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“Africa was not an option but inevitable in our journey to excel in agriculture.” By investing in Ethiopia, Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi set the scene for his rise to become the “Rose King,” the world leader in rose production. He founded Karuturi Global in 1994 in Bangalore, India and in 2003 expanded his business to take [...]
Tim Solso, Chairman and CEO of Cummins Inc., attributes improvements in Cummins’ Africa strategy to Frontier 100. “Being a part of the Frontier 100 group connected me with African business leaders and allowed me to rethink Cummins’ Africa strategy to increase efficiency and profits,” Solso says. A key consideration for Cummins when opening operations in developing [...]
Public and private investment in global agricultural development The Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security, hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on May 20 gathered policymakers, development experts and business leaders to build momentum for change in U.S. food security and agricultural development policy. USAID Administrator Raj Shah announced the release of [...]
How private investment can catalyze economic growth and reduce poverty As part of our ongoing effort to bring U.S. and African business voices to bear on development policy, IGD partnered with the Brookings Institution to convene a panel discussion on the crucial role that business plays in global development. Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Daniel Yohannes [...]
On April 21st, 2010, IGD, the Hewlett Foundation, TransFarm Africa and the German Marshall Fund of the United States convened agricultural development experts and representatives from agribusiness companies to discuss barriers to investment in food insecure regions and opportunities to improve the investment climate. Companies represented included Bunge North America, Caterpillar, DuPont, FedEx, John Deere [...]
On April 14-15, CEOs engaged in a focused discussion about how IGD’s Frontier 100 network could most productively stimulate increased investment and business growth on the African continent. CEOs representing six African countries and the United States gathered in Dakar, Senegal for the Second Annual Frontier 100 Annual Forum. CEOs agreed to take a number of steps [...]
On May 6 and 7, the IGD 2009 National Summit brought together a broad cross-section of business leaders in Washington, D.C. to advance a bold strategy to reduce global poverty. Speakers, including General Colin L. Powell and business leaders such as Neville Isdell formerly of Coca-Cola, Terry McGraw of McGraw-Hill and Jeff Immelt of GE, [...]
