week 8

Neil Ford Successful agricultural enterprises and smart policy: Eight case studies (https://
african.business/2020/10/agribusiness-manufacturing/successful-agricultural-enterprises-and-
smart-policy-eight-case-studies/)

1. Promagric: Tackling crop disease with AI

2. AgriEdge: Targeted data and solutions for farmers

3. Tomato Jos: Import substitution in Nigeria

4. Flamingoo Foods: Getting rice to market

5. Givefood.ng: Providing food to those in need

6. Babban Gona: Equipping small-scale farmers

7. Frutos da Lagoa: Integrating smallholders into supply chains

8. Governments of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire: Floor price mechanism for cocoa

2020 Regional Economic Outlook - North Africa

C-19

2 scenarios

1.imminent crisis- growth in North Africa would stand at -0.8 in 2020

2. crisis persist until the end of 2020- economic recession would be -2.3

economic recovery is expented with a growth rate of 3.3%

to make this growth more inclusive:

• undertake structural reforms to strengthen the efficiency of the public sector and the
competitiveness of the private sector to create more jobs

• to develop agro induytry and local agricultural value chains as well as the manufacturing
sector which provides decent, better paid and more productive jobs

• to strengthen the integration process

• investment in human capital and skills will be decisive in accelerating economic development
and supporting recovery

adapting skills to match job opportunities emerging because of the fourth industrial revolution will
require coordinated reforms of both education and training systems.