The Financing Agri-Food Systems Sustainably (FINAS) dialogue has grown from a national initiative into a continental platform driving solutions for agrifinance. FINAS 2024 spotlighted urgent priorities such as de-risking investments, expanding credit access for smallholders, and piloting innovative financing tools. FINAS 2025 (Continental Platform), broadened focus to resilient and inclusive financing structures, addressing Africa’s financing gap through coordination, digitalization, and climate adaptation. FINAS 2026 seeks to advance these priorities by focusing on building a sustainable financial architecture that links capital flows to policy, trade and investment frameworks.
Financing Agri-Food Systems Sustainably (FINAS 2026)
ABOUT FINAS 2026
Thematic Areas
The theme builds on FINAS 2024 and 2025, responding to the demand for an inclusive, investment-driven food system finance architecture that bridges systemic funding gaps, strengthens intra-African trade, and embeds resilience, digitization, and climate-smart principles.
Speakers
Abdihakim Yusuf Ainte
Director of Food Systems and Climate Change
Office of the Prime Minister Somalia
Alike Peter
Director Technical, Office of the Permanent Secretary and Team Lead, Technical Working Group on Climate Change
Dr. John Deng Diar Diing, PhD.
Executive Secretary
Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA).
Enock Sing’oei
Agricultural Insurance & Climate Risk Specialist
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Hillary Korir
Assistant Director - Financial & Sectoral Affairs Climate Finance & Green Economy Unit
The National Treasury
Hon. Prof Kiringai Kamau
CECM - Devolution, Agroecology. MicroInvestment, Partnerships and External Linkages (DAMIPEL)
Murang’a County, Kenya
Isaac Otolo
Partner – PwC Mainland East Africa Transaction & Infrastructure Advisory Leader
PwC Transaction Services, East Africa
Maurice Ouma
Project Program Coordinator DRIVE Kenya Project
Government of Kenya, State Department for Livestock Development
Prof. Emeritus Ratemo Waya Michieka, PhD, EBS, SS, FKNAS
President of KNAS and Chancellor of Tharaka University.
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