AgricBusiness conference to feature 4500 participants
The maiden Agric Business Africa Conference is expected to feature over 4500 participants drawn from the agriculture landscape when it convenes on October 1st 2019 in Lagos.
The conference with the theme: ‘Buy local, grow together and make a profit’ is anticipated to mark an unprecedented a milestone in the roadmap towards establishing the agribusiness space in Africa.
According to the convener of the conference Mr Africanfarmer Mogaji, CEO, AgricBusiness Empowerment Initiative (AgricBusinessNG) and former co-founder at FarmCrowdy, the conference has captured the attention of investors, academics, agribusiness veterans and agriculture enthusiasts.
Mogaji noted that while most interventions focus on rural farmers, their communities’ and commercial businesses, the conference will specifically cater to small scale entrepreneurs who require a lot of support to put together the right structure in order to make their agro-based enterprises sustainable and attractive to investors, banks, and international development agencies.
Participants will be drawn from local and international chambers of commerce, co-operative societies, financial institutions, NGOs and the diplomatic corps.
Mogaji stated that 500 participants will be randomly selected and given full support for six months to scale their businesses in agriculture.
“This conference was conceived and birthed to address a common challenge identified within the agribusiness space across Africa and is going to be a highly interactive event, that will provide a learning platform for anyone desiring of leveraging opportunities in the agribusiness space.
“Over 4500 youth, small scale agribusinesses, investors, influencers and enthusiasts will converge on AgricBusinessAfrica conference to connect and chart an unprecedented course towards establishing the agribusiness space in Africa,” he said.
Mogaji listed some of the benefits of the conference to include opportunities to establish connections with the biggest brands in Agribusiness value-chains; learning viable ways to profit from agribusiness side hustles as well as leveraging zero capital start-up.
“This conference is designed to create a post-event platform for small and scaling agribusinesses to develop valuable networks, collaborate, form strong alliances and create mastermind groups to leverage their small business advantage to positively disrupt the industry,” he said.
