Financing Agri-Food Systems Sustainably (FINAS 2026)

The Financing Agri-Food Systems Sustainably (FINAS) dialogue has grown from a national initiative into a continental platform driving solutions for agrifinance.

Evolution of FINAS

FINAS 2024 spotlighted urgent priorities such as de-risking investments, expanding credit access for smallholders, and piloting innovative financing tools.

FINAS 2025 (Continental Platform) broadened focus to resilient and inclusive financing structures, addressing Africa's financing gap through coordination, digitalization, and climate adaptation.

FINAS 2026 seeks to advance these priorities by focusing on building a sustainable financial architecture that links capital flows to policy, trade, and investment frameworks.

Conference Theme

The theme builds on FINAS 2024 and 2025, responding to the demand for an inclusive, investment-driven food system finance architecture that bridges systemic funding gaps, strengthens intra-African trade, and embeds resilience, digitization, and climate-smart principles.

Thematic Areas

Policy Alignment and Coordination Aligning macroeconomic policy with market infrastructure to create enabling environments for agrifinance.

Shaping Economies through Innovative and Inclusive Finance Models Exploring new financing models that expand access and drive economic transformation.

Finance for Green, Inclusive and Resilient Economies Linking finance to climate adaptation, environmental sustainability, and social inclusion.

Trade, Investments and Multilateralism: Rethinking Coalitions for Impact Examining how trade frameworks, investment structures, and multilateral cooperation can strengthen food system financing.

Who Should Attend

• Financial institutions serving agriculture.

• Development finance organizations

• Agricultural investors and private equity funds

• Policymakers in finance and agriculture

• Agrifinance technology providers

• Commercial banks with agricultural portfolios

• Smallholder farmer organizations

• Agribusiness leaders

• Climate finance specialists

• Trade and investment professionals

• Multilateral development organizations

• Government officials in economic planning

Conference Value

You'll gain insights into building sustainable financial architectures for agriculture. The dialogue addresses practical solutions for bridging Africa's agricultural financing gap through policy alignment, innovative finance models, and strengthened trade and investment frameworks.

FINAS 2026 connects capital providers with agricultural stakeholders to create financing structures that support smallholders, strengthen resilience, and advance climate-smart agriculture.

Event Details

• Scope: Continental platform

• Focus: Sustainable agrifinance, policy alignment, innovative finance models, climate adaptation, trade and investment

• Thematic Areas: Policy coordination, inclusive finance, green economies, trade and multilateralism

• Evolution: Building on FINAS 2024 and 2025 priorities

Check the official FINAS website for event dates, location, registration information, and the complete conference program.