Sterling Bank Plc, a Nigerian commercial bank, has announced that this year’s Agriculture Summit Africa (ASA) will hold from September 23 to 24, 2020, with the theme “Fast Forward Agriculture: Exploiting The Next Revolution.”
In a statement, it also announced Mastercard Foundation, Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and IDH – the sustainable trade initiative as headline sponsors for the third edition of the Summit.
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Other partners confirmed to be supporting this year’s event include Flour Mills Nigeria PLC., NIRSAL and Nourishing Africa.
Yemi Odubiyi, Executive Director, Corporate and Investment Banking, said this year’s edition would be a hybrid event – online and physical – due to the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and the need to adhere to health management protocols laid down by authorities.
He said physical studios will be stationed in Abuja and Lagos for selected persons – speakers and panelists.
Bukola Awosanya, the Group Head, Agric and Solid Mineral Finance, said aside financing opportunities for stakeholders, the bank would also use the summit to facilitate conversations around key areas in the sector.
Awosanya said that this year’s summit will seek to enable collaboration between stakeholders to help identify and deliver actionable steps to revolutionise Nigeria’s and sub-Saharan Africa’s agri-business industries for sustained long-term growth after the COVID-19 pandemic.
