Tackling the commercialization challenge - Nairobi workshop

Join leaders from across the East African technology innovation community for a one-day workshop on tackling challenges in commercializing new products and services into rural markets. Interactive discussions will explore:

• Hermetic storage and on-farm drying for maize
• Successful business models and partnerships
• Persistent challenges around manufacturing, financing, distribution and marketing
• Striking the balance between low-cost and high-quality

For a full agenda and an updated list of speakers, visit www.regonline.com/aflastop. John Staley, Chief Officer of Finance, Innovation and Payments at Equity Group Holdings and Ann Mbaabu, Director of Market Access Programs at AGRA will give keynote addresses. Additional confirmed speakers include representatives from M-KOPA Solar (solar home systems), BURN (cook stoves), KickStart International (Money Maker irrigation pumps), Bell Industries (PICS hermetic storage bags), AtoZ (AgroZ hermetic bags), GrainPro (storage solutions), Elite Innovations (hermetic storage), Mwireri Engineering Workshop (small-scale manufacturing), ACDI/VOCA, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.