Opening session

Opening statements

  • Viwanou Gnassounou, representing Patrick Gomes, Secretary-General, ACP Secretariat
  • Bernard Ray, representing Roberto Ridolfi, Director for Sustainable Growth and Development, DG Development and Cooperation, European Commission
  • Eric Sile, representing Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Agency 
  • Tony Simons, Director General, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), “Blending in practice – the Tropical Landscape Finance Facility"
  • Michael Hailu, Director, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)

Keynote speech

Joan Larrea, CEO, Convergence
What role can be blended finance play in the agriculture sector?

Convergence is a new platform that helps public and private investors find and connect with each other to co-invest in blended finance deals in emerging and frontier markets. Convergence, with support from Citi and UNEP Finance Initiative, convened a practitioner-focused workshop on blended finance for agriculture late last year. This session will summarize key insights and takeaways from the previous workshop to set the stage for the Blending4Agriculture conference.

Achieving leverage in unlocking private funding for smallholder agriculture through public resources

Achieving leverage in unlocking private funding for smallholder agriculture through public resources

Session details

Day 1: 07 November 2016 09:00 - 11:00

Silver Hall