Our impact
Accelerating the transformation of rural Africa
Through targeted investment and specialist support, we are creating jobs, linking smallholders with markets, improving food security & nutrition, and establishing successful export businesses.
Benefitting people and planet
Ultimately, we will measure our success through the long-term transformational impact our investments make. By driving the development of new agro-industries and creating investable opportunities for the private sector, through an approach aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, we will help accelerate the transformation of rural Africa to a thriving, commercial agriculture sector that benefits both people and planet.
Building successful agribusinesses
Emerging enterprises become profitable and sustainable, through:
- Improved yields, agronomic practices and produce quality
- Innovation in crops, land use, irrigation and mechanisation
- Stronger supply chain relationships and greater marketing opportunities
Enriching lives
People’s lives and livelihoods associated with our investments will improve, through:
- Better living standards, food security and community benefits
- Job creation, increased employment levels and income
- Wider engagement with smallholder farmers
Creating economic benefits
Our investments affect the wider economy positively, through:
- More efficient markets and successful new businesses, which inspire others
- Sharing of best practices to improve environmental performance and gender equality
- Increased economic and investment activity in sectors relating to agriculture