At last month’s Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Global Forum, AfriFOODlinks launched its Braided Investment Strategy – a landmark 10-year framework to scale urban food system transformation across Africa.
Building on the EUR 11.8 million seed investment from the European Commission, the strategy seeks to mobilise $200,000 per city per year over the next decade – to expand AfriFOODlinks’ work from 15 cities into 15 national networks comprised of 4 cities per country – at total of at least 60 cities by 2036. This represents a total funding target of $120million over 10 years. Each city will become a centre of excellence for urban food policy, governance, and practice – reaching over 120 million people.
Structured around eight thematic braids, Food Governance; Nourished Children; Healthy Cities; Markets and Infrastructure; Food Loss and Waste; Culinary Heritage; Enterprise and Livelihoods; and Urban Social Infrastructure, the9 strategy also features two overarching connectors: African Research and Network & Advocacy.
Together, these create an adaptive, results-based framework that blends donor priorities while sustaining the coalition’s shared learning and coordination functions.
The Milan launch brought together African mayors, EU partners, and global funders to celebrate three years of progress and set a unified call for the next decade of city-led food systems investment in Africa.
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