Building the Africa we want requires investing in food security
Thursday, 16 October 2025
War is difficult to fully comprehend unless you’ve lived through it. I was just a boy, eleven years old, when my family fled our home in Bocoio during Angola’s civil war. We settled in Lobito, where my father, though a civil servant, struggled to earn enough to feed us. His salary was irregular, which meant food and other basic items we needed as a family were often unavailable.
- Published in Angola, Food Security and Livelihoods
‘We are proud again’: How farmer cooperatives are boosting food security in the Central African Republic
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
In the Central African Republic (CAR), where years of armed conflict, insecurity, and displacement have created a severe humanitarian crisis, access to basic services remains extremely limited.
- Published in Central African Republic, Food Security and Livelihoods
ForAfrika Champions African-Led Food Systems Transformation at UN Summit in Ethiopia
Monday, 11 August 2025
ForAfrika – the largest African humanitarian and development organization working for an Africa that thrives – joined over 3,500 delegates from around the world at the United Nations Food Systems Summit +4 (UNFSS+4) Stocktaking Moment, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 27–29 July 2025.
- Published in Africa, Ethiopia, Food Security and Livelihoods
New Agricultural Investment Initiative Secures $120M Dairy Off-Take Agreement, Transforming Uganda’s Dairy Sector
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
A groundbreaking new social enterprise initiative has been launched to empower dairy farmers in Uganda, backed by a $120 million off-take agreement with Amos Dairies Ltd. The initiative, driven by ForAfrika Social Enterprise, is designed to revolutionise the dairy supply chain enabling emerging commercial farmers to scale production and secure a better livelihood.
- Published in Food Security and Livelihoods, Social Enterprise, Uganda
A life inspired by Africa
Thursday, 03 October 2024
“Potatoes! Potatoes!” came the cry up the stairwell of the six-story apartment block in Maputo. It was the early 1980s and Mozambique was in the midst of civil war – and a famine.
Photo Essay: World Food Day
Tuesday, 01 October 2024
The United Nations’ 2024 report on Food Securityfound that the African continent is not on track to meet the food security and nutrition targets of Sustainable Development Goal 2 on Zero Hunger for 2030.
- Published in Food Security and Livelihoods
From garden to plate
Friday, 06 October 2023
With tools and watering cans in hand, Dickson and Sumaira join their friends to show off their school’s vegetable garden.
Refugees find “Godfather James” in Uganda
Thursday, 01 June 2023
Reaping rewards: James and the Giant Cabbages ForAfrika’s agricultural programmes inspire peaceful co-existence between refugees and those who host them Fred Mutenyo The dramatic increase in the number of refugees globally has cast a spotlight on conflicts that occur between refugees and their host countries. The competition for natural resources such as land, water and
- Published in Food Security and Livelihoods, Uganda
Central African Republic: Food security crisis
Friday, 25 November 2022
At least 50% of the population is not eating enough and only 30% have access to clean drinking water. This is an ongoing crisis due to lack of resources.
Angola: Worst drought in 40 years continues to devastate families
Tuesday, 08 November 2022
- Published in Angola, Emergency Response, Food Security and Livelihoods
