Vanessa Adams

CEO & Founder, Level4International, Kenya

Vanessa Adams is CEO and Founder of a boutique consultancy, Level4International. She has over 25 years of experience working to drive economic impacts at the last mile and improve supply chains in over 40 countries. She works and partners with SMEs and multinational companies, governments, development partners, industry associations, and cooperatives. She has spent over 20 years working to improve livelihoods in 30 African countries with institutions, businesses, women and youth entrepreneurs and farmers to increase productivity, meet buyer specifications, access finance, and compete in international markets. She has facilitated and created hundreds of transformative strategic partnerships with governments, multilateral organizations and businesses to develop and implement strategies which increase productivity and international trade, expand investments, improve business environments, access financial services as well as reduce constraints to economic growth. She is an advocate and champion of women and youth entrepreneurs, and smallholder farmers.