Geoffrey Manley -AfDB

Finance for sustainable

agribusiness in Africa

Geoffrey Manley

Private Sector Operations Department

African Development Bank

Outline

• ADB approach to agribusiness finance

• Project examples:

– Debt

– Equity

• Concluding thoughts

ADB’s 3 levers for agribusiness

Catalytic Transactions

Enabling Environment

Analysis & Strategy

ADB support can be direct or indirectD

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ct

•Corporate

•Structured

•Guarantees

•Subordinated

debt

•Trust

funds

Ind

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ct

Technical

Assistance

•PE funds

•Local FIs

MSME

Support

•PE funds

•Local FIs

•Commercial

projects

Senior

Lending

•Local FIs

•Loan funds

Equity/quasi-

equity

•PE Funds

Markala Sugar leverages a PPP approach

Private Sector Senior Loan:

• Sugar mill

• Ethanol distillery

• Electricity co-gen plant

Public Sector Soft Loan:

• 14,000 ha irrigated cane

• 2,250 ha rice/vegetables

• Social infrastructure

Lake Harvest is betting on regional markets

• Expansion of African middle class

• Southern Africa: Unmet demand

for affordable fish = 100,000 tons

• Lake Harvest will expand • Lake Harvest will expand

production from 2,500 tpa to

20,000 tpa of which 85%+ for

AAF is a partnership for food security

African African

Agricultural

Fund

SMEs Large Scale

Technical

Assistance

Facility

Agvance will catalyze 250 investments

Agvance

Africa

Technical

Assistance

Facility

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Institutional

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Concluding thoughts

• The ADB is placing renewed emphasis on the

agribusiness sector

– Public sector and private sector finance

– Direct and indirect instruments

• Project examples show that instruments can be

structured to meet diverse needs

• Partnership is essential

Thank you

Geoffrey Manley

Chief Investment Officer – Agribusiness & Agroenergy

Private Sector Operations Department

African Development Bank

Email: [email protected]