Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment research and communications group, and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development, today announced that a number of leading, high-profile agribusiness investment institutions will attend the 2010 Africa investor Agribusiness Investment Summit and Awards, to take place from August 31 to September 1 in Durban, South Africa.
Confirmed institutions include: African Development Bank; African Export Import Bank; Barclays; BNP Paribas; Cadbury; Chayton Africa; USAID; Citibank; Commerze Bank; Croplink (Pvt) Limited; Dangote; Quality Food Products Ltd; Rabobank; SABMiller; Standard Bank; Standard Chartered Bank; ABSA Trade Finance Division; Macquarie; DEG - German Investment and Development Company; Chayton Capital; Coface; ACE Geneva; HSBC; Barak Fund Management; Bourse Africa; Afrotropic Ghana; Agricultural Development Bank, Ghana; Nampak; Nestlé; Agricultural and Industrial Marketing Company; Agriterra Limited; Agro Systems Africa; Australian Trade Commission; CGIAR; Dawacom; Federal Ministry Agriculture and Water Resources, Nigeria; Forestry South Africa; Green Resources AS; Industrial Development Corporation; Jatropha Africa; KZN Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development; Land Bank South Africa; Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa; Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development; Royal Agricultural Society; Technical Sprayer Services; Agrista; Annapoorna Exports; APIX Senegal; Dawn Valley Estates; DSN Corridor Group; Finedge Limited; Grain Marketing Board Zimbabwe; Hoval Nigeria limited; Land Bank; Lindon Corporation; MBT Infra; Pannar Seed; Radio Khwezi; Rijk Zwaan Q-Sem; Seed Co Zimbabwe; Senwes; Sivest SA; Suidwes; ZIP Trading P/L; and Suidwes Landbou (Edms) Bpk.
This pan-African Agribusiness Investment Summit will provide critical insights into the future of Africa’s agricultural sector. The Summit will deliver a venue for the business and development community to advance Africa’s many agribusiness investment programmes, through open networking sessions and dynamic panel discussions led by market leading investors, agribusiness project promoters and African ministers of agriculture. Topics to be discussed include agro-processing, trade and export finance, value chain investment, attracting private sector investment, infrastructure corridors and the bio-fuels revolution.
Commenting on the Summit, Hubert Danso, Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Africa investor, said: “African agriculture is increasingly establishing itself globally as an investable asset
class. The participation of these key institutions will go a long way towards spurring investment into this important sector, and Africa investor will be facilitating a number of one-on-one meetings to support that process”.
During the Summit, and in recognition of the importance agribusiness investment plays in economic development on the continent, Africa investor will host its prestigious Ai Agribusiness Investment Awards, to formally recognise achievements across the main agribusiness and finance sectors in Africa, and reward the organisations and personalities driving transactions and improving the continent’s agribusiness investment climate.
The Africa investor Agribusiness Investment Summit is hosted by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development. Supporting partners include the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO); NEPAD Business Group; AGRIFICA / Farm Africa; African Business Roundtable; and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation. Media Partners include Biofuels Digest; Tanzania Invest; CommodAfrica and 25 Degrees.
Photo: Hubert Danso, Managing Director, Africa investor.
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