We were happy to host Sunshine Nut Company, a Mozambican cashew processor that exports to the US, for a full-day workshop in Johannesburg. Through USAID's Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub, we are supporting Sunshine Nut Co. with a comprehensive business review and study of the global cashew market to enable growth and fundraising.
Congratulations to Agilis Partners, winner of the 2019 United States Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence in Sustainable Operations. We are honoured to support their mission to empower Ugandan smallholder farmers, transform their rural communities and catalyze a more food-secure Africa.
Over seven years ago, we began working intensively with entrepreneurs and investors in fragile states such as Afghanistan and South Sudan to help unlock private investment. We found our work was making a real difference and with Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) we published Investment Facilitation in Fragile States in 2013 which explored the academic underpinning of our approach and...
CrossBoundary is the official advisory partner for INVEST Africa US Women’s Investment Mission to Rwanda. The first all-women investment mission to Africa, led by Cherie Blair CBE QC, founder of The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. The delegation consisted of top business women including, Barbara Ann Bernard, founder and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Bahamas-based asset management firm, Wincrest Capital,...
We were part of the Agribusiness Deal Room at the 2019 AGRF conference. The Deal Room facilitated over 250 scheduled meetings inside the Investment Center between capital providers and SMEs. Over 100 SMEs participated in the Deal Room; these businesses have a total fundraising need of $759 million and were able to meet with over 50 capital providers that offer...
The African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) is an alliance of partners that work to drive inclusive agricultural transformation in Africa. The Forum meets in an annual event organized by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), an institution dedicated to catalyzing and sustaining inclusive agricultural transformation by increasing incomes and improving food security across the continent.
