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Absa and AGDA Push for Greater Financial Inclusion in South Africa Agriculture
Source: Zawya
Absa and the Agricultural Development Agency (AGDA) recently convened a stakeholder roundtable to explore practical solutions for widening access to finance in South Africa’s agricultural sector. The event brought together banks, policymakers, and agripreneurs to identify pathways for scaling sustainable and inclusive funding models.
Leona Archary, CEO of AGDA, highlighted the need to move from identifying challenges to co-designing actionable solutions. "While the sector has significant potential for growth, the financing landscape is often fragmented. Many programs operate in silos, and there is limited coordination between policy objectives and commercial financing realities.
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