Tanzanian-born Marieke is founder of The New Fork, a blockchain company based in Amsterdam. Marieke’s fascination for agrifood started while travelling Africa at the age of 17. She began her career with computer science at Wageningen University and worked on farm data for over 20 years, covering more than 50 countries. She returned to Wageningen University to fulfil several management positions on impact evaluation, became director of a software company that digitizes compliance processes and founded The New Fork in 2017. The New Fork builds new technologies for agrifood supply chains, specialized in blockchain.