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X-WR-CALNAME:Beyond Remittances: Mobilizing Alternative Capital for Africa'
 s Farmer-Centered Agri-Food Economy
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DESCRIPTION:Africa's diaspora sent approximately $95 billion in remittances
  in 2024\, of which 75% went\nto household consumption. What happens when 
 even a fraction of those flows is\nredirected toward the farmers\, coopera
 tives\, and agri-innovators rebuilding the continent's\nagricultural and f
 ood systems? And what more becomes possible when diaspora networks\,\ntech
 nical expertise\, and market access are brought to bear alongside alternat
 ive financing\nvehicles to close the gaps that conventional agri-food inve
 stment struggles to reach?\nJoin us for a live panel and networking mixer 
 that brings together investors\, innovators\,\npractitioners\, and policym
 akers to tackle the $77 billion annual gap in African agri-food\ninvestmen
 t — with a focus on under-financed frontiers: regenerative agriculture\,
  post-\nharvest and cold chain infrastructure\, and traceability and agri-
 data platforms.\n\n\nHosted by Graft Africa\, in partnership with the Geor
 ge Washington University (GW)\nInternational Development Studies Program\,
  the Global Food Institute at GW\, the Institute\nfor African Studies at G
 W\, and Twelvenets. \n\nNma Agada\, Graft Africa's founder and CEO\, gradu
 ated from the International Development Studies (IDS) Program at the Ellio
 tt School of International Affairs in May 2021.
GEO:38.896202;-77.044303
LOCATION:Elliott School of International Affairs \, Lindner Room
SUMMARY:Beyond Remittances: Mobilizing Alternative Capital for Africa's Far
 mer-Centered Agri-Food Economy
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 alternative-capital-for-africas-farmer-centered-agri-food-economy
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Speakers
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