| First Name | Last Name | Institution | Country |
| Adja Madjiguene | Diallo | Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles / Centre National de Recherches Forestières (ISRA/CNRF) | Senegal |
| Asnakech Tekalign | Beyene | Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) | Ethiopia |
| Batiseba | Tembo | Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) | Zambia |
| Beatrice Elohor | Ifie | University of Ghana / West Africa Center for Crop Improvement (WACCI) | Ghana |
| Clarisse Pulcherie | Kondombo Barro | Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA) | Burkina Faso |
| Clement Akais | Okia | formerly World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF); Muni University, Uganda | Uganda |
| Daniel Kwadjo | Dzidzienyo | University of Ghana / West Africa Center for Crop Improvement (WACCI) | Ghana |
| Dorcas | Ibitoye | National Horticultural Research Institute | Nigeria |
| Edgar Valentin S. | TRAORE | Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA) | Burkina Faso |
| Edmore | Gasura | University of Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe |
| Ermias Abate | Desta | Amhra Regional Agricultural Research Institute | Ethiopia |
| Fatma Awad | Hussein | Field Crops Research Institute, Rice Research and Training Center | Egypt |
| Fekadu | Gurmu | South Agricultural Research Institute | Ethiopia |
| Friday Nwalo | Nweke | Federal University | Nigeria |
| Grace | Nakabonge | Makerere University | Uganda |
| Heneriko Philbert | Kulembeka | Lake Zone Agricultural Research and Development Institute | Tanzania |
| Hirut | Betaw | formerly International Potato Centre (CIP); now Cornell University | Ethiopia, now USA |
| Hortense Noelle | Mafouasson Apala | Institute of Africultural Research for Development (IRAD) | Cameroon |
| Innocent Nanoukon | Dossou-Aminon | University of Abomey-Calavi, Genetic Resources and Plant and Animal Breeding (BIORAVE), FAST-Dassa | Benin |
| Jane | Cheserek | Coffee Research Institute | Kenya |
| Laurent | Pungulani | Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture Research Services, Chitedze Research Station | Malawi |
| Maletsema Alina | Mofokeng | Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Grain Crops Institute | South Africa |
| Maureen Fonji | Atemkeng epse Nkoumki | Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) | Cameroon |
| Maxwell Darko | Asante | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Crops Research Institute | Ghana |
| Mayada | Beshir | Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC) | Sudan |
| Moses Adeolu | Adebayo | Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Department of Crop Production and Soil Science | Nigeria |
| Muhyideen | Oyekunle | Ahamadu Bello University | Nigeria |
| Oumarou | GOITA | Institut d'Economie Rurale (IER) | Mali |
| Oumarou | Souleymane | Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN) | Niger |
| Qudrah Olaitan | Oloyede-Kamiyo | Obafemi Awolowo University, Institute of Agricultural Research and Training | Nigeria |
| Regina | Tende | Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) | Kenya |
| Robooni | Tumuhimbise | National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) | Uganda |
| Ruth | Musila | Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) / Industrial Crops Research Institute | Kenya |
| Stephen | Amoah | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Crops Research Institute | Ghana |
