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Financial Services
Investment Brief: Maize, Soybean and Cassava Value Chains Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network Nigeria
NigeriaSAFIN

There are considerable opportunities for targeted investment and coordinated action to address declining production and processing capacity in the maize, soybean and cassava value chains in Nigeria. Unmet market demand is substantial – both within th...

Financial Services
Mobilizing Private Capital Towards Agri-SMEs: Experiences from Africa
All CountriesSAFIN

Bridging the investment gap in agriculture and food systems is critical to achieving the 2030 Agenda. In this context, improved access to finance is a precondition to strengthen the investment capacity of all actors in agrifood value chains – farm...

Financial Services
Filling Financing Gap in Ghana
GhanaSAFIN

Agricultural finance is key to transforming the global food system and reducing poverty in agrarian developing economies. Yet despite repeated efforts by governments and donor agencies to increase access to finance and investment for agribusiness, fo...

Financial Services
Increasing the Profit Potential for Farmers in Kenya
KenyaSAFIN

Without access to financial services, smallholder farmers cannot reach their productive potential. In Kenya, the Program for Rural Outreach of Financial Innovations and Technologies (PROFIT) aimed to open up access to capital and provide technical as...

Financial Services
Deploying Blended Finance to Mobilize Investment at Scale in Food and Agriculture
All CountriesSAFIN

The purpose of this paper is to outline practical steps and recommendations for deploying blended finance in food and agriculture to achieve mobilization of additional finance and development impact – both at scale.1 After a brief overview of the cur...

Financial Services
Deploying Blended Finance to Mobilize Investment at Scale in Food Agriculture
All CountriesSAFIN, and Convergence

The purpose of this paper is to outline practical steps and recommendations for deploying blended finance in food and agriculture to achieve mobilization of additional finance and development impact – both at scale.1 After a brief overview of the cur...

Financial Services
Report: Mini-Workshop on Access to Finance
NigeriaCARI

The Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI) is commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany and supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Agro-industry. CARI aims to significantly improve the l...

Financial Services
Tackling Access to Finance - The Potential of Franchising in Nigeria
NigeriaChiagozie Nwizu

This study provides information on the current state of franchising in Nigeria, with such details as the popularity of the model and how the local/ international franchise brands operating in the country have progressed. It also points out the limiti...

Financial Services
Sahel Quarterly - Financing Agricultural Growth in Africa
All CountriesSahel Research & Nourishing Africa Teams

This publication digs into the challenges, financing options and the role of private equity in the Agricultural sector in Africa. I hope that this Quarterly will educate and enlighten entrepreneurs and investors about the peculiarities and opportu...

Financial Services
Addressing Power and Scale in Resilience Programming: A Call to Engage Across Funding, Delivery and Evaluation
All CountriesLindsey Jones, Laura Kuhl and Nathanial Matthews

Resilience has recently emerged as a conceptual and operational buzzword spanning every facet of the international development agenda. The rise of resilience provides renewed opportunities for geographers to critically engage with the policy sphere a...

Financial Services
Agricultural Finance and the Youths: Prospects for Financial Inclusion in Uganda
UgandaFAO

This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the current state of financial inclusion of the rural youth in Uganda, with a specific focus on their engagement in the agricultural sector and the financial services that are available to them to pur...

Financial Services
Leapfrogging: The Key to Africa’s Development – From Constraints to Investment Opportunities
Blimpo, Moussa Pouguinimpo; Minges, Michael; Kouam...

Despite sustained economic growth over the past two decades, Sub-Saharan Africa faces massive challenges and significant gaps in many development outcomes. Although poverty has been declining, a recent report estimates that over two-fifths of the...

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