8 May 2020
(Agence Ecofin) – Les conséquences du coronavirus seront surtout visibles sur l’approvisionnement en cacao dans les prochains mois, estime Edward George, consultant indépendant sur les marchés des matières premières agricoles.
Jusqu’ici, l’offre de fèves n’a pas été vraiment affectée par le coronavirus. En effet, la campagne principale s’est notamment achevée en Côte d’Ivoire sur une bonne récolte et les négociants ne se pressent pas pour les achats en raison des stocks confortables. D’après l’expert, ce calme relatif pourrait être remis en cause durant la petite récolte en cours voire sur le début de la saison prochaine si les zones cacaoyères sont affectées par la maladie virale.
« Si la progression de l’épidémie se poursuit et que le virus touche les zones cacaoyères au niveau de la prochaine saison, alors l’impact sera visible. Ce qui se passera dans les 3 à 4 prochains moins ce sera très important pour savoir si nous avons un problème avec le cacao », explique M. George.
S’agissant du différentiel de revenu de subsistance (DRD), le responsable souligne que l’enjeu réside surtout dans l’utilisation des fonds déjà versés par les industriels depuis quelques mois sur la récolte 2020/2021.
« La grande inconnue est la transparence avec la gestion des fonds du DRD. Tout ce qu’on sait, c’est que le Conseil du Café-Cacao (CCC) va garder les sous jusqu’au début de la prochaine saison et l’utiliser pour augmenter le prix payé aux producteurs », indique-t-il.
Pour rappel, la Côte d’Ivoire devrait récolter en 2019/2020 plus de 2 millions de tonnes de cacao.
1 October 2019
Tedd George comments on telcos becoming banks, digital crowdfunding platforms across Africa and the use of data to build digital identities and credit histories in John Everington’s article in ‘The Banker’.
“Telcos have increasingly advanced offerings for their own digital wallet services. It’s going to get more and more difficult when it comes to digital banking to tell the difference between a telco and a bank.”
“Crowdsourcing is as African as okra, but now you can digitalise the process (e.g. M-Changa and Matontine). The formalisation, or rather digitalisation, of informal networks could prove a big challenge to traditional banks.”
14 January 2020
Tedd George explores how better management of data can bring real benefits for Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa farmers.
25 June 2019
Tedd George writes for the FT’s BeyondBRICS blog an article exploring the coming Chinese digital wave in Africa.
22 June 2020
Led by smartphone technology and solar power, tech will help lead Africa out of the COVID-19 crisis, and as it does it will embed itself in the way Africans live, work and transact.
First published on LinkedIn on 17 January 2020
The pairing of the next generation of solar and financial technology is changing the game
13 August 2019
One of the greatest unresolved challenges facing Africa’s agribusiness sector is the lack of value addition. Tedd George looks at how this affects two of Africa’s most important soft commodity value chains – cocoa and cotton – and explores how the fostering of local demand for crops could transform the balance of power for Africa’s agricultural producers.
21 May 2020
Following the postponement of GTR East Africa 2020 in Nairobi due to COVID-19, Tedd chaired this interactive webinar which discussed the impact of the pandemic on East African markets, agribusiness and innovation.
31 March 2020
Tedd George presents on the digital landscape and partnerships in emerging markets, with a focus on Africa.
4 February 2020
Summary of findings from the roundtable discussion on partnerships.
28 November 2019
Tedd George discusses the prospects for trade and investment in Africa during a break from chairing the GTR Africa London conference.
17 December 2019
In November 2019 I chaired the GTR Africa London conference at the Park Plaza London Victoria, which had a record 475 delegates in attendance. The focus of our discussions was on trade finance, insurance and infrastructure investment in the continent. China, fintech and sustainability were key themes, cropping up throughout the day’s panels and breakout discussions.
15 February 2018
Tedd George discusses the outlook for Africa’s digital landscape and Ecobank’s vision for digital services on the continent.
19 July 2017
Tedd George discusses with Nikita Bernardi of BTP Advisors the impact of disruptive technology in Africa.
