Scaling Finance: Restoring Africa’s drylands through private investment and local projects
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Scaling Finance: Restoring Africa’s drylands through private investment and local projects
- 1. SCALING FINANCE: RESTORING AFRICA’S DRYLANDS THROUGH PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND LOCAL PROJECTS
- 2. 2 AGENDA • Overview of private finance for restoring Africa’s drylands • Three conversations (10 minutes each) • One Tree Planted and Kijani Forestry • Novastar Ventures and Komaza • Fledge and Kalahari Honey • Final takeaways and calls-to-action
- 3. 3 CHALLENGE: DEGRADATION OF AFRICA’S DRYLANDS • 65% of Africa’s land is degraded, imperilling food security • 30-60% of African countries’ GDP comes from agriculture, which remains underinvested • 226 million youth (15-24) need jobs, but unemployment is high
- 4. 4 SOLUTION: AFR100 AND THE GREAT GREEN WALL • 130+ million ha of political commitment across 34 countries: AFR100 + GGW • $1 invested = $7-30 in economic benefits • >$15 billion committed by funders • Private sector keen to invest in restoration for carbon neutrality • Pioneering work from entrepreneurs and small-scale projects • Some local companies scaling up • But…
- 5. Feedback we received from 650+ participants on Tuesday: 1. Build up strong regional partnerships like AFR100 + GGW 2. Create incentives + PPPs to strengthen markets 3. Train entrepreneurs, communities, youth to absorb investment 4. Bundle projects in investible portfolios 5. Track where restoration is happening and people are benefitting 6. Communicate about success (and failures) THE CHALLENGE: HOW TO UNLOCK FUNDING?
Editor's Notes
- CLICK Very hard for restoration enterprises to access capital. missing middle. Microfinance/ institutional investment If the businesses don’t have the money to grow, then farmers who could benefit from their solution don’t have access to it. CLICK Covid has made a bad situation worse: 31% drop in startup funding in Africa. Acute food insecurity expected to double during the pandemic, making farmers even more vulnerable. CLICK
- In 2011, WRI, IUCN and the University of Maryland mapped restoration opportunities globally at 1km scale Found more than 2 billion hectares (2x size of China) with opportunities for restoration ~75% of the opportunity is “mosaic”, exhibiting a mix of trees with agriculture and other land uses ~20% is “widescale” back into natural forests ~5% is “remote”, mostly in the boreal region
- In 2011, WRI, IUCN and the University of Maryland mapped restoration opportunities globally at 1km scale Found more than 2 billion hectares (2x size of China) with opportunities for restoration ~75% of the opportunity is “mosaic”, exhibiting a mix of trees with agriculture and other land uses ~20% is “widescale” back into natural forests ~5% is “remote”, mostly in the boreal region
- In 2011, WRI, IUCN and the University of Maryland mapped restoration opportunities globally at 1km scale Found more than 2 billion hectares (2x size of China) with opportunities for restoration ~75% of the opportunity is “mosaic”, exhibiting a mix of trees with agriculture and other land uses ~20% is “widescale” back into natural forests ~5% is “remote”, mostly in the boreal region
- CLICK Very hard for restoration enterprises to access capital. missing middle. Microfinance/ institutional investment If the businesses don’t have the money to grow, then farmers who could benefit from their solution don’t have access to it. CLICK Covid has made a bad situation worse: 31% drop in startup funding in Africa. Acute food insecurity expected to double during the pandemic, making farmers even more vulnerable. CLICK