Roundtables
Focused dialogue where participants can examine a defined issue from multiple perspectives.
Programme overview
Structured support for participant progression
The Africa Forum creates room for serious, grounded conversation between the people working in agricultural communities and the institutions shaping opportunity, investment, skills and policy.
The challenge and opportunity
Programme rationale
Agricultural decisions are strongest when they are informed by field experience and a diversity of institutional perspectives. Too often, those conversations remain separated. The Forum is designed to connect them.
Who it is for
Intended participants
- Agricultural practitioners and enterprise leaders
- Education, research and skills institutions
- Public and private-sector decision makers
- Civil-society and development organisations
Programme objectives
- Connect field experience with institutional decision making
- Examine emerging opportunities and constraints across African agriculture
- Create thoughtful dialogue across sectors and generations
- Share useful insight through accessible media and resources
Programme design
Core programme components
Leadership conversations
Grounded exchanges with people building institutions, enterprises and agricultural systems.
Knowledge capture
Concise media and resources that carry useful ideas beyond the room.
Institutional exchange
Relationships that support collaboration, learning and better-informed action.
Programme delivery
How participants engage.
Designed as a flexible series of roundtables, interviews and public-interest conversations. The August 2026 edition takes place online on 11 August 2026 at 8:00 PM EAT / 6:00 PM WAT.
Expected outcomes
Participant outcomes
- Stronger exchange between practice and institutions
- Accessible insight on priority agricultural questions
- New relationships across sectors and generations
- Better-informed programmes, partnerships and public conversation