Linda Manda on Agriculture in Africa

As part of our Respond, Recover and Reimagine approach, the
Client Coverage team are hosting a series of webinars on
different sectors. Linda Manda, Global Head: Agribusiness, Client
Coverage, Standard Bank Group unpacks the issues raised at the
recent webinar on Agriculture in Africa. Linda focuses on issues
such as mechanisation, dispersed data and supply chain in
developing the agricultural sector in Africa.


We are keen to hear more from our clients on the challenges they
face and how we can work with them to resolve these. The webinar
focused on the agricultural sector and Linda moderated a
discussion featuring Atsuko Toda, Director for Agricultural
Finance and Rural Development, African Development Bank; Craig
Irvine, Group CEO Irvine’s Group, an African Regional
 Agribusiness company; Bikash Prasad, Global Head (Corporate
Finance), CFO Africa and Middle East, Olam International, a
global food and agri-business; Jacques Taylor, Managing Director
for Africa & Middle East), John Deere, a leading manufacturer
in agricultural, construction and forestry machinery.