Microsoft and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have launched a Pan-African financing facility to digitize agricultural Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). This initiative, announced at the B20 South Africa Summit, aims to blend investment capital with digital and AI tools to enhance agricultural productivity across Africa.

• The facility is expected to mobilize large agricultural investments over the next five years.
• Microsoft's Chief Sustainability Officer Melanie Nakagawa highlighted a shift from simply connecting 117 million Africans to focusing on sector-level transformation.
• In Kenya, Microsoft's partner Mawingu has enabled rural clinics to consult specialists via video links and is collaborating with Mastercard's MADE Alliance to equip 50,000 farmers with digital skills.