Dr. Anasia Gasper Maleko is an Executive Director for Small Medium Agribusiness Enterprise Development Services Tanzania abbreviated SMAED Services Tanzania. She is an Agricultural Economist and Food Marketing expert by Training with 15 years of experience in the Agriculture Sector in Tanzania in the Public Sector (Ministerial level) and 9 year in Private Sector as a Freelance, Associate Consultant and Researcher in Tanzania, EAC, SADC, Africa region and EU. Anasia is an African Food Champion graduate from Centre for Africa Leadership in Agriculture – CALA and African Food Changemaker trained under Building Resilience Against Climate and Environment Shocks - BRACE. My areas of expertise are based on Agriculture Value Chain and Private Sector; Monitoring, Evaluation Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Development Professionals (MEL4DP); Gender Equity and Social Inclusion – (GESI) youth and women mentoring and coaching in Tanzania, EAC and Africa region. I am a teacher by training with experience in curriculum development and program performance evaluation in Tanzania and EAC region. More importantly, I do have great network in Tanzania EAC, SADC and internationally in the areas of Agriculture, Food Marketing, Trade, Women and Youth. I do have a passion and strong personal commitment to use my knowledge and skills to challenge the processes of elimination marginalization, disadvantage and poverty, especially those that emerge from young people and women, ill-informed or prejudicial perceptions of social difference (e.g. gender, age, ethnicity and disability)