Reflections on the 2025 SOIF Foresight Retreat

A guest post by Next Generation Foresight Practitioner Liin Nur

Data to Increase Capital for Agri-SMEs in Africa

New research by Songbae Lee traces the evolution of a question how can data increase the flow of capital to agri-SMEs?.

Please join our upcoming three-part webinar series “Shifting Capital Flows: Creating Agri-SME Data with Market Value” on February 12th, 19th and 26th, 2026, marking the launch of the report.

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Our work is focused on three system ‘entry points’. While each entry point has distinct ambitions, they interconnect and reinforce each other. 

Commercially viable, sustainable models serving rural MSMEs

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