Africa Business Webinar Series

The Korea-Africa Foundation hosted the Africa Business Webinar under the theme “The Current Status and Prospects of Agribusiness in Africa as Convergence Industries” on Tuesday, June 15, in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB) External Representative Office for Asia and the African Group of Ambassadors in Korea.

Session 1:

Keynote speech by Mr. Oyebanji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Senior Special Advisor on Industrialization to the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) from Cote d’Ivoire, on “Korea-Africa Relationship in the post-COVID-19: Emerging Agro-Industrial Investment Opportunities”.This was followed by Mr. Park Young-ho, a senior research fellow of the Africa and Middle East Team at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), who gave a presentation on "Agricultural Value Chain: From a Development Challenge to a Business Opportunity" and shared the trends of agriculture on the continent.

Session 2:

Ms. Monde Nyambe, Principal Public Private Partnership Investment Officer in the Rural Infrastructure Development Division of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Ms. Lee Jeong-ran, Deputy Secretary General of the KAFACI, and Mr. Kim Deok-hyeon, Business Development Manager of Daedong Corporation, participated in the panel discussion under the theme, "Korea-Africa Agribusiness Cooperation".

You can watch the Africa Business Web Seminar on the foundation's YouTube channel, through the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/c/KoreaAfricaFoundation

You can also download the materials for the seminar from the link below.

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1uNLhVtnZVicy6erTYyBJzwdHfu9yoAt-