Photo credit:  Food Systems Transformation through School Feeding Programme, University of Rwanda Rwanda provides school meals to almost 4.8 million students – one of the country’s most ambitious investments in education, nutrition, and child wellbeing. However, as school feeding expands nationwide, attention is increasingly turning to determining how can these meals become more nutritious, more ...

The Africa Food Systems Forum has officially announced the launch of the AFS Forum 2026 Summit, a landmark event celebrating 20 years of driving food systems transformation across Africa. Set to take place in Kigali, Rwanda**, the summit will convene policymakers, agribusiness leaders, investors, researchers, and development partners to explore solutions for strengthening Africa’s agri-food ...

The Africa Food Systems Forum has officially launched the AFS Forum 2026 Summit, marking 20 years of advancing food systems transformation across Africa. The upcoming summit will bring together policymakers, agricultural experts, investors, entrepreneurs and development partners to explore strategies for strengthening Africa’s agri-food sector and improving food security across the continent. Theme Focuses on ...

For decades, Africa’s agribusiness narrative has been shaped largely by discussions around food aid, productivity gaps, and the vulnerability of smallholder farmers. While these challenges are real, they often mask a deeper structural constraint holding back the sector: weak and unreliable market institutions. According to Bharat Kulkarni, Africa’s challenge is not simply low production, but ...

By Brandon Moss  At the base of Musanze’s volcanic highlands, a quiet but consequential shift is underway. Across Rwanda, a new generation of young agripreneurs is reimagining agriculture—not as a subsistence activity, but as a technology-enabled engine for growth, resilience, and climate adaptation. By fusing data, sustainability, and entrepreneurship, they are redefining how food is ...

15% Meet Traceability Requirements • Agriculture remains the backbone of East Africa’s economy, contributing over 32% of regional GDP and employing more than 80% of the population (East African Community, n.d). The European Union absorbs over 60% of East African Community coffee exports (SEI, 2024). With the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and Corporate Sustainability Due ...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – October 3, 2025 – Smallholder farmers across Africa are increasingly adopting regenerative agriculture practices to boost productivity while protecting the environment. This was the key outcome of the Second Roundtable of African Farmers, which brought together farmers from Ivory Coast, Lesotho, Mali, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia. ...

With crop diseases costing Rwanda billions in lost yield annually, the government has intensified its biotechnology strategy, ushering in a new generation of genetically improved cassava, maize, and potato varieties. Backed by $9.8 million in funding from the Gates Foundation, these biotech crops are tailored to resist cassava mosaic virus, combat late blight in potatoes, ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Rwanda’s Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI), hosted a Digital Village twinning event as part of the Fostering Digital Villages through Innovative Advisory and Profitable Market Services in Africa (FDiVi) project. The event brought together more than 130 participants, including representatives from farmer organizations, ...

Trainees observe mushroom samples at the China-Rwanda Agriculture Technology Demonstration Center in Huye District, Rwanda, on July 17, 2025. (Photo by Huang Wanqing/Xinhua) By Dowell Sichitalwe In recent years, a Chinese innovation known as Juncao technology has gained ground across Africa, drawing praise from agricultural experts and farmers alike for its transformative potential in food ...