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AGENDA FOR THE GROW AFRICA INVESTMENT FORUM
MAY 10-11, LEMIGO HOTEL, KIGALI, RWANDA
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Agenda Overview
TUESDAY 10 MAY
10:00 – 12:00 AGRF Markets, Trade and Domestic Private Sector Thematic Working Group Meeting Room Ihema
12:00 – 13:00 Welcome Lunch
13:00 – 14:15 High Level Plenary: Setting the Leadership Agenda for Grow Africa Rebero Plenary Hall
14:15 – 15:45 Regional value-chain sessions:
1. Investment opportunities in industrial cassava value chains Room Ruhondo
2. Building a viable regional market for potato in East Africa Room Burera 3. Unlocking private sector investments within the rice value chain Room Ihema
4. Enabling access to quality seed in East & Southern Africa Room Nasho
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee
16:15 – 17:45 New business models, innovation and best practice
1. Scaling lease financing models for mechanization Room Ruhondo 2. Business models for improving smallholder farmer profitability Room Ihema
3. Scaling youth agricultural entrepreneurship Room Burera
4. Country Partnerships Masterclass Room Nasho
17:45 – 21:00 Cocktail reception, buffet dinner, entertainment
WEDNESDAY 11 MAY
08:30 – 10:00 Masterclass: Addressing Land Access, Human Rights and Business Risk Room Lemigo 1
09:00 – 10:00 Country Sessions Round 1: Burkina Faso Room Burera Kenya Room Ihema
Tanzania Room Muhazi
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee
10:15 – 11:15 Country Sessions Round 2: Ethiopia Room Burera
Nigeria Room Ihema
Malawi Room Muhazi Rwanda Room Nasho
11:15 – 12:45 High-Level Plenary: Accelerating Agricultural Transformation
Rebero Plenary Hall
12:45- 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 17:00 Bilateral meetings Rooms Jali 1-4
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10:00 – 12:00
Room Ihema
AGRF Markets, Trade and Domestic Private Sector Thematic Working
Group Meeting
The AGRF Markets, Trade and Domestic Private Sector Thematic Working Group
(TWG) meeting follows June 2015 inaugural discussions that provided input into various sessions during the September 2015 convening of AGRF in Lusaka, Zambia.
The aim of this meeting is to support the development of the AGRF Results Framework by suggesting key target areas of focus related to strengthening: a)
market access, regional trade and international trade and; b) development of value chain linkages involving local agribusiness actors.
The Rockefeller Foundation will provide a case study of several new initiatives of the
Rockefeller Foundation to reduce post-harvest losses. This and input from the other
participants on complimentary initiatives that also have the potential to stimulate the development of trade, the expansion of markets and increased engagement of
domestic private sector actors in Africa’s agribusiness value chains will provide the basis for a discussion of how AGRF can help scale up and accelerate the adoption of
such measures.
Chair
Mamadou Biteye, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation – Africa
Facilitator
Michael Sudarkasa, AGRF Program Director
12:00 – 13:00 Networking Area
Welcome Lunch
13:00 – 14:15 Rebero Plenary Hall
High Level Plenary: Setting the Leadership Agenda for Grow Africa
This high level panel discussion convenes Grow African founders and leaders of key stakeholder organisations in the Grow Africa partnership to review progress and constraints in accelerating agricultural transformation on the continent and to jointly
set priorities for an action-oriented agenda that will shape the Grow Africa
Partnership’s work over the coming year.
