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AgriFund Connect Summit 2025 – Programme

6 November 2025
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Agrifund Connect Summit Programme 2025

African Farming’s first-ever AgriFund Connect Summit is taking place today, Thursday 6 November 2025, at the Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Centre.

Hear from farmers, agripreneurs, financiers and development partners committed to building a more inclusive and financially sustainable agricultural sector.

Here’s the programme:
Agrifund Programme 2025_page 1
Agrifund Programme 2025_page 2
Agrifund Programme 2025_page 3
Agrifund Programme 2025_page 4

You can also download the programme as a PDF here.

Made possible by: Land Bank | RMIS | John Deere Financial | AFGRI | Kgodiso Development Fund | FarmSol | Pannar

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