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Dr Andrew Mwihia Karanja
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Karanja has over 36 years’ experience in public sector both locally and internationally in the fields of development economics, rural development and finance, agriculture and livestock development.
He started his career as an extension officer at the Ministry Agriculture and Livestock Development. He also worked as a Planning Officer in the same ministry. Later he joined Coffee Research Foundation (CRF) as a Research Officer/Agricultural Economist where he rose to Senior Agricultural Economist and Head of Economics Department.
He was a research fellow at Tegemeo Policy Research Institute in 2002, where he undertook policy research on liberalization of the dairy industry, among others.
Dr. Karanja joined the World Bank in 2003, as an Agricultural Economist and later promoted to Senior Agricultural Economist in charge of World Bank rural and agriculture portfolio in Kenya and in the East Africa region.
Since her appointment to Cabinet in 2022, she has served in the East African Affairs docket, before moving to her former engagement in Investments, Trade and Industry.
He has a PhD in Development Economics and Policy from Wageningen University, Netherlands, a MSc in Agricultural Economics from University of Nairobi and Bachelor degree in Agriculture from University of Nairobi.
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