Detailed Overview
TUESDAY 10 MAY
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Panellists
Mark Bowman, Managing Director Africa, SAB Miller
Emanuel Ijewere, Chief Executive Officer, BestFood and Coordinator of the
National Agricultural Business Group, Nigeria Agnes Kalibata, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, Johannesburg
Stephen Muchiri, Chief Executive Officer, Eastern Africa Farmers
Federation (EAFF) Gerardine Mukeshimana, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources of
Rwanda Sarita Nayyar, Managing Director, World Economic Forum USA
Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union, Addis Ababa
14:15 – 15:45
Room Ihema Unlocking private sector investments within the rice value chain
The development of the rice value chain through expansion of competitive rice
production, milling and improved end products offers a major opportunity for growth in African agriculture. While there are many challenges, the potential for domestic
rice production will have a major impact on economic growth, job creation and
import substitution. At the 2015 Grow Africa Investment Forum, rice value chain issues were framed and discussed. One year on, participants will explore the
establishment of national and regional rice value chain platforms in West Africa, looking at the existing constraints, learnings, and solutions that can inform improved
collaboration between the public and private sectors. Case studies and best practice examples will be shared to highlight challenges and opportunities for such
collaboration. The outcomes of this session will inform the design and approach to
developing value chain platforms in the region, working to overcome gaps to unlock private sector investments in the rice sector, and boost sustainable, domestic rice
production.
Chair
Augustin Wambo Yamdjeu, Head of CAADP, New Partnership for Africa’s
Development (NEPAD), South Africa
Facilitator
Ben Valk, Head of Food & Agricultural Partnerships, Rabobank, Netherlands
Discussion Leaders Tunji Owoeye, Managing Director, Elephant Group, Nigeria
Francesco Rampa, Head of Food Security Programme, European Centre for
Development Policy Management (ECDPM), Netherlands
Njack Kane, Director, Intervalle, Switzerland
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Contributors
Carter Coleman, Chief Executive Officer, Kilombero Plantation Ltd.,
Tanzania
Nuhu Hatibu, Chief Executive Officer, Kilimo Trust, Uganda Nana Ama Oppong-Duah, Policy Advisor, Kufuor Foundation, Ghana
Aboubakary Traoré, Head of Department, Office National de
Développement de la Riziculture (ONDR), Ivory Coast
Ben Valk, Global Head, Multilateral Banking, Rabobank, The Netherlands
Elke Vandamme, Agronomist, AfricaRice, Ivory Coast
14:15 – 15:45
Room Nasho Enabling access to quality seed in East and Southern Africa
The private sector is increasingly investing in bean and pulse production and trade in
East and Southern Africa, yet access to quality seed to meet market requirements remains an obstacle to increasing farmer profitability and furthering agricultural
development across the region. Challenges to access include trade barriers, institutional capacity constraints, slow implementation of policy harmonization, and a
lack of investment in seed production and distribution.
This session will serve as an exploratory session to identify priority seed varieties,
experience with applications, and bottlenecks to develop collaborative actions that Grow Africa can catalyse to improve access to seed in East and Southern Africa.
While many challenges to seed access apply across crop types, this session will focus particularly on seed for beans and pulses, due to increased demand and very limited
supply. Participants will hear from private sector stakeholders to understand the market demand and primary bottlenecks, as well as existing initiatives to address
these. The session will conclude with a prioritization of actions and proposed form in
which these can progressed.
Chair
Walker Morris, Chief Executive Officer, The Clinton Development Initiative
Contributors
Wilmer Otto, Director, MORAGG Co. Ltd., USA
Georgina Fleming, Business Development Manager, H2OVP, Rwanda
Jean De Dieu Ntaganda, Lead Agribusiness & Field Operations Officer,
East Africa Exchange, Rwanda
Alfred Nkhono, Chief Executive Officer, Press Agriculture Ltd., Malawi
Pascoal Isaias, Director, Lozane Farms, Mozambique
14:15 – 15:45
Room Burera Building a viable regional market for potato in East Africa
Public and private stakeholders have recognised the potential for building a regional and export market for potato in East Africa. The Grow Africa Secretariat has
supported the establishment in 2015 of a regional potato platform and has commissioned a market opportunity study. In this session, the market study results
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will be shared, followed by breakout discussions on specific investment opportunities
in the three areas of seed and inputs, infrastructure, and processing. The breakout
discussions will also hear from existing, scalable partnerships addressing key constraints in the three areas.
