Mr. Divine Ntiokam, the Founder and Executive Director of GCSAYN. He recognizes the critical importance of young people in building a resilient, sustainable, and prosperous agricultural sector in Africa and around the world. This passion led him to establish the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network Global (GCSAYN) in May 2014.

Teams in over 178 countries work to raise awareness about Climate Smart Agriculture among young men and women, educating them on the benefits of sustainable practices in increasing agricultural yields and resilience. 

It should be noted that implementation of activities is being led by the 88 GCSAYN Approved Centers of Excellence, based in Primary and Secondary Schools, Universities and TVETs globally. Alongside his role at GCSAYN, Divine was elected as the African Continental Vice President of Youth in the Livestock, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Incubation Network in July 2018. He was also nominated as one of the Food and Land Use (FOLU) Coalition International Ambassadors in 2018.

In addition, Divine is a Core Member of the Strategy Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems at the Africa Europe Foundation. In 2021, he moderated one of the World Food Prize Foundation’s Global Youth Institute Roundtables.

To sum up, Divine is currently supporting the World Food Prize Foundation in the recruitment of High school students or youth aged 13-18 years from across the globe for the Virtual Youth Institute (VYI) in 2025. This has led him to become one of the World Food Prize Foundation Global Youth Institute Roundtable Experts. At the most recently ended World Food Prize Borlaug dialogue, he served as a panelist and hosted a successful Workshop titled: “Advancing Climate-Smart Agriculture” with 35 students Borlaug Fellows held in Des Moines, Iowa.

More so, due to his active participation in rolling out Centers of Excellence across the United States, lately engaged with the GLOBE Program where he supported the 24-hour relay in June 2025.

Furthermore, he is an active member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Commission on Education and Communication (CEC), Climate Crisis Commission (CCC), Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), Member for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social issues (SPSSI) and Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). He has served as a Judge for the Ohio Academy of Science in supporting the Science Fair 2025 for the City of Columbus and State of Ohio. He is also a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

Divine’s entrepreneurial spirit and advocacy for greater inclusivity are well-established. His background includes extensive experience in youth mainstreaming, notably coordinating and facilitating the translation of the Sustainable Development Goals into over sixty local languages across Africa and Asia to ensure that “No One Is Left Behind”. Furthermore, in 2020, the UN Special Envoy to the Food Systems Summit 2021 appointed Divine as one of the Champions to help implement the UN Secretary General’s vision for the “Decade of Action.”

Through business incubation and strong networks of support, the Network aims to build an Africa where youth-owned enterprises in animal resources contribute to poverty reduction and food security.