What: Africa Food Systems Forum 2023
Who: African Development Bank
When: 5 September 2023; 07:00 to 09:00 CAT
Where: Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Ruaha Hall, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The African Development Bank will organise a side event at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Dar es Salam, Tanzania, under the title "Post-Dakar 2: Food Sovereignty and Resilience."
The forum will provide a platform to assess progress on implementing outcomes of the Africa Food Summit, also known as the Dakar 2 Summit. It will bring together representatives from governments, the private sector, multilateral organisations, development partners, civil society, and researchers. They will discuss priorities and alignment of investment projects and mobilisation of financing for agriculture in Africa.
The event will feature two panel discussions for African Development Bank governors, and development partners. There will also be private sector sessions on topical issues that advance Africa's agricultural transformation. Topics of discussion include the following:
Africa's food resilience and sovereignty imperatives after Dakar 2.
Partnership and resources mobilisation around the food and agriculture delivery compacts to achieve food security at scale.
The African Development Bank's Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones initiative and roles of investors and private sector players for going to scale, post-Dakar 2.
Financial intermediation for the future of Dakar 2: risk-sharing facility and non-sovereign operations perspectives.
List of speakers:
Hussein Bashe, Minister of Agriculture of Tanzania
Ali Ngoulie, Minister of Agriculture, Rural Equipment and Food Sovereignty of Senegal
Demba Sabally, Minister of Agriculture of The Gambia
António Francisco de Assis, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Angola
Henry Musa Kpaka, Minister of Agriculture and Food security of Sierra Leone
Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank
Donal Brown, Vice President International Fund for Agricultural Development
Simeon Ehui, Regional Director, Continental Africa, CGIAR, and Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Nivedh Shetty, Marketing Head-Benin, ARISE IIP
Martin Fregene, Director of Agriculture and Agro-Industry, African Development Bank
Moderator: Victor Oladokun, Senior Advisor (Communications and Stakeholder Engagement) to the President of the African Development Bank
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