Africa Food Systems Forum (AFS Forum) 2024

The overarching goal of the African countries is to build productive, nutritious, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable food systems that have the power to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. While substantial progress has been made, overall, action to transform is not yet advancing at the speed or scale required and considerable challenges remain.

The Africa Food Systems Forum 2024 annual summit will be a timely opportunity to convene diverse stakeholders, including world leaders, investors, academia, farmers’ organizations, and the private sector, to spotlight innovations, technologies, best practices, business models, policy delivery mechanisms, and investments to accelerate food systems transformation in Africa and beyond, with youth and women at the helm.

This year’s theme highlights the urgent need to unleash and leverage the creative potential of the continent’s youth and women to accelerate economic development.

These efforts, complemented by innovations and digital technologies, will expedite the shift towards more sustainable, equitable, inclusive, and climate-resilient food systems. To achieve this transformation on a continental scale, the AFS Forum 2024 theme calls for prioritizing of three essential actions: innovate, accelerate, and scale up.