2. Mission
Root Capital’s mission is to grow rural prosperity by
investing in agricultural businesses that build
sustainable livelihoods in Africa and Latin America.

3. The Rural Missing Middle

4. Capital Constraints on African Agriculture
%
Source: SCOPEinsight, “Mainstream Agrifinance: Enable producer organizations to invest their way out of poverty.” Compliments of AGRA: CIA - world-fact
book, Central bank of Congo, Central bank of Nigeria, Central bank of Kenya, Central bank of South Africa; BCEAO – Annual Report 2008

5. Three-Pronged Strategy

6. Root Capital Performance

7. Africa Team & Geographic Focus

8. Annual Lending Growth, Africa
30
25
Annual Disbursements, USD
20
15
10
5
-
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

9. Food Security & Nutrition Portfolio
New lending window for Root Capital, financing SMEs all along domestic
and regional agri-food value chains. This will deepen our impact:
•Impact for Rural and Agricultural SMEs
• Impact on Smallholder Farmers as Producers
• Impact on Smallholder Farmers as Input Consumers
• Impact on Low-income Africans as Food Consumers

10. Value Chain for Staple Crops and Inputs
PH-Handling &
Inputs Production Distribution
Processing
Seeds & Plant Material Smallholder Farmers Granaries Wholesalers
Nucleus Farmers/
Soil Health Warehousing Franchisors
Out Growers
Pest Control Farming Cooperatives Agro-Processing Traders
Irrigation SME Farmers Exporters
Large-Scale Commercial
Machinery
Farmers
Crop Insurance

11. Contacts
Where can rural SME finance support your activities or beneficiaries?
Contact us:
• Barbara Ghansah, Ghana
– bghansah@rootcapital.org
• Diaka Sall, Senegal
– dsall@rootcapital.org
• Simplice Chigbo, Cote d’Ivoire
– schigbo@rootcapital.org