AgriFin

The second webinar in a two-part program will consider the technical challenges and solutions for maintaining KYC Compliance when delivering services using mobile technology. Florentin Lenoir, Marketing and Business Development Director at Lenddo, will detail how digital reporting remains within legal parameters for protecting client privacy and ensuring KYC compliance. The highly-specialized and scientific information presented […]

The first webinar in a two-part program examines the technological aspects for financial institutions who want to design and implement Automated Credit Scoring. Florentin Lenoir, Marketing and Business Development Director at Lenddo, will explain the necessary procedures for setting up a FinTech digital strategy that enables financial institutions to realign their offerings and expertise with the […]

Banks have an opportunity to take the leap and work with mobile developers. M-farming technology enables farmers to engage and transact directly with their service providers. Viyani will speak about Vodacom’s partnerships with institutions funding agriculture. Additionally, he will discuss the need for increasing digital infrastructures throughout Africa to help revolutionize many sectors, including the […]

Continued growth in population, incomes, and urbanization as well as improved competitiveness of agricultural value chains will lead to a substantial growth of the agribusiness industry in South Asia over the next decade. Financial institutions can play a critical role in supporting the agribusiness growth by providing the necessary capital along entire value chains. Ms. Åsa Giertz, senior […]

This webinar featuring an innovative dairy value chain financing model developed by the HDFC, a leading commercial bank in India. HDFC’s model serves as an example of how financing can be facilitated through the creative use of value chain relationships. Mr. Michael Andrade, senior vice president and business head of HDFC’s agriculture business will share the HDFC bank’s experience […]

This webinar featuring innovative agriculture finance practices of Root Capital, a nonprofit social investment fund that lends capital, delivers financial training, and strengthens market connections for small and growing agricultural businesses in Africa and Latin America. The invited speakers will discuss Root Capital’s business model with a focus on what banks and other agricultural financiers can learn […]

This webinar featuring recent initiatives supported by the World Bank to reform warehouse receipt systems in Africa.  Mr. Jean Saint-Geours, invited speaker, economist at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will provide a detailed overview of key reform initiatives and how they help facilitate agricultural finance, reduce post-harvest losses, improve the stability of market prices, ensure food security, and stimulate agribusiness development. Mr. Saint-Geours, will discuss the […]

December’s webinar is featuring the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund (AATIF), an innovative public-private partnership initiated by KfW on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and managed by Deutsche Bank. AATIF supports agricultural value chains by providing debt and investments to commercial farms and processing companies. AATIF also provides financing and risk […]

We are happy to announce our second joint webinar with the AgriFin – Agriculture Finance Support Facility, it is a part of the World Bank group, that will take place on September 10th, 2015 at 15:00-16:00 CEST (Rome time). The webinar will feature the Rural Finance and Investment Learning Centre (RFILC) and during this webinar […]

The World Bank’s Agricultural Finance Support Facility (AgriFin) in cooperation with Amret, a leading microfinance institution in Cambodia, is inviting senior MFI professionals and bankers from around the world to participate in a study tour to learn about innovative agricultural lending practices in Cambodia. Approximately 25 participants will have the opportunity to: learn about the agricultural lending […]