Dr. Adrian Mukhebi, Ph.D. Agricultural Economist, was honoured by the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE) as a Fellow of the AAAE at the AAAE Conference held in Accra, Ghana, August 20-22, 2007. With a membership throughout Africa, the AAAE brings together professional Agricultural Economists in Africa working in various capacities in Government,Universities and Research Institutions, Private Sector, NGOs and Civil Society.

Dr. Mukhebi was among the only 4 Members of the AAAE who were honoured by the AAAE within AAAE Fellowship at the conference for outstanding contribution to the profession of Agricultural Economics in Africa.

The AAAE cited Dr. Mukhebi’s sustained efforts at the Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange Limited (KACE) over the years, in making agricultural markets to work better, more efficient, for the farmer, especially for the smallholder farmer in Kenya. This was recognized as a significant contribution to the profession of agricultural economics, and as something young professional members of the AAAE should emulate. The AAAE recognized the fact that KACE innovations, especially those concerning the application of modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as the mobile phone and the internet in agriculture, are having a positive impact on farmers and agricultural development, and are being scaled out to, or emulated, in other countries throughout the continent: Malawi, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Ethiopia, to name a few.

Dr. Mukhebi is the Chairman of KACE, and also the Chairman of the Agribusiness Development Program of the Ministry of Agriculture – Danish Government Cooperation. He was also awarded the International Ashoka Fellowship Award in Social Entrepreneurship in 2005.