April 2020
Tedd George moderates a short podcast discussing the findings of the LMA Developing Markets survey which was carried out in early 2020.
28 September 2018
Tedd George discusses Ghana’s cocoa PXF loan and the outlook for the 2018/19 cocoa season with Sandra Boga of IEG Vu.
December 2019
Tedd George hosts a podcast with excerpts of several panels from the GTR Africa London 2019 conference, including US-EXIM bank, African markets, solar-fintech and sustainability.
April 2020
Tedd George hosts Part 2 of the LMA Developing Markets podcast, looking at sovereign debt, the LIBOR transition, regulation, innovation and sustainable lending.
April 2020
Tedd George chairs Part 1 of the LMA Developing Markets podcast, discussing the impact of COVID-19 on lenders in developing markets & how we do business there.
28 January 2018: Jo Ann Barefoot hosts a wide-ranging discussion on fintech in Europe and Africa, with Tedd George, Jean-Stephane Gourevitch, Fiona Ghosh, Lukas Zoerner & Luca Schnettler. This podcast is reproduced here with kind permission from Jo Ann Barefoot. The original can be accessed on the Alliance for Innovative Regulation (air) website: bit.ly/39lKCXX
https://soundcloud.com/user-454957965/the-data-economy-a-lively-london-debate-on-fintech-in-europe-and-africa
7 September 2020: Andrew Skipper from Hogan Lovells interviews Tedd George about the five big innovations he believe will help bring about a new paradigm for Africa.
29 January 2021: Tedd George, Chief Narrative Officer of Kleos Advisory Ltd, chairs a podcast discussion on the future of mobile banking in Africa. This episode is part of the Department for International Trade’s Tech for Growth Series, which explores the role played by technology in financial services across Sub-Saharan Africa. The speakers are: Lesley-Ann Vaughan, Head of Product Strategy at the Mojaloop Foundation; Max Cuvellier, Head of Mobile for Development at GSMA; Rachel Balsham, Managing Director for the Emerging Enterprise Division at MFS Africa; and Kosta Peric, Deputy Director, Financial Services for the Poor at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Full details of the Tech for Growth Programme can be found here: great.gov.uk/campaigns/tech-for-growth
18 December 2020: 2020 saw headwinds continue to buffet the global commodity financing sector. In this GTR podcast, Tedd George, Founder and Chief Narrative Officer of Kleos Advisory highlights some of the crucial themes, from industry efforts to build resilience to ongoing tech development and ESG initiatives.
December 2020: In this new GTR podcast, Tedd George, Founder and Chief Narrative Officer of Kleos Advisory, given an overview of key themes from GTR’s recent Africa-focused virtual events, which took place in October 2020, from geopolitical trends to intra-bank collaboration and digitisation drives.
16 January 2021: Tedd George, Chief Narrative Officer of Kleos Advisory Ltd, chairs a podcast discussion on the importance of partnerships for scaling. This episode is part of the Department for International Trade’s Tech for Growth Series, which explores the role played by technology in financial services across Sub-Saharan Africa. The speakers are: George Odera, Head of Insurance Strategy at Safaricom / M-PESA; Josh Jost, CEO of Blu Network; Kristian Doolan, Founder and CEO of AgriVanguard; and, Simon Bransfield-Garth, Founder and CEO of Azuri Technologies. Full details of the Tech for Growth Programme can be found here: great.gov.uk/campaigns/tech-for-growth
2 December 2020: Tedd George, Founder and Chief Narrative Officer, chairs a fireside chat with Daniel Annerose of Manobi Africa and Fadel Ndiame of AGRA, discussing essential tools for transforming Africa’s agricultural value chains through phygital agriculture. This is followed by a panel discussion with representatives from the IFU, SwissRe, GIZ, AGRA, and Manobi Africa to give an overall view of the different stakeholders involved that are strategising Africa’s path to food sovereignty with Phygital Agriculture.
https://soundcloud.com/user-454957965/manobi-phygital-agriculture-webinar-podcast-dec-2020
30 March 2021: Tedd George, Chief Narrative Officer of Kleos Advisory Ltd, chairs Part 1 of a podcast discussion on ‘How mHealth is transforming the delivery of medical services in Africa’. This episode is part of the Department for International Trade’s Tech for Growth Series, which explores the role played by technology in developing services across Sub-Saharan Africa. The speakers are: Dr Andrew Bastawrous, CEO & co-founder of Peek Vision; Claire Morris, Director of International Programmes at Babylon Health; and, Shivon Byamukama, Managing Director at Babyl Health Rwanda.
