Event Type : Networking

Accelerating African agro industry growth, productivity and value chain development; Tackling food waste and security challenges

Join us for the virtual SSCG Africa Agribusiness Summit 2021 on Thursday 28 January 2021 themed Accelerating African agro industry growth, productivity and value chain development; Tackling food waste and security challenges.

The half day-long summit will bring together stakeholders from governments, investors, business, academia and multilateral institutions to take stock of the agriculture and agro sectors in Africa and identify opportunities to enhance growth, efficiency, productivity and sustainability across agricultural value chains in support of smallholder farmers, agricultural products processing and boost food security. The summit will feature panel discussions, transformation talks and presentations on a myriad of topics and opportunities. Its aim is threefold: to highlight innovative solutions for growth, discuss areas for further investment and qualifiers for investment, and create an avenue for collaboration between the UK and African private and public sectors.

Join us to connect with like minded business leaders, investors, industry experts and entrepreneurs, to gain latest update, insights, perspectives, strategies and practical best practices.

TOPICS:
– Africa’s agricultural market and agro-industry economic landscape
– Agricultural commodity trading and pricing
– Strengthening agricultural market access
– Investment and financing agricultural infrastructure and projects
– Funding the Next Agricultural ventures and enterprises: Angel Investors and VCs
– Agri-insurance sector in Africa
– Sustainable and impact agricultural investment opportunities
– Unlocking Africa’s agricultural potential: Improving quality standards, growth, maximising yields, efficiency, productivity and profitability
– Digital agriculture – Agrotechnology, agri-tech, innovation and farming systems
– Enhancing downstream value addition: Food processing, distribution and storage
– Building sustainable agri-Food systems – Reducing food losses, security and safety
– Empowering and supporting smallholder farmers across the value chains and integration into global and local supply chains
– Ethical and Sustainability Governance (ESG) and Social Responsibility
– Strengthening the highly fragmented supply chains
– Tackling climate change risks, challenges and impact
– Effective agricultural data capture and management
– Creating value in digital-farming solutions
– Partnership for agricultural transformation
– Strengthening Africa’s agri and food systems for scaling technologies
– Agribusiness digital operations solutions

Suitable for solicitors, in-house counsel and barristers engaged in advising clients in relation to commercial contracts operating in the UK

This webinar is designed to give an up-to-date overview of the changes to EU and UK Competition law post Brexit. It will help attendees consider the steps their clients should take as a result of such changes.

This session, led by Rebecca Attree, will explore important changes to UK competition law as a result of Brexit. It is likely there will be divergence between EU and UK competition law post Brexit, and companies trading in the EU and the UK will need to keep up-to-date on the two fields of law as they develop separately.

Even the definition of “market” that is crucial to determining if a company has significant market share for competition law to apply will change from 1.1.2021.

Insights and knowledge from this session will enhance your ability to:
– Assess if the revised EU and UK competition laws apply to your clients
– Advise clients on the latest important changes to EU and UK competition law and the steps they need to take as a result
– Assist clients to manage better any current investigations and claims relating to EU and UK competition law

Who is this webinar for?
While this webinar is aimed at a general business audience, we highly recommend for solicitors, in-house counsel and barristers engaged in advising clients in relation to commercial contracts operating in the UK and EU. You will already have a basic knowledge of UK and EU competition law and will be looking to update your knowledge in light of Brexit.

We expect demand for this session to be high, so early booking is recommended.

About the presenter
This session will be led by Rebecca Attree, an accredited civil, commercial and workplace mediator and solicitor.

With 25 years’ experience, Rebecca specialises in helping parties resolve commercial and workplace disputes. She is ranked as a leading mediator in Legal 500 UK 2019 and is listed in Chambers & Partners 2018 Review of Mediators. Her main sectors of expertise include mediating commercial contracts, workplace disputes, aviation, property, construction and family office – this includes considerable experience of international disputes.