Privileged to host Max Cuvellier, Head of Mobile for Development (M4D), GSMA as the Keynote Speaker at ICTforAg share his insights and expertise on how we can leverage digital technology to improve smallholder agriculture outcomes in LMICs.

Max is the Head of Mobile for Development (M4D) at GSMA. M4D is singularly positioned at the intersection of the mobile ecosystem and the development sector to drive innovation in digital technology to reduce inequalities in our world, enabled by partnerships with forward-thinking donors and a team of 100_ passionate professionals. Max joined GSMA in 2012 and held positions within various programmes. He initially helped mobile operators and partners design solutions to ensure women in LMICs do not get left out of the digital economy as part of the Connected Women programme. He later launched the Ecosystem Accelerator programme and headed the M4D Utilities programme, which have allocated a combined $22 million in grant funding to 85 ventures in 40+ countries across Africa and Asia. Prior to joining GSMA, Max worked in the Middle East and Africa innovation unit of mobile operator Orange, based in Jordan and in France, and as a telecom strategy consultant with Altai Consulting, where he focused on projects in Iraq and Afghanistan. Max holds a Masters in Management from HEC Paris, and a Masters in International Management from ESADE Barcelona, and is one of the Young Leaders of the French-African Foundation, placed under the high patronage of the French and Ghanaian Presidents. Max is passionate about technology and entrepreneurship, and their combined impact on our Planet, our societies and our economies.