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At the AfricArena Nairobi Summit, this panel brought together leading voices in venture capital, startups, and agritech to discuss the future of climate-smart agriculture in Africa. The session explored how investors, accelerators, and innovators can work together to support smallholder farmers, scale sustainable solutions, and integrate emerging technologies like AI into the agricultural value chain.

Key themes include:
Defining climate-smart agriculture
Barriers and challenges for startups scaling in Africa
Fundraising realities for entrepreneurs
Investor frameworks for climate resilience
Role of accelerators in derisking agritech startups
Farmer-centric approaches to tech adoption
Future of AI and Industry 4.0 in African agriculture

0:00 – Intro & welcome by moderator Noni
1:11 – Panelist introductions (Ferris, Eugene, Francis, Elas)
4:34 – Why agriculture is critical to Africa’s future
5:56 – Defining climate-smart agriculture (Francis)
7:04 – Barriers & challenges for scaling startups
8:29 – Fundraising journey & investor challenges
10:50 – Eugene on investment frameworks & risk assessment
13:44 – Assessing impact in climate-smart innovations
15:00 – Why commercial investors hesitate in agritech
17:32 – Ferris on accelerators & supporting startups
21:24 – Elas on bridging innovators and farmers
23:40 – Farmer-centric data collection & communication
25:56 – Patience, simple tech & pay-as-you-go models
27:01 – Role of social networks & champion farmers
29:00 – Farmer financial literacy & access to credit
31:03 – Francis on peer-to-peer learning & data access
34:19 – Audience Q&A (advice for founders & role of AI)
36:02 – Advice to climate-tech founders
37:55 – AI applications in agriculture & biotech
39:39 – Adapting to investors & business realities
41:05 – Evolving tech: IoT, big data & AI models
41:58 – Balancing complex tech with simplicity for farmers
43:21 – Closing remarks & thanks