This article was produced with the support of Ecobank
Ecobank Group and AGRA have entered into a strategic partnership designed to strengthen Africa’s agricultural ecosystem and improve access to finance across key value chains.
The Memorandum of Understanding, signed during the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi on 11 May, establishes a framework for collaboration between Ecobank’s pan-African banking network and AGRA’s long-standing expertise in agricultural transformation. The agreement aims to support agribusinesses, farmer organisations and value-chain actors by expanding financing solutions and strengthening investment readiness across the sector.
The partnership comes against the backdrop of agriculture’s continued importance as a cornerstone of African economies, while also reflecting persistent challenges around access to finance, commercialisation and climate resilience. Both organisations say the collaboration is intended to help shift agriculture towards a more productive, investment-ready and commercially viable sector.
Anup Suri, Group Executive for Commercial and Consumer Banking at Ecobank Group, said agriculture must be recognised as a high-growth sector capable of driving structural economic transformation.
