Our team

In West Africa, Rikolto teams work with food system actors in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Senegal. They implement three (03) programmes: Good Food for Cities, Cocoa and Coffee, and Sustainable Rice.

Our staff in West Africa

Meet our Regional Management Team

Alphonse Amani

Regional Director of the Sustainable Cocoa and Coffee programme

alphonse.amani@rikolto.org

Bernadette P. OUATTARA née WININGA

Regional Director of the Good Food for Cities programme

bernadette.ouattara@rikolto.org

Johnson Asenso Arkoh

Regional Director of Operations and Finance Manager in Ghana

johnson.asenso@rikolto.org

Josephine Ecklu

Regional director and Global Coordinator for Inclusive Business

josephine.ecklu@rikolto.org

Mame Birame Ndiaye

Regional director and programme manager of the Sustainable Rice Programme in Senegal

mamebirame.ndiaye@rikolto.org

Meet our Regional Operations and Programme Support Team

Abdoulaye Soule

Regional Administration and Finance manager

abdoulaye.soule@rikolto.org

Aminata Kaboré

Financial and administrative assistant in Burkina Faso

aminata.kabore@rikolto.org

Johnson Asenso Arkoh

Regional Director of Operations and Finance Manager in Ghana

johnson.asenso@rikolto.org

Rose Kouassi

Regional People and Organisation manager

rose.kouassi@rikolto.org

Rose Somda

Regional Communication manager

rose.somda@rikolto.org

Our country teams

Meet our team in Benin

Kossi Pascal GBAYI

Rice programme manager in Benin

kossipascal.gbayi@rikolto.org

Loko Auguste MEHOU

Accountant in Benin

auguste.mehou@rikolto.org

Stévenus Thierry ADIKPETO

Rice programme officer in Benin

stevenusthierry.adikpeto@rikolto.org

Meet our team in Burkina Faso

Abdoulaye Soule

Regional Administration and Finance manager

abdoulaye.soule@rikolto.org

Adiaratou Ouedraogo

Administrative assistant in Burkina Faso

adiaratou.ouedraogo@rikolto.org

Aminata Kaboré

Financial and administrative assistant in Burkina Faso

aminata.kabore@rikolto.org

Bernadette P. OUATTARA née WININGA

Regional Director of the Good Food for Cities programme

bernadette.ouattara@rikolto.org

Florence Nadine OUEDRAOGO

“Restoring the green belt to mitigate the effects of climate change in Ouagadougou” project manager in Burkina Faso

florence.ouedraogo@rikolto.org

Harouna Maïga

AfriFoodLinks project coordinator in Ouagadougou

harouna.maiga@rikolto.org

Innocent YAOGO

Responsible for “Agriculture and Entrepreneurship for Young People” as part of the AfriFoodLinks project (Ouagadougou)

innocent.yaogo@rikolto.org

Michel Tougma

Rice programme manager in Burkina Faso

michel.tougma@rikolto.org

Rose Somda

Regional Communication manager

rose.somda@rikolto.org

Salimata DABRE DENE

Responsible for “Food Governance” as part of the AfriFoodLinks project (Ouagadougou)

gnessoukoum.dene@rikolto.org

Meet our team in Côte d'Ivoire

Alphonse Amani

Regional Director of the Sustainable Cocoa and Coffee programme

alphonse.amani@rikolto.org

Boni Richard DJIHA

Cocoa and Coffee programme officer in Côte d'Ivoire

richard.djiha@rikolto.org

Boris Kouadio

Cocoa and Coffee programme officer in Ivory Coast

boris.kouadio@rikolto.org

Eric Koffi

Cocoa and Coffee programme officer in Côte d'Ivoire

eric.koffi@rikolto.org

John Cyrille KOFFI

Cocoa and Coffee programme officer in Côte d'Ivoire (Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation)

john.koffi@rikolto.org

Kouamé Appolinaire YAO

Cocoa and Coffee programme officer in Côte d'Ivoire

yao.appolinaire@rikolto.org

Kouamé Konan Guy Arnaud

Cocoa and Coffee programme officer in Côte d'Ivoire

arnaud.kouame@rikolto.org

Rose Kouassi

Regional People and Organisation manager

rose.kouassi@rikolto.org

Yaa Victoire ANZOI

Financial assistant in Ivory Coast

victoire.anzoi@rikolto.org

Meet our team in Ghana

Adjoteye Joshua Fredrick Narh

Cocoa and Coffee programme coordinator in Ghana

joshua.adjoteye@rikolto.org

Alhassan Issahaku

Cocoa and Coffee programme manager in Ghana

alhassan.issahaku@rikolto.org

Dunstan Umar ASIGRI

Cocoa and Coffee programme officer in Ghana

umar.asigri@rikolto.org

Gertrude Nyaapoka Anyoka

Cocoa and Coffee programme manager in Ghana

gertrude.anyoka@rikolto.org

Janet Aborah

Cocoa and Coffee programme officer in Ghana

janet.aborah@rikolto.org

Johnson Asenso Arkoh

Regional Director of Operations and Finance Manager in Ghana

johnson.asenso@rikolto.org

Jonathan Owusu

Cocoa and Coffee programme officer in Ghana

jonathan.owusu@rikolto.org

Josephine Ecklu

Regional director and Global Coordinator for Inclusive Business

josephine.ecklu@rikolto.org

Precious Owusua Ampofo

Finance and accounting assistant in Ghana

precious.ampofo@rikolto.org

Raphael kwame FRIMPONG

Cocoa and Coffee programme officer in Ghana

kwame.frimpong@rikolto.org

Richard Ampoe-Jacks

Administrative assistant in Ghana

richard.jacks@rikolto.org

Sononam Jamal Jnr Lambon

Finance & Admin assistant in Ghana (Consultant)

jamal.lambon@rikolto.org

Victor Anasara ABUGRE

Cocoa and Coffee programme officer in Ghana

victor.anasara@rikolto.org

Meet our team in Mali

Bréhima Dembele

Rice programme manager in Mali

brehima.dembele@rikolto.org

Meet our team in Senegal

Anne KANE

GF4C programme manager in Senegal

anne.kane@rikolto.org

Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Sarr

Accountant, Logistics, Administrative officer in Senegal

cheikh.sarr@rikolto.org

Mame Birame Ndiaye

Regional director and programme manager of the Sustainable Rice Programme in Senegal

mamebirame.ndiaye@rikolto.org