GETCARE FOUNDATIONHead of Climate & Agronomy
Biography
Olga Davidzo Mapanje is a Zimbabwean applied agricultural economist and climate adaptation specialist with over five years of experience in agricultural resilience, climate finance, and food systems research across Sub-Saharan Africa. She is pursuing a PhD in Agricultural Economics at the University of Pretoria, researching index-based insurance and farmers’ preferences for climate-risk financing.
Her professional engagements include the Chr. Michelsen Institute, African Centre for a Green Economy, COMESA, Oxfam, YOUNGO, and African academic institutions. Her expertise covers climate-smart agriculture, climate information services, agricultural policy, value chain assessments, stakeholder capacity building, and the development of research publications, technical reports, policy briefs, and grant proposals.
As GetCare Foundation’s head of Climate & Agronomy, Olga guides climate adaptation, agronomic planning, sustainable input systems, regenerative agriculture, programme design, monitoring, learning, and partnerships. She is committed to strengthening smallholder livelihoods through equitable, productive, and climate-resilient food systems across Africa.