Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko

Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko, an Angolan national, is a leading African Agronomist. She was elected as the Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union Commission in January 2017. Prior to that, she was a Special Adviser to two Ministers in Angola, including the Angolan Minister of Environment, where she also served as Ambassador responsible for Climate Change. The former Secretary General of the Inter African Coffee Organization (IACO) for 13 years in Cote D’Ivoire, she represented the coffee economy for 25 African coffee-producing countries.