burundi |
| Gemechu | Keneni | Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) | Ethiopia |
| Happiness | Oselebe | Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki | Nigeria |
| Josephine Therese | Makueti | World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) | Cameroon |
| Julia | Sibiya | University of KwaZulu-Natal / African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) | South Africa |
| Kiddo | Mtunda | Sugarcane Research Institute, Kibaha | Tanzania |
| Konan Jean Louis | Konan | National Agronomic Research Center (CNRA) | Côte d'Ivoire |
| Mainassara | Habibou | Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN) | Niger |
| Mathews | Dida | Maseno University | Kenya |
| Memory | Mazarire | Crop Breeding Institute | Zimbabwe |
| Nicholas | Denwar | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) | Ghana |
| Pascal P. Okwiri | Ojwang | Egerton University | Kenya |
| Patrick | Adebola | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) | Nigeria |
| Richard | Akinwale | Obafemi Awolowo University | Nigeria |
| Samson | Gwali | National Forestry Resources Research Institute (NaFORRI) | Uganda |
| Sydney | Mavengahama | Agricultural Research Council (ARC) | South Africa |
| Wassu Mohammed | Ali | Haramaya University | Ethiopia |
