The Africa Food Systems Forum 2024 will take place from September 2-6, 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda, and is expected to be attended by approximately 5000 delegates from across the food ecosystem. Speaking to the significance of the event, H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, the Chair of the AFS Forum Partner’s group, emphasized the pivotal role of youth in accelerating the delivery of sustainable and prosperous food system.

“With an abundance of emerging African young talents, remarkable innovations, and proven practices and solutions both locally and internationally, scaling up adaptation and replication is feasible. However, achieving this requires mobilizing actions and investments on a large scale, especially from the private sector,” he said.

The theme for this year’s summit – Innovate, Accelerate and Scale: Delivering food systems transformation in a digital and climate era – underscores the urgent need to radically transform African food systems. This transformation should enhance local food production, bolster resilience to climate change, uplift African livelihoods, and harness the continent’s potential to tackle global challenges.

The Africa Food Systems Forum (AFS Forum), the world’s premier forum for African agriculture and food systems, brings together stakeholders to take practical actions and share lessons that will move African food systems forward.