MANAGING DIRECTOR PAYS A COURTESY CALL ON MOMBASA GOVERNOR

7/02/2023. AFC MD, Mr. George Kubai, this afternoon paid a courtesy call on Mombasa County Governor, H.E. Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir at his offices in Mombasa. The two executives held discussions on AFC's new strategic direction, and in particular the warehouse receipting product that the Corporation is looking at designing. The product is being designed in collaboration with Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) AGRA-Sustainably Growing Africa’s Food Systems.and BDO in East Africa and aims at supporting the Government’s agenda on food & nutritional security, access to finance and transformation of agriculture into a business-oriented sector. This afternoon's interaction is part of a countrywide stakeholder engagement exercise in support of the warehouse receipting product design. The two executives further discussed areas of possible collaboration between Mombasa County and AFC noting that there are a number of opportunities to create jobs, enhance food security and promote agricultural mechanisation through financing of the blue economy value chains.