Edson Mpyisi

Bio

Edson Mpyisi is a Chief Financial Economist and the Coordinator of the ENABLE Youth Program at the African Development Bank Group (AfDB. 

Mr. Mpyisi has over 20 years of experience in Economic and Rural Development at both the national and international levels with extensive policy, research, management and investment experience on key strategic and emerging issues facing Africa.

Prior to joining the AfDB, Mr. Mpyisi was the Acting Director of the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture and Head of Division of Agriculture and Food Security at the African Union Commission (2005-2009) where he spearheaded the development, coordination and implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). Prior to that, Mr. Mpyisi worked with Michigan State University as the Country Coordinator of the Food Security Research Project (FSRP) in Rwanda; Economist with the UNDP; Rwanda Country Representative for USAID’s Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNet); and as a Programme Director at the International Student Centre of the University of Toronto, Canada.

Mr. Mpyisi holds a Master’s Degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of British Columbia in Canada and is a PhD Candidate in Development Finance at the University of Stellenbosch.