Africa Food Show Kenya 2026: Connecting Africa's Food, Agriculture & Hospitality Industries

Africa Food Show — 4th Edition

Co-located Show: The Hotel Expo Kenya 2026

The Africa Food Show is a premier pan-African business-to-business platform dedicated to advancing Africa's agricultural and food industries. Bringing together producers, processors, traders, retailers, investors, policymakers, regulators, researchers, financial institutions, development partners, private sector leaders, innovators, international buyers and community representatives from across the continent and beyond, the event serves as a strategic platform for innovation, networking, investment and trade across the entire agri-food value chain.

This year's fourth edition of AFS, which aligns with Kenya's Vision 2030 and the African Union Agenda 2063, brings together over 200 exhibitors from more than 30 countries, including national pavilions from South Africa, Malaysia, Egypt, China, Congo and South Sudan.

Co-Located Show – The Hotel Expo

The Hotel Expo Kenya is a premier platform for hoteliers, restaurateurs and hospitality professionals to connect, collaborate, source solutions and explore the advancements shaping the industry. From technology and sustainability to culinary trends, design and luxury services, the expo supports the sector's drive towards world-class hospitality standards.

Co-located under one roof, Africa Food Show Kenya and The Hotel Expo Kenya give buyers a seamless route to ingredients, equipment, packaging, technology and hospitality solutions — connecting the entire value chain in one destination.

B2B Matchmaking

Registered buyers complete a short sourcing profile — product categories, volumes, target markets and procurement timelines — and are matched against exhibitor capability before the doors open. Meetings are then booked into a diary with a confirmed time and table.

More than 500 meetings are targeted across the three days. A matched buyer arrives with four to six qualified appointments already in place, while a walk-in spends the first morning locating the right stand. Slots close ahead of opening day, and priority goes to profiles completed in full.

Conference

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), convenes a three-day knowledge conference under the overall theme “Transforming Agrifood Systems for Healthy Diets: From Seed to Plate”. The conference provides a platform for policymakers, private sector actors, development partners, researchers, innovators and the community to explore how agriculture, food processing, trade, investment, technology, food safety and nutrition can collectively contribute to agrifood systems that are more productive, resilient, competitive and nutrition-sensitive.

For Kenya, this dialogue is particularly timely. As the country seeks to expand agricultural trade, strengthen agro-industrialization and create employment opportunities, it is simultaneously confronted by rising rates of overweight, obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases alongside persistent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. Addressing these challenges requires moving beyond sector-specific interventions towards integrated food systems approaches that generate economic opportunities while improving the availability, affordability and consumption of safe, nutritious and sustainably produced foods.

The conference therefore serves as a platform for sharing evidence, showcasing innovations, fostering strategic partnerships and identifying practical actions that accelerate agrifood systems transformation — through dialogue among governments, Parliament, regulatory authorities, financial institutions, research and academic institutions, the private sector, producer organizations, development partners, civil society, youth leaders, entrepreneurs and community representatives.