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09:00 – 09:30
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09:30 – 09:45
Georgia Lewis, Managing Editor, Alain Charles Publishing
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09:45 – 10:15
An introduction to what is happening in African investment as a region, the climate, political risks and the specific agriculture space – the opportunity around technology and its impact on the sector and tackling climate change.
Speaker: Vicky Pryce, Board Member, Centre for Economics and Business Research
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10:15 – 10:45
A snapshot presentation of the investment environment and types of investment flows in the African agriculture sector: activity from Institutional, corporate, private equity and impact investors. We’ll start with the flows in general in Africa over the last 5 years, where flows are coming from and why they are attracted to Africa, specifically agriculture.
Speaker: Fadzayi Musanhu, Director, Market Intelligence Africa
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10:45 – 11:00
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11:00 – 11:30
- Structural and Sector Level Challenges & Opportunities (Lemons and Lemonades)
- The Case for Commercial Investments
- Spotlighting The Opportunities in the Nigerian Agribusiness Space and Mapping Investment Opportunities to Critical Value-chain Activities
- Fidelity Bank's Agribusiness Financing Footprints
Speaker: Isaiah Ndukwe, Divisional Head Export & Agriculture, Fidelity Bank
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11:30 – 12:15
Topics to be covered:
- Special case studies in Nigerian agriculture
- Agri-tech and the impact on the sector
- Young entrepreneurs and their potential
Georgia Lewis, Managing Editor, Alain Charles Publishing
Alhaji Sabo Nanono, Honourable Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Nigeria -
12:15 – 13:15
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13:15 – 14:15
Two best in class examples of investment readiness from Senegal and the wider African region and from Sweden – outside of the region.
Inspired by the development of High Potential West African SMEs into Regional Champions
Ndeye Thaiw, Managing Director, Brightmore Capital
Private Sector, Public Sector and Entrepreneurship Collaborations in Sweden
Maila Reeves, Business Trade and Investments, Business Sweden Invest -
14:15 – 15:45
Investment Opportunities in Malawi's Agriculture - A Case of PPP Models in the Green Belt Areas
Dr Henrie M. Njolomo, CEO, Green Belt Authority, Malawi
Rwanda’s Agriculture Sector Spotlight
Birasa Nyamulinda, Investment Advisor, Rwanda Development Board -
15:45 – 16:15
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16:15 – 17:00
What Are Investors Looking for from African Agriculture?
Looking at: Investment Climate, Yields, Risks, Incentives
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17:00 – 17:15
Panellists: Brightmore Capital, Victus Global, Mainbridge Group
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17:00
Georgia Lewis, Managing Editor, Alain Charles Publishing
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09:00 – 09:30
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09:30 – 09:45
Georgia Lewis, Managing Editor, Alain Charles Publishing
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09:45 – 10:15
How can tech innovation help to drive agriculture development and make the sector investment ready?
Sami Khan, Director Strategy Food & Agriculture, CDC Group
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10:15 – 11:15
We have 2 examples of pioneering technology solutions already making an impact in the sector
Binkabi – an end to end automated, secure supply chain trading and financing platform for farmers, SMEs, farmers, banks, commodity traders and accredited warehouses. Manrui Tang, Co-Founder, Binkabi
WeFarm & Producers Direct – 2 peer-to-peer, farmer to farmer networks facilitating knowledge exchange, training, best practise, weather information, pest warnings and a whole host of valuable information Claire Rhodes, CEO, Producers Direct/ WeFarm
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11:15 – 11:45
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11:45 – 12:15
This session will discuss the impact of climate change on smallholder farmers in Africa. These farmers urgently need access to practical and proven climate-smart solutions, which can then be scaled up to mitigate the risks of climate change across Africa. An interesting solution showcase
Paul Baranowski, Founder, Climate Edge Representative, Cranfield University (tbc)
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11:30 – 12:00
Zee de Gersigny, Managing Director, Victus Global
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13:00 – 14:00
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14:00 – 14:45
Looking at the development of youth incubators, and how research and technology is impacting on the development and training for young people within the sector.
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14:45 – 15:30
Business Incubation Platform (BIP)
Looking at the development of business models to create and launch a sustainable, investor-ready product – suitable for export into overseas markets: scale, efficiency and complianceModerator: Georgia Lewis, Managing Editor, Alain Charles Publishing
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15:30 – 15:45
Georgia Lewis, Managing Editor, Alain Charles Publishing
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15:45