The Africa Future Food Summit is the high-level leadership and strategic conference at the heart of AFMASS Food Week, bringing together the people and organisations shaping the future of Africa's food economy.

The Summit convenes CEOs and senior executives, policymakers, investors, development partners, researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs and industry leaders from across Africa and beyond to explore the major opportunities, challenges and transformations redefining the food industry.

As Africa's population grows, urbanisation accelerates and consumer expectations evolve, the continent's food industry faces an unprecedented opportunity to build stronger, more competitive and sustainable food value chains.

The Africa Future Food Summit provides a platform for forward-looking conversations on how Africa can increase food production and manufacturing capacity, attract investment, embrace innovation, strengthen regional trade and create resilient food systems for the future.

More than a conference, the Summit is designed as a meeting place for ideas, leadership and action.

Through keynote presentations, executive dialogues, panel discussions, fireside conversations, investment discussions and high-level networking, participants will examine the forces shaping the next generation of food manufacturing, retail, foodservice and hospitality in Africa.

The Summit will also provide an important platform for connecting public and private sector leaders, encouraging cross-industry collaboration and identifying practical pathways towards a more productive, innovative, inclusive and sustainable African food economy.

Held ahead of the three-day AFMASS Food & BevTech Expo and AFMASS Milling & BakeTech Expo events in Kenya and Nigeria, the Africa Future Food Summit sets the strategic agenda for AFMASS Food Week before participants move into the exhibition, technology, innovation and business networking activities that bring many of these ideas to life.