Enabling Agriculture in Africa

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Transforming AfricaEnabling Agriculture


Africa Opportunity

• From a $2 trillion economy, Africa is expected to boom to be a $29 trillion economy by 2050

• Average GDP of Over 5%

• Increasing disposable incomes

• Youth comprises 20% of population in most African countries

• More than 10 million people entering working age group each year


Africa- Sunrise Sectors

Consumer Goods

Wholesale & Retail

Infrastructure

Banking

Resources

Agriculture


There are few better ways to show one’s love for one’s country and the well-being of one’s nation than by working on the soil.

Nelson Mandela (Former South African President in his speech to members of the Zimbabwean farming community in 1994)

Africa Agriculture Sector


Africa has 60% of the world's arable land.

By 2030, Agriculture sector in Africa would be $ 1 trillion strong

Agriculture sector to create 16 million jobs by 2030

Increasing population pressures are decreasing average farm size.

Africa Agriculture

Sector


Challenges

65% of Africa’s labor force is employed in agriculture, but the sector accounts for about 32% of GDP, owing to low productivity

Africa spends $50 billion in a year on food imports

Land reforms to provide over 202 million hectares land to boost Africa’s agricultural growth & productivity

Total investments of $91 billion required by 2015 in rural infrastructure

Most African countries spend less than 1% of their agricultural GDP on R&D


Transformation

Agriculture is not a social sector. It is a business

Dr. Akinwumi AdesinaHon’ble Minister of Agricultureand Rural Development

Federal Republic of Nigeria


Centum Learning Training Solutions

Impacting Agriculture Value

Chain in Africa

Business Outcome

Technical Know how

Market relevant skills

Sustained learning framework

System Productivity

People capabilities


Impacting Agriculture Value Chain in Africa

Enabling the Agriculture Value Chain : “Farm to Fork”

R&D Input & Production Post Harvest Logistics Processing Wholesale / Retail

Best Practice Solutions Knowledge Access Solutions Performance Enhancement Solutions

Co-Creation of Joint Academies with partners , Centers of Excellence, Research into Use

Access to Information Networks & Knowledge Portals, Mobile Learning and E-Learning

Performance Optimization Solutions, Productivity per farm agent, Pre Hire Sourcing & Training, Role Capability Index, etc

“Farm Connect” through mobilization & community outreach

End to end learning solutions to impact agriculture value chain in Africa


Collaboration

Technology

Innovation

Skilling

Up Skilling

Re Skilling

Pillars of Agriculture Growth in Africa


Centum Learning solutionsfor Agriculture Sector

Best Practices

Knowledge Access

Performance Enhancement

Farm & Rural Connect


Joint Learning Academies

Establishing Joint Learning Academies with Corporates Need diagnostic studies and problem analysis Implement sustained learning Enhance productivity across functions

Best Practices Solution1.

Winning in Agriculture

Knowledge Access Solutions

Product, Process & Technical Expertise with partnering organization & Trainer Boot camps

Governing Council: Centum Learning & Partnering Organization

Skill Development & Community Engagement

Market Place Implementation – Across the value chain

Standardized Content, Knowledge, Skill & Aptitude Development, Sustenance Mechanism measuring the training impact internal & external SMEs



Establish Centers of Excellence: provide leadership, share best practices, integrate subject matter expertise & technical knowhow

Centum Learning has established multiple CoEs across key growth sectors like Telecom, Retail, Aviation, Banking etc.


Centers of Excellence

Impact of Center of Excellence (COEs)

30% growth in Dealer Per hundred thousand for rural markets across

10 states in India for a leading telecom provider

Enhanced Airport Service Quality Ratings by 48.2% for the 4th

best International Airport

Impacted 30,000 employees of a leading nationalized bank across 2500 locations

Trained over 25000 candidates at 14 Bharti Walmart Training Centers and placed more than 9700 candidates



Centum Learning adopts Research into Use (RIU) approach to harness the positive impacts of R&D and technological advances in agriculture.

Utilizing the research & Innovation Inputs in Agri value chain.

