Nigeria, Dec. 20 -- Agri-food entrepreneurs, policymakers, financiers and development partners on Thursday met in Abuja to discuss the state of Africa's agri-food sector and outline strategies for growth, financing and regional expansion ahead of 2026.

The gathering was organised by African Food Changemakers (AFC) as its 2025 End-of-Year Agri-Food Entrepreneurs Mixer and attracted over 500 participants across Nigeria and other African countries, both in-person and virtually.

AFC is a female-founded, pan-African non-profit organisation with a community of over 8,500 agri-food entrepreneurs across 49 African countries.

According to the organisers, the hybrid event was deliberately structured as a strategy-setting platform, aimed at posit...