Prosperity from climate-smart agribusiness with and for Africa

International Online Conference

24 & 25 May 2022

10:00 – 17:00h (UTC+2)

24 & 25 May 2022

24 & 25 May 2022

NO TRAVEL NEEDED

NO TRAVEL NEEDED

EXHIBITION

EXHIBITION

LEARN & NETWORK

LEARN & NETWORK

Agenda

Day 1

May 24, 2022 10:00

Welcome address

Mr Tobias Gerster
Director, Division Regional Cooperation Africa and Horn of Africa, GIZ

May 24, 2022 10:10

Welcome address

Ms Cristelle Pratt
Assistant Secretary General for Environmental Climate Action, Organisation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)

May 24, 2022 10:20

Official opening

Mr Amine Idriss Adoum
Director, Programme Coordination and Delivery, African Union Development Agency AUDA-NEPAD

May 24, 2022 10:30

Prosperous agribusiness in Africa "despite" climate change

Keynote session 1

Dr. George Wamukoya
Team Leader, African Group of Negotiators Experts Support (AGNES)

May 24, 2022 11:00

Harnessing climate finance for African agribusiness

Keynote session 2

Ms Daniela Chiriac
Senior Consultant, Climate Finance, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)

May 24, 2022 11:30

Break

May 24, 2022 12:00

Climate-smart agribusiness with and for Africa: status and opportunities

Ms Edna Chidule Kalima
Programme Officer, Gender, Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability Programme, AUDA-NEPAD

Mr Kolyang Palebele
President of Pan-African Farmers' Organization (PAFO)

Dr. Adeola Odedina
Hon. Commissioner of Agriculture, Ogun State, Nigeria

May 24, 2022 12:45

Understanding the climate finance markets and entry points of African agribusiness

Dr. Prasun Kumar Das
Secretary General, Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA)

May 24, 2022 13:15

Knowledge Power Exhibition

Mr Martin Bwalya
Director, Knowledge Management and Programme Evaluation, AUDA-NEPAD

May 24, 2022 13:30

Exhibition visits and matchmaking

May 24, 2022 14:30

Climate-smart technologies: carbon-footprint as part of agribusiness models

Concurrent session 

Mr Felix Frewer
Advisor, Market Oriented Value Chains for Jobs and Growth in the ECOWAS Region (MOVE), GIZ

Mr Noël N'guessan Kombo
Co-founder and COO, LONO Côte d´Ivoire

Dr. Boladale Adebowale
Executive Secretary, ECOWAS Rice Observatory

Climate-smart agribusiness: Lessons from the Caribbean and Pacific

Concurrent session

Mr Kistian Flemming
Climate Change and Development Specialist, Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Initiative (CARDI)

Ms Suzette Hudson
Senior Advisor, Investment Promotion, Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA)

Mr Stephen Lyon
Chairperson, Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation

Strengthen youth for climate smart-agribusiness: Status from African ATVET institutions

Concurrent session 

Ms Anna Hans
Agribusiness Research and Learning Associate, MS Training Center for Development Cooperation (MS TCDC)

Mr Julius Mama
Executive Director, Innovative Institute of Agriculture, Business and Capacity Building (IABC)

Land Restoration MSMEs: Lessons from the Land Accelerator Africa

Concurrent session

Mr Teko Nhlapo
Communication & Advocacy Officer, Environmental Sustainability Division (ESD) AUDA-NEPAD

Mr Will Anderson
Land Restoration Projects Manager, World Resource Institute (WRI)

Mr Samuel Kabiru
Land Accelerator Africa, Manager, World Resource Insitute (WRI)

Mr Emmanuel Okeke
Director, Reno Emcore Apex Resources Limited

Ms Carol Kariuki
Co-founder and CEO of GreenPot Enterprises Ltd.

Day 2

May 25, 2022 10:00

Carbon payment schemes as business opportunity for small-scale agribusiness

Concurrent session

 

Ms Pauline Nantongo Kalunda
Executive Director, Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda

Mr Bruno St-Jacques
Communication and Outreach Officer, TMG Think Tank

Ms Shira Stites
Head of the Industry and Services, PUR Projet

Is it worth the effort? Experiences from the valorization of carbon sequestration schemes by agricultural MSMEs

Concurrent session 

Mr Dennis Ncurai
Advisor, Global Programme Soil, GIZ

Mr Geoffrey Onyango
Advisor, Global Programme Soil, GIZ

Ms Viridiana Alcantara-Shivapatham
Senior Program Officer, Verra

Mr Amos Wekesa
Environment and Climate Change Expert, Vi Agroforestry

Too small to be considered? Inclusive institutional models to ensure access to climate finance by MSME

Concurrent session 

Mr François Dionne
International Programme Director, SOCODEVI

Mr Jeremy Golan
Senior Director, Smallholder Resilience Fund, One Acre Fund

Mr Pierre Courtemanche
Sustainability and Supply Chain strategist

Ms Hui Lin Chiew
Project Lead, Etherisc

The climate and digital nexus: fostering adaptation through innovative solutions and data systems

Concurrent session

Mr Hannes Graef
Co-founder, YAPU Solutions

Mr Manyewu Mutamba
Head of Agriculture Unit, Environmental Sustainability Division (ESD), AUDA-NEPAD

Dr. Clement Adjorlolo
Acting Head of Renewable Energy, Water Security, and Operational Mapping Systems, Environmental Sustainability Division (ESD), AUDA-NEPAD

Ms Mercy Zulu-Hume
Sustainable Finance Specialist, CGIAR

Mr Hauke Dahl
Integrated Expert on Sustainable Scaling, CGIAR, AICCRA

May 25, 2022 11:30

Break

May 25, 2022 12:00

Making youth fit for climate-smart agribusiness: ATVET's innovative concepts for skills development

Concurrent session 

Mr Eshetayehu Tefera
Director, Value chains, Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)

Dr Godfrey N’Zamujo
Director, SONGHAI

Ms Mary Mwaura
Acting Executive director and Programs Manager, Latia Resource Center

Mr Julius Mama
Executive Director, Innovative Institute of Agriculture, Business and Capacity Building (IABC)

Agricultural Producer Organisations: driving force of climate smart agribusiness models for their member enterprises

Concurrent session 

Mr Alla Kouadio Okou
National coordinator of the AdaptCoop project, SOCODEVI

Ms Sofie Balkstad
CEO and Founder, hiveonline

Ms Marie-Joseph Medzeme Engama
Director of programs and cooperation, Regional Platform of Producer Organizations in Central Africa (PROPAC)

Keystones needed to scale climate finance to African agribusiness MSME

Concurrent session 

 

Mr Christoph Jungfleisch
Managing Director and Founder, YAPU Solutions

Ms Pauline Nantongo Kalunda
Executive Director, Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda

Mr Pierre Courtemanche
Sustainability and Supply Chain strategist

Effective policies for climate-smart agribusiness MSME and their organization

Concurrent session

Mr Amine Idriss Adoum
Director, Programme Coordination and Delivery, African Union Development Agency AUDA-NEPAD

Dr. Adeola Odedina
Hon. Commissioner of Agriculture, Ogun State, Nigeria

May 25, 2022 13:30

Way forward: Getting TrAction for climate-smart agribusiness

May 25, 2022 14:45

Closing remarks and official closing

Mr Escipión J. Oliveira Gómez
Assistant Secretary General, Structural Economic Transformation and Trade, Organisation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)

Mr Amine Idriss Adoum
Director, Programme Coordination and Delivery, African Union Development Agency AUDA-NEPAD

May 25, 2022 15:00

Exhibition visits and Matchmaking

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