1. INTRODUCING THE GLOBAL AFRICAN AGRIBUSINESS ACCELERATOR PLATFORM
13 December 2016
Michael Sudarkasa, CEO, Africa Business Group

2. AFRICA BUSINESS GROUP (ABG)
ABG Background: Founded in 2005 and comprised of a multi-disciplined and multinational professional consulting team, Africa Business Group (ABG) is a South Africa based, continentally active, economic development and business development advisory services company Overarching Focus: Private Sector Development in Africa Geographic Focus: Africa – 5 AU Regions, Intra-regional trade and investment, Global trade and investment with Africa Professional Activity: Development Consulting, Sector Projects, Capacity Development Sectoral Focus: Infrastructure – Energy – Renewables and Efficiency; Agriculture – Value Chain Development – Finance; Tourism; Manufacturing/ Value – Added Production
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3. AFRICA BUSINESS GROUP (ABG)
ABG Past and Current Agribusiness Clients:
AUC DRED
CAADP Finance
AGRA/ AGRF
AFAAS
GROW AFRICA
WE EFFET
AFRACA
UNDP
Focus:
Value Chain Development
Finance
Supplier Development
Post Harvest Loss
Investment Attraction
Extension Services Sector Development

4. The Aim of GAAAP An ABG Capacity Development Initiative
Premise: Potential benefit of developing a community of continentally active young agripreneurs – accelerated agricultural transformation in Africa
Action: Convene those who we know are in this community and those who we think might support such a community
Modules: Focus on three areas that drive enterprise growth and development – technology, finance, and partnerships/ markets
Acid Test: The discussions over the next few days and our engagement with yourselves will help us determine whether our assumptions are valid and compelling
Business, Transaction and Collaboration Promoting Platform: At the end of the day, our interest was and is to develop GAAAP as a platform where the participating parties/ delegates feel both as if they have something to contribute and that they will derive a valuable benefit by engaging – Growth is the ultimate outcome desired!

5. The Aim of GAAAP GAAAP 2016 Delegate Representation
11 Countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, India, UK
Composition: Smallholder farmers, Commercial farmers, ICT services, Advisory Services, Finance, Advocacy, Association Management, NGO, Corporate, Development Partner Program, Incubation management, Incubatees, Technology and Equipment Sourcing
Demography: Young - and more mature professionals with experience in 4/ 5 African Union regions – plus international reach

6. LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS?
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