Africa Food Prize 2023

Call For Nominations: Africa Food Prize 2023 (USD $100,000 Prize)

The Africa Food Prize is the preeminent award that recognizes an outstanding individual or institution that is leading the effort to transform Africa’s farming reality from a struggle to survive to a thriving business.

The $100,000 prize honors Africans who are reshaping Africa’s agricultural agenda. It focuses on daring initiatives and technological breakthroughs that can be replicated across the continent to usher in a new era of food security and economic opportunity for all Africans.

The Prize Objectives

The Africa Food Prize recognizes extraordinary women, men, and institutions whose outstanding contributions to African agriculture are forging a new era of sustainable food security and economic opportunity that elevates all Africans.Building on the values and principles established by the Yara Prize, the Africa Food Prize puts a bright spotlight on achievements and innovations that can be replicated across the continent to eliminate hunger and poverty and provide a vital new source of employment and income.

Prize:

The Africa Food Prize can be awarded to any individual or identifiable group of individuals, as well as to established institutions, associations, organizations or government bodies with a formal and recognized judicial and organizational structure contributing to the overall objectives of the Prize.

The Prize can be awarded to any qualified candidate, irrespective of nationality, profession or location, whose work, and contributions deriving from the work, has had a clear impact on the African situation, nationally, regionally or for the continent.

The Prize can be awarded with reference to a specific contribution or achievement, or a series of efforts and results in the recent past, preferably within the last few years.

Current or recent members of the Africa Food Prize Committee, or an institution/ organization headed by such a member, are ineligible for the Prize. The Prize cannot be awarded to a person already deceased, but will be presented in the event a Prize winner dies before receiving the Prize.

The Prize can be awarded to more than one winner, but not more than two. If shared, each winner will receive equal prize money (USD 100 000 divided in two), a diploma and a trophy.

Nomination and Selection Procedure:

The nomination process for the Africa Food Prize 2023 starts with nominations being sent to the Africa Food Prize Secretariat by, 17 June 2023. Nominations must contain the information requested in the Nomination Guide.

The Africa Food Prize Secretariat then assists the Africa Food Prize Committee to screen and select candidates. The Africa Food Prize Committee chooses the prize winner by unanimous vote. The Committee has absolute authority and its decisions cannot be overruled or appealed.

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How to Apply:


If you are interested in this opportunity, kindly follow the link below to apply

Visit here to apply for the Africa Food Prize 2023

Application Deadline: June 17th 2023

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