Dorine Odongo

Bio

Dorine Odongo is the Head of Communications at African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD). She recently served in the Food System Vision Prize judges committee and is a board member of the Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies (KENDAT). Dorine’s interests are in leveraging the power of evidence to drive social change and inclusive growth. A development communications leader with more than 14 years of experience, she started her career as an agricultural researcher designing and implementing research projects investigating farmers’ adoption of technologies. Dorine later studied the trends and status of research uptake and commercialization in Kenya and the place of open science in Kenyan knowledge systems. Dorine’s experience spans across more than 23 African countries. She has led development initiatives targeting partnership development, public policy, integrated communication, resource mobilization, and thought leadership in various development fields across Africa, including pastoralists’ resilience, the dairy value chain, natural resource management, gender-responsive agriculture. A Kenyan, Dorine holds a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences and a master’s degree in Agricultural Information and Communication Management from The University of Nairobi.