NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

There’s no need to leave home to join a digital community of experts exploring the use of non-traditional finance to deliver sustainable and scalable agricultural innovations for smallholder farmers.

As many events worldwide shift to digital formats, MEDA INNOVATE invites you to participate in a virtual learning event ‘NTF4Ag Online – Emerging Lessons and New Frontiers’, where we’ll share results and insights from a global research portfolio.

NTF4Ag will comprise of two virtual conversations held on March 25 and March 26, 2020 to accommodate participants from various time zones.

The two learning sessions will follow the same format (up to 1.5 hours), with different speakers:

1. Opening + Setting the Stage
2. Research Lightning Talks delivered by MEDA INNOVATE partners
3. Fireside Chat: Ag Finance Experts Respond to Emerging Lessons and New Frontiers of NTF
4. Q&A
5. Closing + What’s Next?

DFI and Cenfri are hosting an Africa digital dialogues series to explore the impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods in Africa. The series will focus on the impact on migrants and remittance receivers, informal small businesses and gig workers who we see as some of the most vulnerable. This first webinar will be moderated by Hennie Bester, and will explore the impact of COVID-19 on foreign migrants and remittance senders in Africa as well as potential responses from governments, development partners and the private sector. Specifically, it will look at the impact of COVID-19 on remittances in South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. It will also look outside of Africa to understand how fast countries typically take to recover after a crisis or disaster.