Enabling Agriculture in Africa
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Transforming AfricaEnabling Agriculture
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Africa Opportunity
• From a $2 trillion economy, Africa is expected to boom to be a $29 trillion economy by 2050
• Average GDP of Over 5%
• Increasing disposable incomes
• Youth comprises 20% of population in most African countries
• More than 10 million people entering working age group each year
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Africa- Sunrise Sectors
Consumer Goods
Wholesale & Retail
Infrastructure
Banking
Resources
Agriculture
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There are few better ways to show one’s love for one’s country and the well-being of one’s nation than by working on the soil.
Nelson Mandela (Former South African President in his speech to members of the Zimbabwean farming community in 1994)
Africa Agriculture Sector
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Africa has 60% of the world's arable land.
By 2030, Agriculture sector in Africa would be $ 1 trillion strong
Agriculture sector to create 16 million jobs by 2030
Increasing population pressures are decreasing average farm size.
Africa Agriculture
Sector
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Challenges
65% of Africa’s labor force is employed in agriculture, but the sector accounts for about 32% of GDP, owing to low productivity
Africa spends $50 billion in a year on food imports
Land reforms to provide over 202 million hectares land to boost Africa’s agricultural growth & productivity
Total investments of $91 billion required by 2015 in rural infrastructure
Most African countries spend less than 1% of their agricultural GDP on R&D
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Transformation
Agriculture is not a social sector. It is a business
Dr. Akinwumi AdesinaHon’ble Minister of Agricultureand Rural Development
Federal Republic of Nigeria
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Centum Learning Training Solutions
Impacting Agriculture Value
Chain in Africa
Business Outcome
Technical Know how
Market relevant skills
Sustained learning framework
System Productivity
People capabilities
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Impacting Agriculture Value Chain in Africa
Enabling the Agriculture Value Chain : “Farm to Fork”
R&D Input & Production Post Harvest Logistics Processing Wholesale / Retail
Best Practice Solutions Knowledge Access Solutions Performance Enhancement Solutions
Co-Creation of Joint Academies with partners , Centers of Excellence, Research into Use
Access to Information Networks & Knowledge Portals, Mobile Learning and E-Learning
Performance Optimization Solutions, Productivity per farm agent, Pre Hire Sourcing & Training, Role Capability Index, etc
“Farm Connect” through mobilization & community outreach
End to end learning solutions to impact agriculture value chain in Africa
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Collaboration
Technology
Innovation
Skilling
Up Skilling
Re Skilling
Pillars of Agriculture Growth in Africa
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Centum Learning solutionsfor Agriculture Sector
Best Practices
Knowledge Access
Performance Enhancement
Farm & Rural Connect
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Joint Learning Academies
Establishing Joint Learning Academies with Corporates Need diagnostic studies and problem analysis Implement sustained learning Enhance productivity across functions
Best Practices Solution1.
Winning in Agriculture
Knowledge Access Solutions
Product, Process & Technical Expertise with partnering organization & Trainer Boot camps
Governing Council: Centum Learning & Partnering Organization
Skill Development & Community Engagement
Market Place Implementation – Across the value chain
Standardized Content, Knowledge, Skill & Aptitude Development, Sustenance Mechanism measuring the training impact internal & external SMEs
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Joint Learning Academies
Establish Centers of Excellence: provide leadership, share best practices, integrate subject matter expertise & technical knowhow
Centum Learning has established multiple CoEs across key growth sectors like Telecom, Retail, Aviation, Banking etc.
Best Practices Solution1.
Centers of Excellence
Impact of Center of Excellence (COEs)
30% growth in Dealer Per hundred thousand for rural markets across
10 states in India for a leading telecom provider
Enhanced Airport Service Quality Ratings by 48.2% for the 4th
best International Airport
Impacted 30,000 employees of a leading nationalized bank across 2500 locations
Trained over 25000 candidates at 14 Bharti Walmart Training Centers and placed more than 9700 candidates
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Joint Learning Academies
Centum Learning adopts Research into Use (RIU) approach to harness the positive impacts of R&D and technological advances in agriculture.
Utilizing the research & Innovation Inputs in Agri value chain.
Integrating the supply 'push' and demand 'pull' via effective information channels.