Facilitator
Sean de Cleene, Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer, AGRA, Kenya
Discussion Leaders
John Bahana, Managing Director, Kisoro Processing Ltd., Kenya
John Logan, Country Director, TechnoServe, Kenya
Barbara Muzata Sehule, Head of Corporate Affairs for Africa, DuPont,
South Africa
Contributors
George Osure, Regional Director, Syngenta Foundation, Kenya
Humphrey Mburu, Managing Director, SereniFries, Kenya
Sten Guezennec, Business Development Manager EMEA, Bayer CropScience, France
Jack Masawa, Sales Manager, LachLan Africa Ltd., Kenya
Kinyua M’Mbijjewe, Head of Corporate Affairs, Africa & Middle East,
Syngenta, Kenya
14:15 – 15:45
Room Ruhondo Investment opportunities in industrial cassava value chains
The market potential for processed cassava, used as a component in industrial
production of food and non-food products is increasingly recognised in Africa. In 2014, Grow Africa and IDH supported the creation of multistakeholder platforms in
Ghana, Nigeria and Mozambique, focused on developing the market for ‘industrial’
cassava. One year on, the groups have surfaced a pipeline of investment
opportunities that, if financed, will accelerate the ability to meet proven demand for processed cassava. In this session, cassava platform chairs will update on progress
made and constraints encountered over the last year. Concrete investment opportunities will be introduced, with a discussion on the types of financing required.
Chair
Joost Oorthuizen, Managing Director, The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH), The Netherlands
Facilitator
Tony Bruggink, Programme Director, The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH), The Netherlands
Contributors
Chris Quarshie, Managing Director, Caltech Ventures, Ghana Thiruvengadam Sridhar, Director of Projects, Export Trading Group (ETG),
Mozambique
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Nike Tinubu, Executive Director, Eagleson and Nito Concepts, Nigeria
Paul Stanger, Local Sourcing Director, Heineken, United Kingdom
Anna Swaithes, Director of Sustainable Development, SAB Miller, United
Kingdom
Naoko Koyama-Blanc, Partner, Dalberg Development Advisors, Kenya
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee
16:15 – 17:45 Room Ihema
Business models for improving smallholder farmer profitability
Improving the profitability of smallholder farmers is key to ensuring the reliability and sustainability of commodity supply chains. In this session, members of the Grow
Africa Smallholder Working Group present best practice business models for increasing smallholder profitability, focused around: (1) Models for smallholder
aggregation; (2) The value of programmes focused specifically on women farmers;
(3) Public-private sector collaboration models for improving smallholder profitability; and (4) Models for accelerating technology adoption.
Facilitator
Sospeter Waga, Executive Director, Value Farms, Kenya
Discussion leaders
Kinyua M’Mbijjewe, Head of Corporate Affairs, Africa & Middle East,
Syngenta, Kenya
Sean de Cleene, Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer, AGRA, Kenya
Dyborn Chibonga, Chief Executive Officer, National Smallholders
Association of Malawi (NAFSAM), Malawi
Contributors
Shaun Cawood, Founder, CB Farm Fresh, Mozambique Joost Oorthuizen, Managing Director, The Sustainable Trade Initiative
(IDH), The Netherlands
Paul Stanger, Local Sourcing Director, Heineken, United Kingdom Michael Schup, Sustainable Business Development Manager, Barry
Callebaut, Switzerland Walker Morris, Chief Executive Officer, Clinton Development Initiative, USA
George Osure, Regional Director, The Syngenta Foundation, Kenya
Nike Tinubu, Executive Director, Eagleson and Nito Concepts, Nigeria
16:15 – 17:45 Room Nasho
Effective Country Partnerships Masterclass
The World Economic Forum’s New Vision for Agriculture initiative will share a new model for building effective national multistakeholder partnerships with leaders from
Grow Africa. The session will feature guiding principles and an 8-step framework with
specific examples of how to design, implement and scale market-led and multistakeholder approaches to transform agriculture sectors.
