The Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF), Mr Mohammed A. Ibrahim, joined the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, for a strategic closed-door roundtable entitled “Private Capital at the Table: Financing the Future of African Food Systems.”
The high-level session, held on the sidelines of the Africa Food Systems Forum in Senegal, brought together thirty key leaders from global finance, institutional investment, development finance institutions, and agribusiness corporations.
The roundtable focused on identifying concrete pathways to mobilise large-scale private capital into Africa’s agricultural sector. Discussions also centred on unlocking institutional investment for critical food systems infrastructure and value chains, designing scalable financial instruments attractive to global investors, and strengthening policy frameworks to reduce barriers for significant investments.
Mr Ibrahim contributed to discussions addressing private investors’ hesitations, the role of development finance institutions and outlining how public institutions like NADF can create enabling environments for investment. He emphasised NADF’s commitment to developing innovative financing solutions and strategic partnerships that can de-risk investments and attract substantial private capital into Africa’s food systems transformation.
