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Number 32 on the 2025 list
Hailemariam Desalegn is a chair from Ethiopia, named to the AFN 100 in 2025 for chairing the Africa Food Systems Forum as its Dakar summit drew nearly 6,000 participants.
Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Chair of the Africa Food Systems Forum, co-chaired the May 2025 launch of the forum's Dakar summit with Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. The summit, held from 31 August to 5 September with Africa's youth at its centre, drew nearly 6,000 participants from 105 countries, 40 ministers and more than 1,500 young people across 163 sessions.