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Facilitator
Pradeep Prabhala, Associate Partner, Monitor Deloitte, USA
Discussion leaders
Geoffrey Kirenga, Chief Executive Officer, SAGCOT Centre Ltd., Tanzania
Contributors
Lisa Dreier, Head of Agriculture & Food Security Initiatives, World Economic
Forum, USA Ben Valk, Head of Food & Agricultural Partnerships, Rabobank, Netherlands
16:15 – 17:45 Room Burera
Scaling youth agricultural entrepreneurship
Attracting young entrepreneurs into the agriculture sector, and supporting them to
scale-up and participate in supply chains, is a continent-wide challenge that must be
overcome to ensure the growth and success of the sector. This session will focus on understanding the challenges, as well as identifying the opportunities in two specific
areas: improving entrepreneurs’ access to training and mentorship; and enabling access to agricultural supply chains for young entrepreneurs and their companies.
The session will also draw on the learnings of a recent report by the Tony Elumelu
Foundation’s Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP), analysing the challenges experienced by its agricultural entrepreneurs, and ways in which policymakers, the
private sector, and development partners can better support young entrepreneurs in the sector.
Facilitator
Hloni Matsela, Corporate Affairs Director, SABMiller Africa, South Africa
Discussion leaders
Douglas Brew, Director of External Affairs, Unilever, United Kingdom
Abraham Sarfo, Technical Advisor, New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), South Africa
Contributors
Abimbola Adebakin, Chief Operating Officer, Tony Elumelu Foundation,
Nigeria
Simon Winter, Senior Vice President, TechnoServe, USA
Obed Diener, Technical Advisor, FHI360, USA
16:15 – 17:45 Room Ruhondo
Scaling lease financing models for mechanization
Increasing mechanisation is key to improving farmer productivity and reducing post-
harvest loss. Technology innovations – such as a recently-developed portable maize dryer – have the potential to bring mechanisation to smallholder farmers. Yet
financing the purchase or use of machinery generally remains outside of most smallholder farmers’ grasp. In many cases, government policy is also not focused on
or supportive of accelerating mechanisation. A focus on lease financing offers promise and a number of new schemes and
financing models are emerging. In this session, a brief discussion of existing
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initiatives will be followed by presentation of a concept to scale-out an approach to
lease financing for mechanisation across multiple countries. Participants will engage
in discussion and debate on what needs to be done to strengthen and drive such an approach to accelerate farmer access to mechanisation.
Facilitator
Gene Moses, Strategy & Management Officer, Global Agribusiness,
International Finance Corporation, USA
Contributors
Augustine Langyintuo, Senior Agribusiness Specialist, International
Finance Corporation, Kenya Mark Hemsworth, Chief Executive Officer, Rent to Own, Zambia
Hanumant Reddy, Managing Director, Voluntous Agricon, Rwanda
Mary-Jane Potter, Chief Investment Officer, Innovare Advisors, USA
Sophie Walker, Senior Agribusiness Specialist, ACDI-VOCA, Kenya
Coy Buckley, Chief Executive Officer, Equity for Tanzania, Tanzania
17:45 – 21:00 Networking area
Cocktail reception, buffet dinner, entertainment
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08:30 – 10:00
Room Lemigo 1
Masterclass: Addressing Land Access, Human Rights and Business Risk
Companies are recognizing that respecting land rights is an important aspect of
making investments in developing countries, as a failure to do so can carry significant financial and reputational risks. These companies call for practical
guidance about how to effectively integrate land rights protections into their supply chains and business operations, and thereby make their investments
more sustainable, less controversial and better able to generate shared prosperity and value in the longer term. DFID's LEGEND team and Landesa have
organised a masterclass ‘How to Address Land Access, Human Rights and
Business Risk’ to give an overview of key issues related to land rights in the
agricultural investment context and a discussion of practical solutions companies
can take to integrate land rights protections into their supply chains and business operations.
Topics will include:
What does it mean to consider land rights as a business risk?
