John Edward Otieno (J.E.O.) Rege is founder and chief executive officer of Emerge Centre for Innovations – Africa (ECI-Africa), a not-for-profit organization that supports institutional development in the areas of agriculture and rural development. He has over 35 years’ experience in agriculture, having worked in different capacities – as university trainer, CGIAR researcher and science leader. Ed holds a PhD in genetics, MS in animal science and BSc in agriculture. Prior to founding ECI-Africa, Ed was the director of the Global Biotechnology Program of the International Livestock Research Institute. Keith Sones is a freelance writer and editor, specialising in African agriculture and livestock disease, and works for both public and private sector organisations. Currently based in rural Oxfordshire, UK he lived in Nairobi, Kenya for 30 years, initially working for a major veterinary pharmaceutical company before becoming a freelancewriter and editor, and workshop and conference organiser, facilitator and rapporteur mainly in the livestock sector. Keith holds a PhD in parasitology from Glasgow Veterinary School, Scotland.