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The 8th AgriFin Learning Event (ALE)
October 7th, 2024
Mercy Corps AgriFin and its partners, including FSD Kenya, have long been at the forefront of supporting African Agtech, fintech development, and digital climate-smart agricultural services in the region.
Despite the unprecedented challenges faced by technology startups and their investors over the past few years, particularly those aimed at improving the lives of small-scale producers and enhancing rural economies, the commitment remains steadfast. This pivotal moment calls for reflection and support for determined founders and teams striving to make a lasting impact.
The 8th AgriFin Learning Event (ALE) will provide a platform for in-depth discussions and candid conversations with DFS enablers and investors, government representatives & policy makers, donors and small-scale producers. The event will focus on regulatory enablers and barriers, aiming to establish how digital ecosystem players can foster inclusive and sustainable digital agricultural transformation.
Together, they will ideate, define, and develop strategic breakthroughs to shape the future of partnerships and innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, recognizing the transformative era of digital public goods and infrastructure.
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Select sessions
Leaders dialogue | Tuesday, 15th October 2024, 9.30am
Theme: The state of AgTech/Fintech oriented organisations and their stages towards scaling, ecosystem study
Session overview:
This will be a panel, serving as the anchor session, to kick off discussions on changing the trajectory seen for innovators in SSA. The session will be driven by a presentation delving into the current landscape of AgTech and related technologies, focusing on their growth, maturity, and scalability. The discussions explore whether AgTech solutions are effectively achieving commercial success and delivering impactful results. Learnings from this session will provide an evidence base for supporting determined founders into the future. The trend investment report will be presented by Briter Bridges, through Mercy Corps program AgBase.
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Digital agricultural finance | Tuesday, 15th October 2024, 10:45am
Theme: Strategies and pathways to scaling gender-inclusive digital agricultural finance
Session overview:
This peer-to-peer learning session aims to reflect approaches for improving and enhancing strategies and pathways to scale gender-inclusive Digital Agri-finance. This focus is based on data and evidence indicating that cross-cutting issues continue to create barriers to equitable financing. These impact active participation in the agriculture supply chain. This session will start by sharing insights and learnings from MCA, development finance actors, and MCA engagement partners, who are addressing access, adoption, and active use of digital credit, savings, insurance, and payments for female and male small-scale producers. The participants will use these insights and their expertise to explore contextually relevant strategies and pathways, to increase the reach and impact of digital agriculture financial products, services and support.
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Click here to read more on the ideas that FSD Kenya’s Jared Ochieng presented during the session
