Cities Leading Food Production

Kigali Convention Center, Rwanda

Empowering youth and farmers, building secure and resilient food regions

Agriculture is transitioning. Our goal is to bring emerging agricultural movements and established stakeholders together and empower the development of robust, resilient food regions in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the world at large:

  • Establish the African, European and Middle East business platform that empowers medium and smallholder farmers;

  • Improve profitability of participants through innovation and cooperation;

  • Build new regenerative businesses and partnerships through Living Labs to secure their longevity.

Cities Leading Food Production is developing itself as the guiding platform on new food systems. Read more about Cities Leading Food Production’s milestones during VIV & HAN ASIA 2025, VIV MEA 2025 and VIV Europe 2026.

Join international experts, regional leaders and senior decision-makers at the Leadership Conference on October 6th, one day before VIV Africa, for a full day of insights, discussion and valuable connections.

The conference offers a focused setting to exchange perspectives, explore key industry developments and connect with peers from across the region and beyond.

Cities Leading Food Production will host a speakers session at the Leadership Conference with Prof. Fadel Ndiame, Mark Frederiks and Ásgeir Óskarsson.

Leadership Conference, Oct 6 2026

11:00-12:00 Cities Leading Food Production: Empowering youth and farmers, building secure and resilient food regions

Session 1: De-risking the African food system transition

Prof. Fadel Ndiame
Executive Director,
Partnership for
African Social &
Governance Research
(PASGR)

Speeding up the transition of the African food system and de-risking through partnerships between EU, AU and the Middle East.

Sesssion 2: Unlocking Future Market Leadership in Food Production

Mark Frederiks
Managing Director,
Common Source

Building bridges
between cities and
rural areas by supporting
networks of networks through Living Lab collaboration.

Session 3: The Value of Blockchain in the Food Chain

Ásgeir Óskarsson
Managing Director,
BSV Association

Funding opportunities
from farm2fork and
fork2farm solutions,
rewarding social, ecological and economical impact.

VIV Africa - Expo for Sub-Saharan Africa, Oct 7-8 2026

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