AgDevCo: Blended finance for African agriculture

TAAI and AgDevCo present the 41st Ralph Melville Lecture

Blended finance for African agriculture: how to deliver impact at scale, reach smallholder farmers and build the next generation of competitive African agribusinesses.

Chris Isaac, AgDevCo’s Chief Investment Officer and co-founder, will be delivering the 41st Ralph Melville Lecture in association with The Tropical Agriculture Association International (TAAI). The event is scheduled for Thursday 5 September at 16:00 CET Rome time, 15:00 UK time. The lecture will take place at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in central London (tickets are limited) and will be livestreamed on Zoom. Register using the links provided to attend in person or join the livestream.

About the event:

• A lecture sponsored by the Tropical Agriculture Association International (TAAI) in memory of renowned agriculturalist Ralph Melville, delivered by AgDevCo’s Chief Investment Officer and co-founding director, Chris Isaac.
• Drawing on examples from AgDevCo‘s investment portfolio, and lessons learned over the past fifteen years, the lecture will cover how blended finance (i.e. combinations of concessional and private capital) can be used to invest for impact at scale, reach smallholder farmers and build the next generation of competitive African agribusinesses.
• Invited guests include tropical agriculture specialists, impact investors, government officials, researchers and African agribusiness entrepreneurs.
• The Tropical Agriculture Association International (TAAI) is a global network of professionals and practitioners who recognise the central role of environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable agriculture and agrifood systems to economies and livelihoods in developing countries, founded in 1979.

Location:

Overseas Development Institute (ODI), 203 Blackfriars Road London SE1 8NJ

Opposite Southwark tube station on Jubilee line; 7-minute walk from Blackfriars; or 10–15-minute walk from Waterloo and London Bridge.