The programme and the topics for discussion is as follows:

Day 1

Topic
7:30-9:30 Pre-Event: High-Level Breakfast Roundtable Meeting

8:30-9:30 Registration
9:30-11:00 Opening Ceremony
Welcome remarks- UAA
Statement by NEPAD
Official opening and launch of the Agriculture Financing
Platform (AFP)
11:00-11:30 Group Photo and Coffee/Tea Break
11:30-13:00 The Agriculture Financing Platform (AFP)

This session will feature a keynote address based on the AFPs

deliberations to-date, highlighting the needed actions,
innovations, collaboration and policy change necessary to
sustainably finance all segments of the agricultural value chains in
Uganda.

This will be followed by;

A dialogue, and general consensus, on the shared
ambition for the Platform.
Launch of the Agriculture Finance Platform

Session chair: Hon Victoria Sekitoleko, Chairperson, Uganda

Agribusiness Alliance
13:00-14:00 Networking Lunch Break
Launch of the 2015 Agriculture Finance Year Book
Theme: Agriculture finance: Progressing but facing fiscal
challenges
14:00 Opening Remarks by GIZ
14:20 Remarks by the Executive Director, Economic Policy Research
Centre
Presentations
Moderator
Smallholder Households and Financial Inclusion in Uganda: Early
results from a National Household Survey
Bankability of investments in Agricultural value chains:
Perceptions, Myths and Realities
Launch of the 2015 Agriculture Finance Yearbook by Guest of
Honour
Distribution of the Yearbook
16:00-18:00 Networking Reception/Cocktail
Day 2

Topic
8:00-9:00 Registration
9:00-11:00 Investing in Ugandan Agriculture: Who is investing?

This session will feature Agriculture Investment funds currently

active in Uganda sharing what each is doing in Uganda and
discussing;-
Current financing instruments available for agribusinesses
(depending on size)
The funding opportunities (including Public-Private
Collaboration Opportunities)
Future investment plans

11:00-11:30 Coffee/Tea Break

11:30-13:00 Investing in Ugandan Agriculture: what is Ugandas policy and
strategy for the private sector investment?

This session will review the current agriculture policy and provide
an overview of the Agricultural Sector Strategic Plan (ASSP):

This will be followed by;

A dialogue and general input into the ASSP.
Launch of the Agriculture Investment Facilitation
Platform
13:00-14:00 Networking Lunch Break
14:00-15:30 Plenary Session1 Plenary Session2
Investment Opportunity How do we practically increase
Presentations the success, scale and
therefore bankability of
innovative growth-oriented
agricultural small or medium
enterprises (SMEs) in Uganda?
15:30-15:45 Coffee/Tea Break
15:45-16:15 Wrap Up and Vote of Thanks
16:15-17:00 One-on-One Investment Opportunity Meetings between
Government Officials and Prospective Investors/ Private Sector
Partners/ Project Financiers (Optional)