Combatting Hunger
Advocating for the transformation of global agriculture and food systems to ensure food and nutrition security for all.
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Food Trade in Africa: The Kofi Annan Foundation at the AEC 2018
Earlier this month, about 400 delegates from Africa and beyond convened at the African Economic Conference in Kigali (AEC 2018). The conference...Read More
The Kofi Annan Foundation at the 2018 African Economic Conference
The Kofi Annan Foundation and the African Development Bank are co-hosting a dialogue on Intra-African Food Market Integration: Challenges and Policy Options...Read More
The Kofi Annan Foundation at the 2018 African Green Revolution Forum
Agriculture is critical for Africa’s future. This is why some 2,800 delegates from Africa and beyond met at the 2018 African Green...Read More
Snakebite: The biggest public health crisis you’ve never heard of
This article by Kofi Annan has appeared in French in Le Monde and in Spanish in El Mundo. A few years ago,...Read More
The Kofi Annan Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Working together towards ending hunger in Africa
Kofi Annan is delighted that the Kofi Annan Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) have renewed their collaboration to...Read More
How to address food-sustainability challenges in sub-Saharan Africa – by Kofi Annan
Despite its huge agricultural potential, Africa spends around US$35bn each year on food imports. This number may rise above US$110bn by 2025...Read More
Data can help to end malnutrition across Africa
This article originally appeared in Nature 555, 7 (2018). In 2000, the United Nations hosted the largest gathering of political leaders ever held....Read More
Celebrating Progress Toward the Global Nutrition Targets
Opening remarks delivered by Kofi Annan at the 2017 Global Nutrition Summit in Milan, Italy Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen – good afternoon. I...Read More
Building an Africa free from hunger and poverty
This article originally appeared in Al Jazeera on 7 October 2017. Africa is witnessing a quiet revolution which holds out real hope...Read More
Delivering global food and nutrition security in a sustainable way
This speech was given by Kofi Annan on 15 June 2017 at the Nutreco AgriVision and AquaVision Conference in the Netherlands. Despite...Read More