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British investment fund puts $26m in African warehouses

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November 4, 2023
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British investment fund puts $26m in African warehouses

British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development fund, has committed Ksh3.99 billion ($26.5 million) to African warehouses in three countries including Kenya to support smallholder farmers in storing grains and combat food insecurity.

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The funds will be disbursed to Afex, Africa’s commodities platform, which operates more than 200 warehouses in Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda and serves more than 450,000 farmers. It did not say whether investment is in the form of debt or equity.

The funds will be used to construct 20 modern warehouses in Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda, scale warehouse technology and advanced software to capture post-harvest pricing.

“This investment from BII is a landmark moment in our mission to revolutionise agriculture and elevate food security across Africa… directing fresh capital towards the development of technologically advanced warehouses and critical facilities, we are significantly enhancing market access and income potential for smallholder farmers,” said Ayodeji Balogun, Afex chief executive.

“The World Bank estimates that Africa’s food import bill has reached $30 billion in recent decades… This is why we need to back technology-driven companies like Afex because they help reduce that import cost by supporting smallholder farmers to increase local food production, while also boosting their incomes,” said Mr Nick O’Donohoe, BII’s chief executive officer.

Afex was licensed as a warehouse receipt operator in Kenya by the Warehouse Receipt System Council earlier this year.

Small-scale farmers face many challenges including poor sales from crop harvests, difficult financial outlook due to macroeconomic uncertainty, limited market access and proper storage for produce.

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