Bio

Yuan-Ting firmly believes in the power of impact investing, innovation, and public policy towards sustainable prosperity. Operating at the nexus of digital innovation, agribusiness, financial inclusion, and partnership across emerging economies, she has supported major multi-laterals, multinationals, financial institutions, VC-backed startups, impact investment advisory, and non-profits in navigating the frontiers of disruptive technologies and building strategic alliances for impact. Yuan-Ting has focused on the Russia Digital Agriculture advisory at the World Bank, where she advises the Federal Government strategy in digitizing the agriculture value chain and revitalizing the smallholder farmers operations through digital technology; co-creates the ecosystem for open innovation with global Telco/MNO, VC, agribusiness corporates, Agtech entrepreneurs, SMEs, farmers, academia and NGOs. She also co-authors technical reports and contributes to the flagship publication on Russia's Digital Economy. Most recently, she analyzes digital platforms and their business models on how they support micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Africa for higher productivity, efficiency, and employment in the agriculture and manufacturing sector, further identifying barriers/exploring solutions to technology uptakes throughout the value chains. Yuan-Ting likewise thrives in the exuberance of the African startup ecosystems from which innovations present the collective efforts towards shared prosperity: from Nairobi to Accra, Tamale to Kampala, and Cape Town to Addis Ababa, Yuan-Ting has witnessed the vitality and resilience of the people with whom she has interacted through her work on expanding farmer access to finance and the broader financial inclusion capacity. In her roles, she advises private sector players on assessing farmer credit risk via alternative data, innovative business models, and builds public-private partnerships with the African Development Bank, AGRA, FAO, Commercial Bank of Africa, and at Intellecap-Sankalp Africa, the largest impact investment community worldwide. Passionate about cross-border collaboration and venture investment with a keen focus on Africa, Asia, and Europe, Yuan-Ting regularly writes columns about the African tech ecosystem on Digitimes, the leading global tech-focused media headquartered in Taiwan. She has lived and worked across four continents in Taiwan, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, the Netherlands, France, Russia, and the US.