Kenya’s tropical climate and volcanic red soil make it an ideal place to cultivate tea. That’s why, for over a century, tea has been a major cash crop and the leading foreign exchange earner for the country.
Investments in new technology can’t make Kenyan tea any tastier, but they can help boost production and farmers’ earnings—and these are the goals of a recent IFC investment to finance small hydropower plants along rivers close to growing areas.
Deadline: 13-Dec-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The objective of the assignment is to assess the capacity and infrastructure needs for improving the production quality and dissemination of agricultural statistics to inform policy makers and the private sector for agricultural transformation in Kenya.
As part of the strategic partnership ‘Food for All’ between the World Bank Group and the 
Netherlands, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, IFC, and IUCN organized an event on GAFSP and the impact of Climate Smart Agriculture on October 28, 2016. Climate change affects companies in the agro-food and beverage sectors all around the world. They face increasing risks: from reduced productivity, new laws and policies, to reputation risks or volatile market prices. Effectively managing risks and opportunities of climate change is vital to secure long-term viability of companies and value chains. Integrating climate smart agricultural techniques and projects in business operations can help firms to become more climate-resilient and in the meantime reduce pressure on forests and other ecosystems and the services they provide. Especially in developing countries, climate change implies challenges to food security and sustainable food production and trade.
Since SCOPEinsight was founded in 2010, they have pioneered in developing innovative, universally-applicable assessment tools that measure the level of 
farmer professionalism in emerging markets. SCOPEinsight believes farmer professionalism is the key to structural transformation of the agricultural sector, and by providing business intelligence they aim to increase transparency in the agricultural market, lower investment risks, and increase business opportunities for stakeholders in and around the agricultural value chain.
I love the TV show “The Big Bang Theory.” It gives a sympathetic view of geeks, where the nerdy guy gets the beautiful girl—I just wish it had been made when I was in high school. I was the geek, without the chic. At the mercy of the big, macho kids, who seemed to have gone through puberty years before I even knew what the word meant.
On December 8, 2016 in Washington DC, as part of the implantation of the World Bank’s 
New Procurement Framework, the Bank is hosting a workshop on the World Bank’s Procurement Framework and the new Standard Procurement Documents (SPDs). This workshop will be the first in a series of events to update the private sector. The event will focus on the key regulatory changes and how the SPDs have been developed. Subsequent events are planned to be held in 2017 in different parts of the world reflecting demand.
This workshop will be run in person and simultaneously through an online platform (webinar) so that as many people can take part as possible and anywhere in the world. As such, to cater for time differences this first event will commence at 8am EST. There are 120 webinar participation places available, and 30 places for physical attendance in D.C. See below for registration details.
Objectives
The objectives of the workshop/webinar are to:
Format
The webinar is a World Bank facilitated event delivered by key members of OPCS procurement.
Chris Browne – Chief Procurement Officer
Enzo de Laurentiis – Manager – Procurement
Tesfaalem Iyesus – Lead Procurement Specialist
Diomedes Berroa – Lead Procurement Specialist
Registration
Registration is on a first come first serve basis. To register, please email your interest by Friday December 2, 2016 stating if you would like to attend in person or via the online platform (webinar) to:
Nancy Bikondo-Omosa – nbikondo@workbank.org
Barnaby Wiles – bwiles@worldbank.org
Confirmation of registration will be issued on Monday 5, December at which time the location of the event and webinar log on details will be provided. Please note that only one log will be provided to each company or organization due to the limited numbers.
Once all the places have been allocated, other interested parties will be added to a list for the next workshop.
Registration Ends: November 22nd, 2016
Event Date: November 22nd, 2016, 10:00 – 11:00 EST
Africa’s future depends on its roads:
Deadline: 28-Nov-2016 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is working with the PNG Departments of 
Treasury and Health to explore whether there is greater scope for the private sector to play a role in improving the delivery of health services in PNG. IFC has identified a number of focal areas where further diagnostic work will be undertaken to allow assessment of the potential for the private sector to support service delivery through Public Private Partnership (PPP) modalities. IFC is engaging the services of a consulting firm (Consultant) to undertake a diagnostic study to assist in this work
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