18 Νοέμβριος 2025Insights from the 21st CAADP Partnership Platform and the 16th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security Kigali, Rwanda | 29 October – 31 September 2025 The 21st Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Partnership Platform (CAADP PP) and the 16th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (ADFNS) marked the first
22 Οκτώβριος 2025The FS4Africa Open Call 1 attracted a remarkable 404 proposals from 45 countries, representing a diverse mix of applicants (including startups, SMEs, public and research organisations, and NGOs). This noticeable response reflects the strong innovation capacity across Africa’s food ecosystem and highlights the strong interest in transforming food safety systems
26 Ιούνιος 2025This blog post was prepared by FSTS as part of FS4Africa’s outreach activities Across Africa, food systems are vast, complex, and often fragmented. Food systems refer to the interconnected network of activities and actors involved in producing, processing, distributing, consuming, and disposing of food. Small-scale farmers operate alongside large agribusinesses,
11 Ιούνιος 2025Offers up to €60,000 per project in funding for innovative solutions FS4Africa, a Horizon Europe-funded project dedicated to transforming food safety systems across the African continent, has officially launched its first Open Call for innovative solutions. With a total budget of €600,000, the initiative will provide financial support to at
10 Ιούνιος 2025On the occasion of World Food Safety Day 2025, four EU-funded initiatives — FCI4Africa, FoodSafety4Africa, HealthyDiets4Africa, and the Uprise Food Safety Project — came together to host the “World Food Safety Day Symposium for Next Gen Food Safety Practitioners.” With over 150 registrations, this online gathering, held on 4 and
30 Μάιος 2025Co-organised by FCI4Africa, FoodSafety4Africa, HealthyDiets4Africa, and the Uprise Food Safety Project, the World Food Safety Day Symposium for Next Gen Food Safety Practitioners will showcase the vital role of science in strengthening food safety systems across Africa. The event also aims to foster collaborative dialogue among the partners of these
22 Μάιος 2025In Africa, food safety goes far beyond hygiene—it is a matter of survival and well-being. Millions are exposed daily to foodborne illnesses caused by microbes, pesticide residues, and adulterants. According to the World Health Organization, foodborne hazards cause 137,000 deaths and 91 million illnesses annually. The World Bank estimates food
09 Μάιος 2025From April 24th to 25th, 2025, the International SOLID Symposium took place, focusing on the theme: Prospects and Applications of FAIR Linked Data Spaces. The event provided an opportunity to showcase the FS4Africa project through a poster presentation and a lively three-hour discussion during the VODAN/FCI4Africa session on Interoperability. The
05 Μάιος 2025My journey in the quest for data on food hazards in the Informal Sector By Folasade Oladiti (Graduate Research Fellow at IITA under the FS4Africa project) The first step towards solving a problem is knowing there is a problem and how much of a problem there is. Food hazards pose
29 Απρίλιος 2025FS4Africa has recently formalised collaborations with a series of transformative initiatives to boost food safety, strengthen innovation, and enhance resilience across African food systems. These partnerships bring together diverse strengths, ranging from digital infrastructure and research excellence to local empowerment and climate-smart solutions, laying the groundwork for a more transparent,
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