?????? ???????? ???? ???????????? ???? ?????????????? ???????????? ?????? ?????????? ???? ???????????? ???????????????? ??????????????????! Out of 33 high quality applications received, 16 companies have been shortlisted for diagnostic visits, to join the Farm’Innov project acceleration programme, providing tailor made support with French expertise, mentoring system with French companies and immersive visits to France, starting in April and for 10 months. ?? Farm’Innov is a project financed by #France to support the cooperation on the agrifood sector in #Kenya. The project is managed by Valorial, cluster d'innovation agri-agro (a French agrifood innovation cluster) with the French Development Agency AFD - Agence Fran?aise de Développement (the development bank of the French Government) and the French Embassy to Kenya. ?? Last week?marks a high point in the Farm'Innov project: a committee of experts pierre weill and?Renaud Sergheraert, 2 recognised agrifood experts from the Valorial network were in Kenya to meet the 16 pre-selected companies and diagnose their technical needs and development challenges. The experts?and 2 Valorial team members involved in the project joined our local liaison based in Nairobi, and conducted field visits to evaluate if the companies had fully met the different criteria required to take part in the programme. ?? The site visits were punctuated by a dinner in #Nanyuki that brought participants from #Laikipia county together in the presence of the French Ambassador to Kenya and Somalia, Mr. Arnaud Suquet and the Governor of Laikipia Mr. Joshua Irungu. The week was concluded?by a dinner at the AFD Director’s residence. This mission was a terrific opportunity for fruitful exchanges between Kenya and France. A big thank you to our Kenyan partners: Equity Bank Limited, Agriculture Sector Network (ASNET), the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, and the Farm'Innov project's funders. ?? The list of final winners to be announced in March… stay tuned. #FarmInnov #agrifood #agriculture #cooperation #innovation #Kenya #France #network Adèle Guérin Blandine Fortin Gwenn Weber Jean Luc Perrot Lola Nicolas Guillaume Polge Martin Parent pierre weill Renaud Sergheraert Agence Fran?aise de Développement in Eastern Africa Anne-Gael Chapuis-Mirol Laure Paugam John Ariel N. Gilbert Nyang'or
