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DISRUPTING FOOD SECURITY &

AGRICULTURE RISK FINANCING IN

SOUTHERN AFRICA

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INFORMATION & RULES

DISRUPTING FOOD SECURITY & AGRICULTURE RISK FINANCING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

WELCOME WORDS

Practice Manager for Agriculture,

World Bank

Shobha Shetty

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

o Present to a panel of experts from top international institutions.

o Exhibit their proposal work in a report on agriculture innovations by the World Bank and partners

o Be featured in key media outlets as an innovator in the area.

o Attend an award ceremony September 2020 (if travel is feasible) in Washington, D.C., (all expenses paid) and have an opportunity to

interact with potential partners.

o The Winners of each challenge will be awarded free tuition* to participate in:

• Draper University Summer Acceleration Program in San Francisco 2020

• InnMind & Draper Bootcamp in Barcelona September 2020

*Notice: Travel and logistics to these programs is not included.

INTRODUCTION OF THE WINNERS

• ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR MEASURING WEATHER VARIABLE CHALLENGE

• ANIMAL AND PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES CHALLENGE

• AGRICULTURE DATA CHALLENGE

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INTRODUCTION OF THE WINNERSALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR MEASURING WEATHER VARIABLE CHALLENGE

The World Bank Director for

Southern Africa

Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly

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Winner of Alternative Methods For

Measuring Weather Variables Challenge

Honorable Mention For

Harnessing Social Media

INTRODUCTION OF THE WINNERSANIMAL AND PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES CHALLENGE

Draper University President

Asra Nadeem

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Winner of Predicting or

Monitoring Animal and/or Plant Pests

ChallengeHonorable Mention For

Accessibility

INTRODUCTION OF THE WINNERSAGRICULTURE DATA CHALLENGE

Director for Sustainable

Development, Africa Region, World

Bank

Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez

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Winner of Agriculture Data

Challenge

Honorable Mention For

Innovative Locally Sustainable Business

Model

WINNERS LIGHTNING PRESENTATIONS

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FOCUS ON INNOVATIONWINNERS LIGHTNING PRESENTATIONS

Eric Seyama

Director of the

Natural Disaster

Agency of the

Kingdom of eSwatini

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FOCUS ON INNOVATIONRISING INNOVATORS LIGHTNING PRESENTATIONS

Mareme Dieng

Head of Partnerships

and International

Relations at Draper

University

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SOCIAL MEDIA PUBLIC AWARDS

ANNOUNCING THE VIDEO CONTEST WINNER!

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Tim Draper

Founder at Draper Associates/DFJ/Draper University