The 10th AgriFin Learning Event will take place on October 27 at the Argyle Grand Hotel in Nairobi, focusing on how digital agriculture services can survive after donor funding ends.
The gathering is organised by Prosper Global AgriFin, previously Mercy Corps AgriFin, and will be held under the theme “Leveraging Evidence for Connected, Scalable and Inclusive Digital Agriculture”.
The event comes as the AgriFin Digital Farmer II programme wraps up its Gates Foundation funding phase, having enrolled 7.6 million farmers, above the five-million target.
Participants will include governments, investors, financial institutions, technology firms and development partners who will discuss financing, farmer demand and impact evidence.
An analysis that tracks US$4.39 billion of agtech investment across 17 emerging markets from 2023 to the third quarter of 2025 will inform the discussions.
The analysis, commissioned through AgriFin’s AgBase programme and prepared by Briter and ISF Advisors, reviews more than 900 deals involving 700 funded companies and 900 funders, noting a rebound in investment after a post-2022 downturn and varying funding conditions across markets.
Organisers say development money can generate impact evidence and lower investment barriers, while private capital can back businesses with credible prospects of long-term operation.
Sessions will explore how digital platforms can bundle services such as agricultural finance, quality inputs, market access, farm advice, weather data and insurance to avoid fragmented systems that hinder farmer decision-making.
The programme will also address the role of weather and climate information as farmers confront increasingly uncertain growing conditions.
Masterclasses will cover trusted data systems for agricultural finance, sustainable payment services and digital safety and security, and an artificial-intelligence showcase, a farmers’ experience centre and a marketplace with more than 15 exhibitors are planned.
Prosper Global AgriFin states it has collaborated with financial institutions, agri-technology companies, digital platforms and governments across Africa and Asia since 2012, and since 2019 has worked with nearly 200 partners to deliver services ranging from digital financial products to agricultural advice.
The Nairobi summit is expected to draw lessons from these initiatives and identify ways to expand services that boost farmer productivity, incomes and resilience while remaining commercially viable.
