Dar es Salaam, 15th May 2026 — Geoffrey Kirenga, Chief Executive Officer of Agricultural Growth Corridors of Tanzania (AGCOT) Centre Ltd, will address Tanzania’s agriculture investment opportunities at a high-level webinar organised by Africa Agri Expo ahead of the exhibition’s Jubilee Edition.
The pre-event webinar, titled Unlocking Tanzania’s Agriculture Potential: Investment, Innovation & Opportunities, brings together Tanzania’s agriculture policy leadership and technical experts to explore investment pathways, technological innovation, and strategic partnerships shaping the sector’s transformation.
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, 19th May 2026
Time: 11:30 AM East Africa Time (EAT) | 2:00 PM India Standard Time (IST)
Platform: Zoom Webinar
Registration: https://lnkd.in/gesSiQec
The webinar is open to agriculture investors, development practitioners, research institutions, agribusiness enterprises, and policy stakeholders interested in Tanzania’s agriculture transformation agenda.
Distinguished Panel Composition
Mr Kirenga will join a panel of distinguished stakeholders driving Tanzania’s agriculture agenda:
- Mrs Beatrice J. Banzi, Director General, Tea Board of Tanzania
- Mark Magila, Executive Director, Agricultural Council of Tanzania (ACT)
- Michael Paul, Lead Consultant, Kamprad Consulting
- Dr Shadrack Jacob Mbapila, Centre Director and Senior Research Officer, Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI)
The webinar will be moderated by Rushda Zafar of TAB Group, the organising entity behind Africa Agri Expo.
Thematic Focus Areas
The webinar will explore critical dimensions of Tanzania’s agriculture investment landscape, including:
- Tanzania’s agricultural investment opportunities and growth potential
- Innovation and technology shaping the future of farming
- Research-driven solutions for productivity and sustainability
- Strengthening agribusiness value chains and market access
- Public-private partnerships driving sector transformation
- Strategies to unlock inclusive and sustainable agricultural growth
Strategic Significance for AGCOT
The invitation underscores AGCOT Centre’s positioning as a key institutional voice in Tanzania’s agriculture investment discourse. The Agricultural Growth Corridors of Tanzania (AGCOT) initiative, formerly the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) initiative, is a public-private partnership established to advance sustainable agricultural transformation in Tanzania. The AGCOT Initiative operates around three overarching objectives. First, it seeks to enhance Tanzania’s food security and accelerate agricultural transformation and green growth through coordinated public and private sector investments. Secondly, it seeks to ensure that agricultural growth and investment are implemented in a socially responsible and environmentally sustainable manner. Thirdly, AGCOT seeks to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and rural communities by facilitating their integration into profitable agricultural value chains and expanding access to markets, finance, technology, and agricultural services.
AGCOT integrates four strategic corridors: the Central, Northern, Mtwara, and SAGCOT Corridors, covering all major agricultural zones of Tanzania.
Partners within the AGCOT Partnership include the Government of Tanzania, global agribusiness companies, the Tanzanian private sector, farmers, development partners, foundations, and donor institutions. Each AGCOT Partner commits to partnership principles of inclusive and green growth and contributes to the objectives of AGCOT within its respective mandate.
Mr Kirenga’s participation reflects AGCOT Centre’s mandate to facilitate investment flows into Tanzania’s agriculture sector whilst strengthening linkages between policy frameworks, research institutions, and private sector operators.
Africa Agri Expo Context
Africa Agri Expo, now in its Jubilee Edition, serves as a premier platform for agriculture investment, technology transfer, and trade facilitation across East Africa. The pre-event webinar series aims to spotlight country-specific opportunities and convene stakeholders ahead of the main exhibition.
The webinar format enables international investors, development partners, and regional agriculture actors to engage directly with Tanzania’s policy and technical leadership on sector priorities and entry points.