Strengthening Public Development Banks, inclusive agrifood finance for youth and women, and agricultural finance policy reform
Institutions mobilised
27
Central banks engaged
11
Active Projects
5
Countries Covered
15
Collaboration context
Strategic partner supporting AFRACA to convene Central Banks and Public Development Banks for inclusive agricultural finance for youth and women, from the Nairobi Joint Declaration to the Lomé Action Framework and the Agricultural Finance Policy Accelerator Facility (AFPAF).
5
Linked projects
15
Countries
6
Themes
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View all →Strengthening the role of Public Development Banks (PDBs) to promote inclusive finance for youth, especially young women in agrifood systems: Narrative Report (January – March 2026)
2026
Project Proposal: Strengthening the Role of Public Development Banks to Promote Inclusive Finance for Youth in Agrifood Systems (AFRACA-AGRA)
2025
Project portfolio
Completed · 3
The foundation of the AFRACA-AGRA partnership: a bilingual continental webinar series on Technology, Innovation and Policy (2020) and on re-thinking the role of Development Finance Institutions as enablers of rural and agricultural development (2021), each documented in published synthesis reports.
An AGRA-supported policy workstream anchored by the AFRACA Roundtable Workshop and Exchange Programme on Collateral Registries, hosted by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in Harare. It produced an evidence-based policy brief on strengthening collateral registry systems, disseminated to AFRACA member institutions.
A two-day Food Systems Finance training delivered in Lomé, Togo alongside the AFRACA PDB Forum, building technical capacity among Secretariat staff and Public Development Bank representatives. Each participating PDB is mandated to develop an institution-specific action plan within 90 days.
Outreach and investment concentration mapped across AFRACA's core thematic pillars.
Concentration of 31% of the shared portfolio. Includes active participation across 4 convenings/projects.
Concentration of 23% of the shared portfolio. Includes active participation across 3 convenings/projects.
Concentration of 23% of the shared portfolio. Includes active participation across 3 convenings/projects.
Concentration of 8% of the shared portfolio. Includes active participation across 1 convenings/projects.
Concentration of 8% of the shared portfolio. Includes active participation across 1 convenings/projects.
Concentration of 8% of the shared portfolio. Includes active participation across 1 convenings/projects.
Evidence continuity
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