Mobilizing Finance Solutions for Food System Transformation in Africa
Farmer-owned associations share knowledge, buy products, and get trained to scale up their businesses. A major driver to these resources is access to finance, which is incredibly challenging for smaller associations. Strengthening businesses to further commercialize innovations that have a potential to kickstart and transform markets in the agri-food is what we try to achieve when ensuring access to these financial flows.
We want to delve into the issue of repurposing Agri-subsidies and explore financial incentives more broadly to support more sustainable resilient food systems. The session will address 4 critical questions needing solutions in the financial system as whole to transform agriculture outcomes in Africa.
Ndidi Nwuneli
Sahel Consulting, Executive Chair & Co-Founder
Reshma Shah
Equity Group Holdings, Group Director Sustainability
Marcela Paranhos
IDH, Global Carbon Finance
Dr. German Velasquez
Green Climate Fund, Director for Division of Mitigation and Adaptation
Hannah Ratcliffe
Director for Portfolio Value Creation, AgDevCo
Wanjohi Ndagu
Investment Director, Pearl Capital Partners
Justine Bolton
Carbon and Biodiversity Specialist, First Rand Bank
Simon O'Connell
SNV, Chief Executive Officer
Fiona Napier
Nature Lead in Africa, UN Climate Change High Level Champions
Session organizer
