Martin Ssali

Martin Ssali is a Ugandan entrepreneur operating in the agribusiness sector with over eight years’ experience. He has devoted his early career practice to the introduction of new soy foods and the development of the soya value-chain, which involves stimulation of soya production, market chain improvement, and household and industrial soybean utilization. Ssali is the chief executive officer of National Soybean Network, the director and founder of Smart Foods Limited, and also works as a strategy and business development consultant with the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development, aiming at the commercialization of novel food products. After the Mandela Washington Fellowship, he has worked to further deepen his work as a consultant in strategy and inclusive business development, and strengthen his entrepreneurial efforts in his company and several rural farmer groups.