Building the capacity of all partners: Science community, government, private sector & Civil society
Best Practices Solution1.
Centers of Excellence
Research into use
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Mobile Learning Solutions
Centum Learning rich expertise in providing accessible & affordable learning in multiple vernacular languages
Access and expertise in mobile-based agro information service: mFarmer to deliver training content
Wider market reach and instant access
Knowledge Access Solutions2.
E-Learning Solutions
Centum Learning E-learning solutions enable anytime anywhere learning, while covering multiple locations
Enhance people productivity across locations
Measure, Monitor learning outcomes
Increase RoI on training
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Performance Enhancement Solutions3.
Maximize Revenue
Enhance People
Capabilities
Establish Benchma
rks
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Performance Enhancement Solutions3.
Value Chain Productivity
Centum Learning performance optimization solutions enhance the value chain productivity across levels.
Maximizing productivity through
• Sales & Distribution Management• Channel Partner Development• Retail Productivity• Retail Effectiveness • Profitability per marketing associate
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Performance Enhancement Solutions3.
Pre Hire Sourcing & Training solutions for corporates to ensure continuous manpower supply
Sourcing & training of candidates via centralized hubs (permanent centers) & spokes (mobile centers) spread across geographies
Building a ready pool of trained manpower, sustainably
Value Chain Productivity
Pre Hire Sourcing & Training
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Performance Enhancement Solutions3.
Centum Learning domain expertise in content customization across 21 industries.
Over 15,000 hours of intellectual property comprising rich learning content across:
• Selling skills• Customer service skills• Leadership skills• Communication skills • Presentation skills • Coaching & mentoring• Negotiation skills• Experiential learning• Process and compliance
Value Chain Productivity
Pre Hire Sourcing & Training
Customized Training Content
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Performance Enhancement Solutions3.
Role Capability Index enables comprehensive assessment of existing functional capabilities of role holders.
Mapping people capabilities to tasks & Roles
Addressing gaps in capabilities via coaching & training
Value Chain Productivity
Pre Hire Sourcing & Training
Customized Training Content
Role Capability Index
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Farm & Rural Connect Solutions4.
Centum Learning has extensive experience in establishing Rural Connect via multiple effective channels
Centum Learning has mobilized more than 0.2 million people in rural areas across geographies
Expertise in implementing skills training on mass scale
Mobilization & Community Outreach Solutions
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Impacting23 citizens
across 23 countriesEvery Hour!!!
Over 1 million livesimpacted so far…
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Centum Learning offerings are spread across following key areas:
Enterprise Training Solutions Vocational Education & Training Skills for Schools and Colleges Skills for Global employability
Who are we?
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To be the most admired learning & skill development partner, enabling sustainable transformation
Our Vision
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What sets us apart - Our ability to scale
• 23 Countries
• 21 Industry Sectors
• 24 Languages
• 169 Cities Globally
• 500+ Learning Centres
• 350 Global Firms Impacted
• 53,000+ Underprivileged youth skilled
• 200,000 Professionals trained annually
• 20+ Awards & global recognition won
• 1,000,000 People skilled across countries so far
• Joint venture with National Skills Development Corporation to
skill 12 million across 11 Indian states and 383 districts
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• The only Asian organization featuring in “Sales Training Watch list” 2012 - 13 released by Training Industry.com
• Won the award for “Excellence in Training” at the World HRD Congress for three consecutive years, 2010 – 2012
• Won the “Best Learning Partnership Award ” at the Africa Learning & Development Leadership Awards , 2012
• Won the “UK India Skills Forum Award” 2010
• Featured as one of the “Top 15 Emerging Leaders in Training Outsourcing” Worldwide, 2009 -2012
• Recognized as “High Performing Partner” of NSDC for the financial year 2012-13
What sets us apart - Our demonstrated reliability
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What sets us apart - Our demonstrated reliability
• Won 2nd FICCI Leap Vault Skills Champion of India Award 2012-13
• Recognized by NSDC for Best Practices in student enrollment under skill development projects.
• Awarded for the Best Corporate Film at the 7th Indys’s award by Stars of the Industry
• Adjudged the 2nd Runner Up for its website at the Designomics Awards 2012 hosted by the World Brand Congress
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