20 July 2026 – The African Agri Investment Indaba (AAII), the continent's largest dedicated investment platform for food and agriculture, will be hosted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 16-18 November at the Addis International Convention Center for its 2026 edition, the African Agri Council announced today. The decision marks a significant shift from the previously announced Durban venue, with the Council citing the strategic importance of Ethiopia as the headquarters of the Af

CAPE TOWN – 28 April 2026 – Africa's annual agricultural financing gap now exceeds US$100 billion. Meanwhile, the continent's food import bill is projected to surpass US$110 billion . That is the price of depending on external markets to feed a growing population. Yet the real crisis is not the size of the gap. It is that billions of dollars in pilot projects have already been funded, trialled, written up - and then abandoned. Innovations that work beautifully at 50 hectare

With less than 1% of global private equity flowing to Africa and an expected El Niño cycle threatening harvests, the Indaba convenes sovereign wealth funds, commercial banks, and insurers to make climate-resilient farming bankable. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Climate variability has officially become the primary driver of performance in African agriculture. Current warming trends, coupled with an expected El Niño cycle, threaten to heavily disrupt seasonal harvests across the con

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - It is estimated that Africa's annual agricultural financing gap sits at $65-80 billion. Current investment meets less than a third of the need. Closing that gap is not about more pilots. It is about scaling what works: from farm to fork, from pilot to pipeline, from commitment to reality.That is the central argument of the 2026 African Agri Investment Indaba, which takes place for the first time in Durban from 16–18 November 2026 under t