FINAS 2024

Financing Agriculture Sustainably Conference

Positioning Kenya for Resilient Agricultural Enterprises

27th – 28 March 2024

About the conference

The Financing Agriculture Sustainably Conference (FINAS 2024) brings together actors in the agricultural sector to engage on financing the sector and also on the appropriate models for funding agricultural activities. The landscape conversations will bring out challenges that will inform subsequent discussions with financing solution providers and beneficiaries. The discussions will include designing financing solutions to ensure relevance to the wide range of beneficiaries, and de-risking approaches for injecting capital such as blended financing.

Conference Brief

The Conference Objectives

The conference seeks to:

Take stock of the country’s ongoing financing options for the agricultural sector, including bottlenecks

Propose ways of accurately determining the level of agricultural financing to inform effective policies

Align and propose agricultural financing for the public and private sector including preparing the agricultural sector for business with financing solution providers.

Where necessary, re-purpose financing approaches to suite the ecosystem and needs

Provide a one-stop shop where small, medium, and large agricultural enterprises can interact with financing solution providers.

Speakers

Kiringai Kamau

CECM for Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries

Murang’a County

Munyi Nthigah

Co-founder and Managing Director

VorianCorelli

Stephen Muchiri

CEO

Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF)

Wohoro Ndohho

CEO

SNDBX Capital

Jared Ochieng

Agriculture specialist

FSD Kenya

Mrs. Hedwig Siewertsen

Head Inclusive Finance

AGRA (Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa)

Ali Hussein Kassim

Chairman

Association of Fintechs in Kenya (AFIK )

Mr. Tom Gitogo

Group MD & CEO

Britam Holdings PLC

Tabitha Njuguna

Managing Director

AFEX Fair Trade, Kenya

Penny Musengi

CEO & Founder

Pesira Technologies

Dr. John Olwande

Research Fellow

Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development

Benjamin Njenga

Co-founder and COO

Apollo Agriculture

James Kashangaki

Chief Programme Officer

FSD Kenya

Amrik Heyer

Senior Research Advisor

FSD Kenya

Tamara Cook

CEO

FSD Kenya

Maarten Susan

Title: Team Leader

KIEP250+

Sheila Keino

Vice President of Development Cooperation

AFAP, Regional Manager for Sustain Africa in East and Southern Africa.

George Njoroge

Country Coordinator

Farm to Market Alliance (World Food Programme)

Maurice Ouma

Project Coordinator

DRIVE

Kennedy Mugambi

Tax Advisor

KPMG East Africa

Seema Gohil

Director

Digifarm

Carol Matiko

Principal & Research Director

Gmaurich Insights

Dr. Paul Thangata

Head of Data and Analytics

AGRA

Hassan Bashir

Senior Consultant

AFDB

Dr. Kiplimo Araap Lagat

County Executive Committee Member (CECM) Agriculture & Cooperative Development.

County Government of Nandi

Jonathan Kazungu

Farmer and Chairperson

Mibibo Cashew Farmer Co-operative, Kilifi County

Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku

Senior Economist

ILRI

Sharon Mosin

Country Director- Kenya

Aceli Africa

Elizabeth Wasunna

Business Banking Director

Absa Bank Kenya PLC

Duncan Oyaro

Agriculture and Processing Finance Project Manager.

FSD-KENYA

John Kamau

Associate Director Forensics

PwC Kenya

Mr. Hamisi M. Williams

Assistant FAO Representative and Head of Country Programmes, Kenya

Dr. Canisius Kanangire

Executive Director

African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), Kenya

Sudi Biko Matara

General Manager

KTDA Foundation

Moses Abukari

Programme Manager

Mr. George Kubai

Managing Director

Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC)

Dr. Nungari Mwangi

Strategy lead, Agri-SME team

AfDB

Mr Ronald Inyangala

Senior Deputy Director

National Treasury

Leonard Kubok

Deputy Director Crop Resources Management

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development

Samuel Makome

Group Chief Commercial Officer

Equity Group

Veronica Ndetu

Director

ADAPT Kenya

George Macharia

General Manager

Food & Agriculture Banking, Equity Bank (Kenya) Limited

Dr. Lilian Wanjiru

Gilbert Muthee, PhD

Director Agribusinesses and market Development

State Department for Agriculture

Moses Banda

Inclusive Finance Expert

Executive Office of the President

Daniel Munyambu

Country Agribusiness Specialist.

Absa Bank Kenya PLC

Conference Focus Areas

The Conference will focus on the following areas

Government’s priorities for agricultural progression: where is investment needed

De-risking Investment in Agriculture

Financing Transformation and Governmental Incentives and Frameworks

Technologies & Digitalization & Research

Private sector involvement and needs of SMEs and Financial Institutions

Leading from the Front, honoring commitments

Conference Approach

Pre Conference Dialogues

Post Conference Dialogues

Conference

Keynote Presentations and Expert Panel Discussions
Side Events and Exhibition

Conference outcomes

Actionable areas on how to improve agricultural financing –who, how, what, where.

A validated resource of agricultural financing landscape in Kenya

Proposals on improved policy environment to grow agricultural sector investment and financing

Alignment between the sector needs and public and private sector financing solutions

A structured forum where stakeholders in agricultural financing can meet and engage

Why Attend?

Get to know available financial solutions and requirements to assessments

Align financial policy to address the financing needs of the agricultural sector

Establish new market linkages and showcase their products and services

Further understand and prioritize needs in the agricultural sector that require support.

Who is attending?

This premier event will bring together over 500 delegates who play a role across the agricultural value chain ranging from:

Producers

Policy makers in the National and County Governments

Development partners

Agricultural Technology service providers

Financial and Insurance institutions

Input suppliers

Also expected at the exhibitions will be over 5000 attendants comprising a wide variety of beneficiaries, both in the public and private sector and other actors seeking out financing solutions to boost efficiency along the value chain.

How to Partner?

We are excited to offer various opportunities for your company or organization to participate in the event. We have different sponsorship tiers available, allowing you to increase your company or organization’s visibility among the agricultural sector stakeholders. Being a partner provides your organization the opportunity to be part of the conversation of Agri-Finance, showcase your thoughts and solutions geared toward investing in the sector to a vast audience, meet potential partners and also ensure a visible presence for your organization at this exciting conference.

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