The Media Launch is expected to expose the public, farmers, and agribusiness owners on the objectives and benefits of the Agric Export Conference. Holding at the prestigious Radisson Blu Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda this October, the conference is expected to attract a large number of farmers, Agribusiness stakeholders, large scale exporters of agro-produce, government agencies and Industry enthusiasts.

Meet The Farmers’ Conference is an Agro stakeholders’ conference that aims to connect large scale agro commodity producers to buyers from the Middle East. Key Stakeholders from Africa and GCC will come together during a one-day event to network, collaborate, and form potential business partnerships across borders to ensure food security in the Middle East and promote agribusiness in Africa. The larger purpose of the event is to establish and strengthen the international trade ties that exist between Africa and the GCC through agriculture utilizing the unique positioning of Dubai as a hub.

This year’s theme is centred on the Future of Agribusiness whereby we wish to collate all partakers on the Agribusiness value chain; integrating them in a manner that would source insight into the collaboration of all these factors to promote Agribusiness in Africa as a whole.

See Also: All You Need to Know about MTFC Innov8Agric Challenge

The Press Briefing will allow the media understand the mission and vision of Crenov8 as an organization and the birth of the Agribusiness project. This is a precursor to the major MTFC Rwanda conference which will hold on October 5th. The media launch will communicate the vision of the Meet the Farmers Conference and how it would assist the industrialization of Agriculture based businesses in intra and extra African trade. It will also disseminate information about the conference goals; helping to promote trade of agricultural products of Rwanda within Africa & across continents.

Expected at the Press Conference are key executives from partners and sponsors of the conference in Rwanda. Some of which are CEO of National Agricultural Export Development Board; Amb. George William Kayonga, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock; H. E. Gérardine Mukeshimana, CEO of Private Sector Federation; Stephen Ruzibiza, CEO of Rwanda Agro Processors; Jane Natukunda N, Representative from Rwanda Air Emirates, and Representatives from NAEB, PSF, MFK, and Export Growth Fund. AgriTech startups amongst several other technical partners would be present at the media launch.

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Meet The Farmers’ Conference is an agro stakeholders’ conference that aims to connect large scale agro commodity producers to buyers from the Middle East. Key Stakeholders from Africa and GCC will come together during a one-day event to network, collaborate, and form potential business partnerships across borders to ensure food security in the Middle East and promote agribusiness in Africa. More importantly; African farmers, participants, exhibitors and delegates at this event will be able to leverage on the business opportunities available to them in Dubai and other GCC countries.

Crenov8 embarked on this mission in 2017 to create a platform where the African agricultural producers will meet with the off takers in the Middle East and beyond to effectively translate business deals; holding the first edition in Dubai last year.

Meet The Farmers Conference held its first African Conference edition in Ghana on July 4, 2018, at Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel, Accra and the Nigerian edition of the Africa conference is scheduled to hold on the 10th of October 2018 at the Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria.

The main purpose of this event is to establish and strengthen the international trade ties that exist between Africa and the GCC through agriculture utilizing the unique positioning of Dubai as a hub. The focus for this year’s conference is ‘’The Future of Agribusiness.’’

According to Bola Oyedele of Crenov8 Consulting, “Meet The Farmers Conference is targeted at both large and small small-scale farmers to tap into the $100billion market in Dubai- that’s why we are partnering with relevant stakeholders across both government with Bank of Agriculture, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Federal Ministry of Agriculture as well as the private sector with the likes of Farmcrowdy and AFEX to help us aggregate farmers to export Agric produce to the UAE.”

Onyeka Akumah, CEO/ Co-founder at Farmcrowdy, speaking at the MTFC Nigeria Press Conference

“Kenya, Ghana and Rwanda have benefitted immensely from the first conference we held in Dubai in 2017 and we have set up warehouses and business links for many agribusinesses in the UAE.” She said.

On his part, the Executive Director, Finance and Risk Management – Bank of Agriculture; Prince Niyi Akenzua said that MTFC is a good initiative that must be sustained until it achieves its stated aims in linking Nigerian Agribusiness owners with the UAE market.