5 June 2020
Tedd George discusses with Channels TV the variety of tech solutions that are helping West Africa manage through the COVID-19 crisis.
11 May 2020
Tedd George discusses with CNBC Africa the impact that COVID-19 is having on soft commodities in West Africa, notably cocoa, coffee, rice & wheat.
1 May 2020
Tedd George & Mario Ferro give their advice to graduates on job seeking during a time of crisis for the Re: Project.
10 April 2020
Tedd George discusses with Nigeria’s Channels TV how COVID-19 is exposing the digital divide in West Africa.
24 February 2020
Tedd George discusses with CNBC Africa Power Lunch how tech is transforming traceability and sustainability in West Africa’s cocoa value chain.
27 April 2019
Tedd George talks with FS-360’s founder Fernando Cabral about financial services innovation in Africa – fintech, mobile banking, blockchain and ML.
1 July 2020
Tedd George discusses with Kenneth Igbomor of CNBC Africa how West Africa’s key export crops – cocoa, coffee and cashews – have fared in H1 2020, Cocobod’s recent $600m loan for the cocoa sector and the outlook for West Africa’s 2020/21 cocoa season
8 July 2020: Fernando Cabral of FS-360 interviews Tedd George about how COVID-19 is accelerating Africa beyond the digital tipping point.
17 July 2020: Tedd George discusses with Channels TV how COVID-19 is speeding up digital adoption in Nigeria & embedding the next gen of tech, including e-commerce, mHealth and EdTech
31 July 2020: Tedd George speaks with Channels TV (Nigeria) about the outlook for global commodities, including rice, wheat and coffee.
7 September 2020: Tedd George discusses with Kenneth Igbomor of CNBC Africa Power Lunch the impact that heavy flooding in the Sahel will have on food crops, notably rice and maize
18 September 2020: Tedd George discusses with Channels TV (Nigeria) how digitalisation is accelerating in West Africa, how open regulators are to innovation and the future of tradetech in the region
6 October 2020: Tedd George discusses with Kenneth Igbomor on CNBC Africa Power Lunch West Africa the outlook for soft commodities in the region, the new cocoa season (2020/21) and prospects for value addition
1 October 2020: Tedd George gives words of welcome to GTR East Africa 2020 VIRTUAL, including an outlook for East African trade
16 October 2020: Tedd George discusses with Channels TV efforts by the IMF & World Bank to ease the debt burden for African countries and the outlook for growth in the region.
13 November 2020: Tedd George discusses with Channels TV (Nigeria) what a Biden administration could mean for US-African relations. #Security and economic #development remain Washington’s top priorities, but there is an opportunity to boost bilateral #trade which has fallen by half over the past decade, relegating the US to fifth place, after #India & #China.
22 January 2021: Tedd George discusses with Channels TV (Nigeria) the outlook for West Africa in 2021, the lingering impact of COVID-19, what the new Biden administration could mean for US-African relations and how can Nigeria benefit from the AfCFTA coming into force
13 February 2021: Tedd George discusses with Channels TV (Nigeria) the outlook for West Africa’s fintech sector, the challenge of ‘start-up poverty’ and whether ‘digital borders’ will continue after the AfCFTA has come into force.
5 March 2021: Tedd George discusses with Channels TV (Nigeria) the state of value addition in West Africa’s cocoa value chain and how the AfCFTA could help diversification
26 March 2021: Tedd George discusses with Channels TV (Nigeria) the impact that COVID-19 has had on West Africa’s soft commodities trade and trade finance, and what new regulation by the EU and USA against forced labour in the value chain could mean for the region’s traders.
