Scaling Impact in Ghana’s Agri-Food Sector

About the Forum

The inaugural Nkabom Collaborative SME Investment Forum, held under the theme Scaling Impact in Ghana’s Agri-Food Sector, convenes SMEs, investors, stakeholders, and ecosystem partners for a focused day of engagement and opportunity.

Ghana’s agri-food sector is a key driver of economic growth, job creation, and improved nutrition outcomes. SMEs are playing a critical role in this progress, building innovative and scalable businesses across the value chain.

The Forum creates a platform for meaningful connections between investment-ready enterprises and active investors through curated engagements, including deal rooms, pitch sessions, and networking opportunities. It is designed to catalyze investment, foster strategic partnerships, and support the continued growth and impact of Ghana’s agri-food ecosystem.

Our Partners

What We Aim to Achieve

The Forum is designed to facilitate meaningful connections between high-potential nutrition and agri-food SMEs and active investors. Through curated deal rooms, targeted pitch sessions, and ecosystem engagement, the event creates a space for real investment conversations, partnership building, and sustained collaboration.

This Forum is a key expression of the Nkabom Collaborative’s mission to strengthen education-to-employment pathways and support inclusive entrepreneurship. By connecting SMEs to capital, it supports business growth, enables an expanded workforce, and creates increased employment opportunities for youth, while contributing to more resilient agri-food systems.

Objectives

Ghana’s agrifood sector continues to drive economic transformation, job creation, and enhanced nutrition outcomes.

Strengthen
Collaboration
among SMEs, investors, universities, and ecosystem partners driving agrifood innovation.
Facilitate targeted investment discussions
through pre‑matched meetings between 40 vetted SMEs and investors.
Provide
investors access
to a curated pipeline of high-growth, investment-ready enterprises.
Catalyze capital investment
in agrifood and nutrition-focused SMEs to support job creation for Ghanaian youth.
Enhance SME visibility and investment readiness
through pitches, exhibitions, and tailored engagement.

Your Forum Experience
Full Agenda

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Registration & Booth Visits

SME exhibition booths open; Investors receive Investment Profile Booklet & Deal Room Schedule

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Opening & Welcome Remarks

9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Fireside Chat

Where Systems and Capital Meet Nutrition & Agrifood — 3‑person panel (Investor, SME, Government, Financial Rep)

10:00 – 10:45 a.m.

Coffee Break & Booth Visits

Networking and exhibition time

10:45 – 11:30 a.m.

Investor Lightning Pitches (Reverse Pitch)

Investors present ticket size, sectors, stage focus, return expectations

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Deal Room Sessions — Round 1

Pre‑matched, private 20‑minute investment meetings

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch & Networking

Booths remain open

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

SME Rapid‑Fire Pitch Session

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.

Closing Remarks

3:45 – 4:30 p.m.