Kwaku Owusu-Achaw
Kwaku Owusu-Achaw
Speaker
Business Development Director

Shell Foundation

United Kingdom
Stream

Cultivating capital: Financing African agriculture

Kwaku Owusu-Achaw
Business Development Director,
Shell Foundation

Agriculture plays a vital part in Africa’s economy, but does the sector get the financial support it needs? This session considers agriculture holistically, focusing on how to capture the value of natural resources within the continent .

  • How can the market finance logistics and infrastructure to better support Africa’s agribusiness sector? 
  • How do we mitigate lender and ECA risk aversion to the sector? 
  • What role does blended finance have to play in the agriculture space?