What are the relevant provisions, guidance and standards? What practical tools are available to implement these provisions (e.g.
contractual instruments, land rights risk assessment and planning tools, inclusive business models)
Masterclass Leader
Leslie Hannay, Gender and Land Tenure Lawyer, Landesa
09:00 – 10:00
Room Burera Country Session: Burkina Faso
Presentation of investment opportunities aligned with the national agricultural agenda, followed by a facilitated discussion
Delegation Leader
Bintou Diallo, Director, Agency for Investment Promotion, Burkina Faso
09:00 – 10:00
Room Ihema Country Session: Kenya Presentation of investment opportunities aligned with the national agricultural
agenda, followed by a facilitated discussion
Delegation Leader
Willy Bett, Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Kenya
WEDNESDAY 11 MAY
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Facilitator
Kanini Mutooni, Director, Investment, The East Africa Trade and Investment Hub
09:00 – 10:00
Room Muhazi Country Session: Tanzania Presentation of investment opportunities aligned with the national agricultural
agenda, followed by a facilitated discussion.
Investment Opportunities:
See National Investment Opportunities document in Onsite Folder for more detail
Ihemi Cluster: Investment opportunities in Soya value chain through
working with outgrowers in production technologies, procurement, storage and value addition solutions.
Ihemi Cluster: Investment opportunities in Potato value chain through
working with smallholder farmers in mechanization, storage and value addition solutions.
Delegation Leader Geoffrey Kirenga, Chief Executive Officer, Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania Ltd (SAGCOT)
Facilitator Simon Hindley, Director, Procurement, Africa Sourcing Development, Unilever
10:00 – 10:15
Networking Area
Coffee
10:15 – 11:15
Room Burera
Country Session: Ethiopia Presentation of investment opportunities aligned with the national agricultural
agenda, followed by a facilitated discussion.
Investment Opportunities:
See National Investment Opportunities document in Onsite Folder for more detail
Investment in cattle fattening and abattoir business for the domestic
market and Regional/Middle Eastern export markets Investment in Ultra-High Temperature (UHT) milk processing plant for
Ethiopian domestic and neighbouring export markets
Investment in poultry processing plant to sell chicken meat and eggs to
the Ethiopian mass market Investment in soybean processing for consumer products and soybean
meal to serve the domestic animal feed market
Investment in tomato processing business for domestic and export markets
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Delegation Leader
Mirafe Gebriel Marcos, Chief of Staff and Senior Director, Agribusiness and Markets, The Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)
Facilitator
Prabdeep Bajwa, Regional Director, Africa, DuPont
10:15 – 11:15
Room Nasho
Country Session: Rwanda
Presentation of investment opportunities aligned with the national agricultural
agenda, followed by a facilitated discussion
Investment Opportunities:
See National Investment Opportunities document in Onsite Folder for more
detail
PPP to develop Kigali Wholesale Market for Fresh Produce (KWSMFP)
Packaging Materials
Ten Irrigated Sites ready for Export Oriented Horticulture Development
Commercial Production of chicks, eggs and other poultry products
Commercial Production of pork and pork products
Production of Grains and Tubers using developed terraced land
Delegation Leader
Gerardine Mukeshimana, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda
10:15 – 11:15
Room Ihema Country Session: Nigeria Presentation of investment opportunities aligned with the national agricultural agenda, followed by a facilitated discussion
Delegation Leader
Amin Babandi, Director of Agriculture, West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme Nigeria
Facilitator Wim Plazier, Partner, A.T. Kearney
10:15 – 11:15
Room Muhazi Country Session: Malawi
Presentation of investment opportunities aligned with the national agricultural agenda, followed by a facilitated discussion
Delegation Leader
Erica Maganga, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Malawi*
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11:15 – 12:45
Rebero Plenary Hall
High-Level Plenary: Accelerating Agricultural Transformation
Stakeholders and African leaders discuss their progress and priorities for
promoting agriculture as a growth sector providing food security, jobs and reliable incomes to rural populations.
Stakeholder Panellists:
Beth Dunford, Assistant to the Administrator, USAID
Tony Elumelu, Founder, The Tony Elemelu Foundation Berry Marttin, Member of the Executive Board, Rabobank
Kanayo Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Ishmael Sunga, Chief Executive Officer, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions
Contributed Remarks Liliane Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development
Cooperation, the Netherlands
Hiroshi Kato, Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA)* Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International*
12:45 - 14:00
Networking Area
Lunch
14:00 – 17:00
Rooms Jali 1, 2, 3, 4
Bilateral meetings
* Invited