Cheraé Robinson is an entrepreneur, DJ, and modern Pan-Africanist who is the founder and CEO of Tastemakers Africa, an experiences marketplace connecting curious travelers to local insiders in African cities. A recovering agriculture and development nerd, she spent a decade helping organizations like the CDC, WHO, CARE, and CIMMYT translate research and data into meaningful partnerships benefitting women, farmers, and public health responders in emerging economies. One of her biggest professional highlights was being apart of the founding team of the Borlaug Institute for South Asia, a public private partnership training small farmers, agronomists, and researchers on sustainable innovation in the agriculture sector across Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. To date, she has lived, worked, or traveled to nearly 50 countries.
Cheraé earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Morgan State University and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She splits her time between New York and city-hopping the African continent. When not tackling the demands of running a startup with staff in three continents, she spends her time learning every meme she can from her 10 year old son “Trace”.