On Thursday September 14, our Chairman Marc DEBETS took part in a Bpifrance webinar. The topic was “Agri-food Chains Central Africa: agricultural potential and development of resilient agro-industrial value chains”. After a macroeconomic overview by the Yaoundé Regional Economic Service and a presentation of the zone’s key sectors by Business...
On June 12 and 13, 2023, the first edition of Vision Golfe was held at the Ministry of the Economy in Paris. This event, organized by Business France on the same model as Ambition Africa, aims to promote economic cooperation between France and the Gulf States. To support this initiative,...
Since its creation in 2018, the French Agency for the Development of AlUla (Afalula) has been working to “implement a new model of economic and tourism development” in this arid region of northwestern Saudi Arabia, according to its president Gérard Mestrallet. The agency carries out many projects, in close collaboration...
On January 17, was held the FARM Conference, in the premises of the OECD in Paris. Apexagri supported the organization of this event from the FARM Foundation, alongside the Ministry of Agriculture and Sovereignty, the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, and the media EURACTIV France. More than 200 participants were...
At the beginning of this year 2023, our president Marc Debets was the guest of Bruno Faure on Radio France Internationale (RFI). Very rich exchanges on the challenges the agri-food sector are facing in Africa, supported by radio reports presenting various engaging initiatives in Africa. RFI presents examples of engaging...
The current crises are once again revealing the major issues of food sovereignty and agricultural development in the world. The agricultural and food sectors are being hit hard by the rising prices of food and agricultural inputs. This rise has been accelerated by the war in Ukraine. The current crisis is not...
Review of the round table on agri-food chains structuring, organized by Apexagri on May 19. Among the key learnings: we must take action now to develop successful agri-food chains in Africa and the Middle East, and there can be no performance without taking into account sustainability criteria. Food sovereignty: the...
On May 19th, the first on site Apexagri event in over two years will take place. We are pleased to organise a morning debate on the development of agricultural sectors, regenerative agriculture and food sovereignty. These are particularly topical issues for the agricultural sector and non-agricultural sectors whose sourcing depends...
APEXAGRI team is proud to have contributed to the creation of a development plan for the meat and livestock sectors in Chad. This project was carried out by our experts alongside, among others, ARISE and the Ministry of Livestock. This plan reaches an overall investment in the sector of 550...
A major challenge for humanity? The COP21 international climate conference held in 2015 saw, 196 States sign the Paris Agreement, pledging to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and maintain global warming below 2°C by 2050. That goal is ambitious but necessary to ensure our ability to feed a growing population while limiting our impact on the climate. To achieve...