Negash Bekena Turga is the General Manager of Ethiopian Apiculture Board (EAB) leading the Secretariat since 2011. He is also working as Secretary-General for the African Union (AU) initiative Africa Apiculture Platform to promote beekeeping in all AU member states. He represents the EAB at Apimondia and represents Ethiopia in Apitrade Africa. For ApiTrade he is acting as a national coordinator for different events like Apiexpo Africa if organized in Ethiopia. He is also one of the SAMS local Advisory Board members actively supporting project implementation in Ethiopia.