Nourishing Africa and Changing Global Narratives
Nourishing Africa and Changing Global Narratives
African Food Changemakers and Changing Global Narratives
Olufunmilola Bridget Nworie
Lochids Limited
Chiamaka Nwakalor-Egemba
Dish L'afrique
Chef Pierre Thiam
Yolele Foods Inc
Claudia Castellanos
Black Mamba Foods
Amadi Jeremiah Chukwuebuka
Orgenic Natural Food
Halimot Raji
Brahamot Global Enterprise
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Building Resilence Against Climate and Environmental Shocks (BRACE)
Building Resilience Against Climate and Environmental Shocks (BRACE) is an intensive capacity development program supporting agripreneurs (SMEs) in the agribusiness landscape to be aware of how their businesses are affected by climate change and to enable them develop strategies to adapt and mitigate the impact of climate change through climate-smart practices adoption and tapping into the climate financing opportunities. BRACE leverages a hybrid learning experience to engage agripreneurs through training, peer learning, interactive sessions, and practical applications.
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Scaling Export
program (SEP)
The Scaling Export Program (SEP) seeks to engage an annual cohort of agri-food SMEs to build their capacity to export healthy, nutritious agri-food products across Africa and access international markets, specifically in Europe and North America through training, market exposure, trade linkages, and business support.
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Leading African Women In
Food Fellowship (LAWFF)
The Leading African Women in Food Fellowship (LAWFF) Program is a transformative initiative designed to empower and celebrate women leaders in the African food and agriculture sector. Over a six-month period, the program provides training, mentorship, and a supportive community for outstanding female disruptors, entrepreneurs, policymakers, chefs, trendsetters, and storytellers. LAWFF actively promotes gender equality, contributes to poverty reduction, and fosters sustainable economic growth, aligning with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Youth in Agri-food Export
Development Program (YAEDP)
The Youth in Agri-Food Export Development Program (YAEDP) - an export capacity-building program implemented by the African Food Changemakers and supported by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) - closed out in December 2022 after a one-year period of program implementation. The program kicked off in January 2022, attracting 7,484 applicants before 6,317 of them were shortlisted for the first phase of the program (training phase).
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This mini-documentary developed and produced by African Food Changemakers showcases the history, diversity, influence, and impact of Jollof rice in West Africa and across the globe. Featuring voices of entrepreneurs, chefs, and innovators on the Continent, this mini-documentary explores the cultivation, processing, packaging, distribution, and consumption of this popular West African dish. Our dream is that Jollof will become more popular than Sushi.
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