President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce; Babatunde Ruwase further stressed that the Meet the Farmers Conference will further encourage more stakeholders to invest in Agriculture and help build trade ties with the UAE especially Dubai.

Major partners of the conference, Farmcrowdy CEO; Onyeka Akumah praised the MTFC initiative, saying that the conference will go a long way in bringing Agric stakeholders in Africa together to link every step of the agricultural value chain under one umbrella where all sectors can discuss the crucial issues in Agriculture, find innovative solutions to them and most importantly benefit from each other.

Lauding the initiative, Country Manager, AFEX Commodities Exchange, Ayodeji Balogun, said AFEX is pleased to partner with the MTFC project as it will unlock the potential market of agribusiness across the value chain in Nigeria and the Middle East.

The Meet the Farmers Conference is supported by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Lagos State’s Ministry of Agriculture, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Nigeria Export-Import Bank, FADAMA and AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited; all of whom were well represented at the Press briefing.

Also present at the media launch were Stanbic IBTC Bank, representatives from Ministry of Agriculture, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and stakeholders from the agricultural sector, farmers, export authorities, banks, and suppliers of agricultural machineries, Agric start-ups amongst several other technical partners.

Interested participants can register for Meet the Farmers Conference Nigeria via here

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Organized by Crenov8, the challenge is aimed at promoting innovative ideas for early stage Agric entrepreneurs from all sectors of the agriculture ecosystem who are applying creative and innovative methods to improve the agriculture value chain.

Interested entrepreneurs can apply via: http://mtf.crenov8.com/innov8agric.  The selection team made up of successful entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders will be selecting the best ideas based on innovativeness, originality and viability of the idea. Deadline for the application is 30th June, 2018.

The regional finale will hold during the Meet the Farmers Conference in 4 African cities – Accra Ghana on 4^th July, Nairobi Kenya on 2^nd August, Kigali Rwanda on 5^th September, Abuja Nigeria on 4^th October while the Grand Finale will hold on 4^th November 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Selected businesses will have the opportunity to exhibit and participate in the regional satellite conferences. Winners will emerge from each region and then go on an All-expense paid to Dubai to participate and exhibit in the MTFC grand finale and pitch for the top prize of 5000USD as well as follow-on funding and investment opportunities. They will also have access to a high worth pool of investors and potential customers at the conference.

Innov8 Agric Challenge is an initiative of the Agri Value Chain Development Conference, Meet The Farmers Conference (MTFC) which will hold across four African Countries and in Dubai, UAE with the focus on The Future of Agribusiness.

Register to participate in the conference via https://mtfc.crenov8.com

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Crenov8, organizers of the Meet The Farmers’ Conference (MTFC) 2018 calls upon entrepreneurs and startups in the Agriculture Sector to submit their innovative ideas for maiden edition of MTFC Innov8 Agric Challenge.

The pitch competition is open to early stage Agric entrepreneurs from all sectors of the ecosystem and is aimed at promoting innovative ideas and enterprises that focus on food production, agro processing, agric financing, farm health, farmers’ education, soil protection, agri-technology, agri-produce warehousing and distribution and any other service that uses that uses creativity and innovation to improve the agriculture value chain.

The program will guide farmers and agribusinesses around their way in the industry and open them up to opportunities in the regions yet untapped. The challenge will hold in Accra Ghana, Nairobi Kenya, Kigali Rwanda, Abuja Nigeria between June and October while the Grand Finale will hold on 4^th November 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

From Friday June 1^st 2018, Interested entrepreneurs can apply via: https://mtfc.crenov8.com/innov8agric and will be selected based on innovativeness of the idea, originality and feasibility.

Selected businesses will have the opportunity to exhibit and participate in the regional satellite conferences. Winners will emerge from each region and then go on an All-expense paid to Dubai to participate in the MTFC grand finale and pitch for the top prize of 5000USD as well as follow-on funding and investment opportunities.

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