Experience

Small Farm Cities Africa

• Malawi
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Founder of Small Farm Cities Africa, a developer of agribusiness municipal infrastructure and systems. Founder of Small Farm Cities Africa, a developer of agribusiness municipal infrastructure and systems.



Charter Cities Institute

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Advisor, Africa

  • Jan 2022 - Present



DP World

• United Arab Emirates
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• • May 2020 - Dec 2021

  Part of global team developing international B2B e-commerce gateway for African exports, imports and domestic distribution.

• • Jan 2019 - Apr 2020



FIRST HECTARES

• United States
• Investment Management

• Director

  • Aug 2008 - Nov 2021

  Co-founded laboratory commercial farm in Ghana, Africa Atlantic, to establish modern production systems with supporting infrastructure. Organized project finance and land tenure for irrigated project, along with completing Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for 10,500 hectare asset according World Bank/IFC Terms of Reference. Secured scale-up investment commitments from award-winning PE fund. Project summary outlined in the book, Africa Risk Dashboard, co-authored with co-investor and Dubai logistics icon, Issa Baluch. Show less



Africa Risk Dashboard

• Professional Training and Coaching

• Co Author

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2017

  Co-Authored book with Dubai logistics icon, Issa Baluch, featuring the "Africa risk dashboard." We describe this framework as "mitigation architecture for investors from lessons learned the hard way." The book provides a blue print for analysis of risks we encountered in our investments in African agribusiness infrastructure and systems, along with recommendations for overcoming challenges through municipal infrastructure and systems. Co-Authored book with Dubai logistics icon, Issa Baluch, featuring the "Africa risk dashboard." We describe this framework as "mitigation architecture for investors from lessons learned the hard way." The book provides a blue print for analysis of risks we encountered in our investments in African agribusiness infrastructure and systems, along with recommendations for overcoming challenges through municipal infrastructure and systems.



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Scholar | Africa | Center for Advanced Urbanism

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2015

  2014-15 academic year short term/part time appointment to assist in development of an Africa research umbrella of the Center for Advanced Urbanism, a collaborative of faculty research labs within the MIT School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Integrated private sector investment and development experience from working in West Africa to inform ongoing research. Focused on the system design of future small and medium-sized cities and economic zones in Sub-Saharan Africa built around production agriculture. Show less



J.C. Watts Companies

• Washington D.C. Metro Area

• President

  • Jan 2003 - Jul 2008



U.S. House of Representatives

• United States
• Legislative Offices
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

• • Jan 1993 - Jan 2003