(First picture, right) Mr. Thomas Ammerl, Head of Unit, Bavarian Research Alliance (Bayfor) with Mr. Thomas Essel, AFRACA Secretary General during BayFor side event at UNGA7. (Second picture, left) Mr. Thomas Essel, AFRACA Secretary General, Dr. James Mwangi, CBS, Equity Bank Group and Conservationist, Dr. Paula Kahumbu during the Kenya Development Alliance side event at UNGA78
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PHOTO: Participants during the AFRACA Agri-SME Training Workshop at Travellers Beach Hotel and Lodge, Mombasa, Kenya, 27th November to 1st December 2023 AFRACAâs international training workshop on New trends and models in Agri-SME loan assessment is an enhancement of its previous training which focused exclusively on the Ag. Loan Analyzer tool. The training convened from 27th November 2023 to 1st December...
(First picture, left) Mr. Thomas T. Essel, AFRACA Secretary General interacting with Mr. Mohamed Fikrat, Group Managing Director, Crédit Agricole du Maroc during the Exposure visit. (Second picture, right) Group photo of participants and during the International Exposure visit in Rabat, Morocco, 2-6 October, 2023 The International Exposure Visit on Digital Finance and Financial Inclusion, organized by Crédit Agricole du Maroc...
PHOTO: From left: Ms. Marie Goreth Ndayishimiye, Incoming Chairperson, Central Africa Sub-Region and Second Deputy Governor, Banque Republic du Burundi (BRB); Incoming AFRACA Chair, Mr. Dieudonne Fikiri Alimasi, Deputy Governor, Banque Centrale du Congo, BCC; Dr, Jesimen Chipika, outgoing AFRACA Chairperson and Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Mr. Thomas T. Essel, AFRACA Secretary General and Mr. David Ashiagbor, Financial...
Greetings from the AFRACA Secretariat. I wish to start the year by extending our heartfelt New Year greetings and expressing sincere appreciation for your support in strengthening the Secretariat. As we enter 2024, I just wanted to pause and take a moment to reflect on some of the key issues that dominated our space in 2023. To start, there was heightened activity...
AFRACA is a member of the Consortium in the Horizon Europe research project, entitled ‘INtegrated and Circular Technologies for Sustainable city region FOOD systems in Africa’ (INCiTiS-FOOD). INCiTiS-FOOD aims to improve food and nutrition security (FNS) in African city regions. With the expansion of urban areas, the distance to rural sites for food production for urban dwellers is increasing, leading to...