Thomas MalundaSenior Regional Manager, Farmer Support Services

Thomas Malunda is an agriculturalist by profession with extensive experience working with Agriculture tech start-ups, agribusinesses, and farmers in Africa. He possesses vast knowledge in agronomy, sustainable agriculture and land use management, research (user, market, and academic), digital product development, content and curriculum development, project management, portfolio development and management, sustainable agricultural finance, as well as market systems development.

Thomas holds a second-class upper Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Agricultural Land Use and Management from Makerere University, a certificate of the International Training Course in Organic Agriculture by Go Organic, a Master’s Degree in Agroecology from Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, a Business Trainer of Trainers' certification by the Street Business School, a certificate of certified expert in sustainable agricultural finance from Frankfurt school of finance and management, and a Professional Diploma in Digital Learning from the Digital Learning Institute.

He has previously worked with Buikwe district local government, start-ups Wefarm Limited and Inputi Inc, and Climate Change Institute Uganda NGO, and has done a lot of consultancy work for several companies and NGOs.

He currently works with Opportunity International as the Senior Regional Manager for the Farmer Support Services Team, where he leads all work in line with Strategy and Client outreach targets in Africa