Why Diaspora Investment is Important to Scaling up Agriculture Businesses

Founder and Executive Director of The Africa Diaspora Network, Almaz Negash, will join President and CEO of Heifer International, Pierre Ferrari, to discuss why diaspora investment is critical to helping smallholder farmers grow their businesses. Almaz will share how these investments help small farm businesses increase their profits to earn living incomes and explain the difference between diaspora investment and remittances. She will share her insights on the biggest investment opportunities in Africa the role each individual sector and multilateral partnerships should play.