What We Do

We make Africa's smallholder agriculture bankable and investable. The work falls into three areas, and most engagements draw on more than one.

Access to Finance

For many agri-SMEs and cooperatives, the hardest gap to close is capital. The problem is rarely that the business has no case; it is that the case has never been put in a form a financier can act on. We solve that by structuring the entire value chain to be finance-ready.

What the work includes

Investment readiness assessment: an honest review of where the business stands against what lenders and investors will ask.
Financial foundations: records, statements, and management accounts that hold up under due diligence.
Business plans and financial models: built on assumptions the client understands and can defend.
Layered financing structures: mapping grants, working capital, and buyer advances to the business's needs.
Preparation for financier conversations: anticipating questions and supporting negotiation of workable terms.
Credit tools for lenders: providing MFIs and banks with data and risk models to lend confidently (see The AgriLink Score™).

Market Access

A good product does not sell itself, especially across borders. We work as your value-chain architect, managing everything from quality control and traceability to buyer negotiation and logistics. Our goal is to turn consistent, high-quality supply into long-term contracts.

What the work includes

Market research: who buys, at what price, under what conditions, in which markets.
Commercial review: product, packaging, pricing, and positioning measured against what buyers actually require.
Standards and certification: identifying what formal and cross-border buyers demand and planning the path to compliance.
Quality and traceability systems: implementing SOPs, batch tracking, and documentation that buyers trust.
Regional and international trade preparation: documentation, logistics, and the practical steps of selling into new markets.
Buyer relationship management: securing LOIs, framework agreements, and long-term offtake contracts.

Policy Engagement

Policy shapes what an agri-SME can do long before finance or markets come into play, and most of these businesses have no seat at the table where it is written. We work to change that by organizing producers and providing real data from structured value chains.

What the work includes

Regulatory monitoring: tracking the rules that affect agri-SMEs and explaining, in plain terms, what they mean for a specific business.
Evidence and positions: preparing data, briefs, and position papers so that agri-SME perspectives enter sector discussions.
Dialogue: supporting clients in exchanges with public institutions, sector bodies, and public-private platforms.
Compliance planning: treating regulation as something to prepare for, not react to.
Data-driven advocacy: using real value-chain data to make the case for policies that support inclusive agricultural growth.

Not sure which of these fits your situation? That is exactly what the diagnostic is for. We start by understanding your business, not by prescribing a product.

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