Our Mission

is to promote modernization of African agri-food value chains from production to consumption through development and deployment of modern technologies and methodologies.

Our Vision

is of a modern, productive, and profitable agrifood system in sub-Saharan Africa that ensures food security, provides economic growth, and improves quality of life in a sustainable, equitable, and responsible manner.

Our Goals

• To create a framework that brings together stakeholders including entrepreneurs, innovators, investors/financial institutions, academic institutions, policy makers and farmers to create an ecosystem to promote modernization of the African agrifood system. Specific goals include:
• To create an ecosystem of innovation to promote technology and methodology development, assessment and deployment appropriate for the African agri-food system
• To promote public-private sector partnership to enhance entrepreneurship and business development
• To identify training needs and to build capacity to promote and sustain a modern agri-food system in sub-Saharan Africa
• To identify critical infrastructure and policy framework necessary for a modern agri-food system in sub-Saharan Africa