*REPLAY* Circular Food Systems in Africa – opportunities and challenges for EU / African Cooperation

Organised by African Circular Economy Network

Objectives:

To present and discuss the role of the circular economy in creating resilient, regenerative and climate-positive solutions in African food value chains from the farm to consumer.

The opportunities and challenges for developing circular African food systems will be presented and discussed, particularly in the context of EU / Africa cooperation. African case studies will be presented as a panel with reflections from a European perspective. Links will be made to the relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Moderator (African business, female): Jocelyne Landry Tsonang, African Circular Economy Network / ACEN Foundation, Cameroon

Speakers:

Speaker 1: (EU Institution, NGO, male) – Piotr Barczak, European Environmental Bureau, Belgium

Speaker 2: (African Institution, female) – Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Nigeria

Speaker 3: (African business, entrepreneur) – Himkaar Singh, The Compost Kitchen, South Africa

Speaker 4: (EU / Africa global business, female) - Alyssa Jooste, ABInBev, South Africa

Speaker 5: (African University, female) – Elke Nijman, African Leadership University / Circular Africa / African Circular Economy Network, Rwanda

Speaker 6: (African entrepreneur, male) - Noël N'guessan, LONO Côte d’Ivoire