Integrating the supply 'push' and demand 'pull' via effective information channels.

Building the capacity of all partners: Science community, government, private sector & Civil society


Centers of Excellence

Research into use


Mobile Learning Solutions

Centum Learning rich expertise in providing accessible & affordable learning in multiple vernacular languages

Access and expertise in mobile-based agro information service: mFarmer to deliver training content

Wider market reach and instant access

Knowledge Access Solutions2.

E-Learning Solutions

Centum Learning E-learning solutions enable anytime anywhere learning, while covering multiple locations

Enhance people productivity across locations

Measure, Monitor learning outcomes

Increase RoI on training


Performance Enhancement Solutions3.

Maximize Revenue

Enhance People

Capabilities

Establish Benchma

rks



Value Chain Productivity

Centum Learning performance optimization solutions enhance the value chain productivity across levels.

Maximizing productivity through

• Sales & Distribution Management• Channel Partner Development• Retail Productivity• Retail Effectiveness • Profitability per marketing associate



Pre Hire Sourcing & Training solutions for corporates to ensure continuous manpower supply

Sourcing & training of candidates via centralized hubs (permanent centers) & spokes (mobile centers) spread across geographies

Building a ready pool of trained manpower, sustainably


Pre Hire Sourcing & Training



Centum Learning domain expertise in content customization across 21 industries.

Over 15,000 hours of intellectual property comprising rich learning content across:

• Selling skills• Customer service skills• Leadership skills• Communication skills • Presentation skills • Coaching & mentoring• Negotiation skills• Experiential learning• Process and compliance



Customized Training Content



Role Capability Index enables comprehensive assessment of existing functional capabilities of role holders.

Mapping people capabilities to tasks & Roles

Addressing gaps in capabilities via coaching & training



Customized Training Content

Role Capability Index


Farm & Rural Connect Solutions4.

Centum Learning has extensive experience in establishing Rural Connect via multiple effective channels

Centum Learning has mobilized more than 0.2 million people in rural areas across geographies

Expertise in implementing skills training on mass scale

Mobilization & Community Outreach Solutions


Impacting23 citizens

across 23 countriesEvery Hour!!!

Over 1 million livesimpacted so far…


Centum Learning offerings are spread across following key areas:

Enterprise Training Solutions Vocational Education & Training Skills for Schools and Colleges Skills for Global employability

Who are we?

http://www.centumlearning.com

To be the most admired learning & skill development partner, enabling sustainable transformation

Our Vision


What sets us apart - Our ability to scale

• 23 Countries

• 21 Industry Sectors

• 24 Languages

• 169 Cities Globally

• 500+ Learning Centres

• 350 Global Firms Impacted

• 53,000+ Underprivileged youth skilled

• 200,000 Professionals trained annually

• 20+ Awards & global recognition won

• 1,000,000 People skilled across countries so far

• Joint venture with National Skills Development Corporation to

skill 12 million across 11 Indian states and 383 districts


• The only Asian organization featuring in “Sales Training Watch list” 2012 - 13 released by Training Industry.com

• Won the award for “Excellence in Training” at the World HRD Congress for three consecutive years, 2010 – 2012

• Won the “Best Learning Partnership Award ” at the Africa Learning & Development Leadership Awards , 2012

• Won the “UK India Skills Forum Award” 2010

• Featured as one of the “Top 15 Emerging Leaders in Training Outsourcing” Worldwide, 2009 -2012

• Recognized as “High Performing Partner” of NSDC for the financial year 2012-13

What sets us apart - Our demonstrated reliability


What sets us apart - Our demonstrated reliability

• Won 2nd FICCI Leap Vault Skills Champion of India Award 2012-13

• Recognized by NSDC for Best Practices in student enrollment under skill development projects.

• Awarded for the Best Corporate Film at the 7th Indys’s award by Stars of the Industry

• Adjudged the 2nd Runner Up for its website at the Designomics Awards 2012 hosted by the World Brand Congress


350 global corporates &

more than 2 million

people have benefitted

from our learning &

development solutions.

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