Africa's diaspora sent approximately $95 billion in remittances in 2024, of which 75% went
to household consumption. What happens when even a fraction of those flows is
redirected toward the farmers, cooperatives, and agri-innovators rebuilding the continent's
agricultural and food systems? And what more becomes possible when diaspora networks,
technical expertise, and market access are brought to bear alongside alternative financing
vehicles to close the gaps that conventional agri-food investment struggles to reach?
Join us for a live panel and networking mixer that brings together investors, innovators,
practitioners, and policymakers to tackle the $77 billion annual gap in African agri-food
investment — with a focus on under-financed frontiers: regenerative agriculture, post-
harvest and cold chain infrastructure, and traceability and agri-data platforms.

Hosted by Graft Africa, in partnership with the George Washington University (GW)
International Development Studies Program, the Global Food Institute at GW, the Institute
for African Studies at GW, and Twelvenets. 

Nma Agada, Graft Africa's founder and CEO, graduated from the International Development Studies (IDS) Program at the Elliott School of International Affairs in May 2021.