Anasia, has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics and Food Marketing, Msc. Agricultural Economics both from the University of Reading, UK, and BSc in Agriculture General from Sokoine University of Agriculture – SUA, Morogoro, Tanzania. She has over 16 years of professional experience in the agriculture in Tanzania, African region and Europe including the education sectors in Tanzania. Anasia has hands on experience in agricultural value chain analysis, agribusiness assessment, policy analysis, project management cycle and report writing skills with ability to inform different stakeholders on how the economic factors shape the implementation processes, outputs and outcomes of the planned economic development interventions. She has strong personal commitment to use her knowledge and skills to challenge the processes of elimination marginalization, disadvantage and poverty, especially, those that emerge from young people and women, ill-informed or prejudicial perceptions of social difference, e.g. gender, age, ethnicity and disability.
I am founder and Executive Director of Bantani, previously youth-worker, VET teacher and policy maker with Welsh government/European Commission and an international expert in entrepreneurship education and development. Bantani Education is a non-profit based in Belgium and working globally with a mission to transform learning. At the heart is the commitment is equipping young people and adults with transversal skills and mindset needed to be more entrepreneurial in life and work, leading to more learner engagement, active citizenship, employability and self-employment. Our skills work connects across entrepreneurial, digital, sustainability and finance skills development - integrating these in a coherent way across all sectors from pre-school to adult learning. Bantani achieves our vision by bringing extensive policy and practical experience to actions with partners from public, education, civil society and private sector, to research, test and embed high-quality learning practice and policy.