Africa Shared Value Summit: Turning Challenges into · 2019-06-03 · 1 Africa Shared Value Summit: Turning Challenges into Opportunities for All. C.D. Glin. President and CEO @cdglin

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Africa Shared Value Summit: Turning Challenges into

Opportunities for All

C.D. GlinPresident and CEO

@cdglin@USADF

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African Opportunities AboundFastest Growing Economies Rising Population

(Producers and Consumers)

Abundant Natural ResourcesInnovative Future Workforce

(Youth)

Crops/Land

Diamonds Gold

Oil

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Business Is Seizing African Opportunities

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African Challenges Abound

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1) Reconceiving products and markets – in ways that meet customer needs while also contributing to society.

2) Redefining productivity in the value chain – through social or environmental innovation.

3) Enabling cluster development – supporting the well-being of industries in ways that improve societal conditions.

Shared Value Concept: Seizing Opportunities and Addressing Challenges

*Shared Value concepts according to Harvard University professors Michael Porter and Mark Kramer

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• Top Down• Intermediaries• Push• Implementation• Expat• Isolation• Donor Driven• Capital or Capacity Building

USADF Approach: Development Done Differently

Traditional Model USADF Model• Bottom Up • Direct • Pull• Co-Creation• In-Country• Collaboration• Community-Led• Capital and Capacity Building

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USADF: What We Do for Grassroots Enterprises and Social Entrepreneurs

We find

We fund

We support

We develop

We grow

We link

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Smallholder Farmers Women Youth Pastoralists Refugees and IDPs Conflict-affected, recovering

communities

USADF: Focusing on Underserved Populations

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Measuring Impact

Does the African enterprise have the market potential to:

Grow Revenues Increase Incomes Multiply Impact of Grant Value Create Jobs Build Organizational Capacity and Resilience Ensure Scale to Hundreds/Thousands

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Delivering Results

Over the past 5 years, USADF has awarded more than $112 million in grants to 1,000 community enterprises across Africa.

These investments have impacted4 million people in 20 countries.

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USADF + Shared Value: Addressing Three Areas of Need

KeroseneDieselCandles

Off-Grid EnergyAgriculture Entrepreneurship

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USADF + Shared Value:Collaborating with the Private Sector

Greater Results

Enhanced Relevancy

Mobilized Resources

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USADF + Shared Value: Reconceiving Products and Markets

Off-Grid Energy Challenge

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USADF + Shared Value: Redefining Productivity in the Value Chain

Digitizing Smallholder Farmers to Create an Online Marketplace

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USADF + Shared Value: Enabling Cluster Development

Peju Jaiyeoba Mother’s Delivery Kit

Eric MuthomiStawi Foods and Fruits

Catalyzing Young African Social Entrepreneurs

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USADF + Shared Value = Africa’s Future in Africa’s Hands