Mo Ibrahim Governance Weekend

ICARDA’s Director General, Aly Abousabaa, will represent CGIAR Executive Managing Director Ismahane Elouafi at the upcoming Mo Ibrahim Governance Weekend. He will participate in the ATLAS session co-organized with the OCP Group, titled: "Implementing Africa's Agricultural Transformation for Food and Climate Security"on June 3, 2025.

This session will introduce the ATLAS initiative, highlight the 2x30 Challenge to double annual investments in agriculture by 2030, and explore actionable strategies to support Africa’s agricultural transformation for food and climate security.

Key objectives of the session include:

• Strengthening alignment between governments, development banks, and the private sector to scale up proven, climate-resilient agricultural solutions.
• Highlighting collaborative opportunities between Africa and Europe to unlock agricultural transformation.
• Exploring innovative financing models to help close the funding gap in the sector.

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