Don't think of Africa as a hungry child, says a champion of Africa's food prowess
If you think that African countries have nothing to contribute to the global food supply, Ndidi Nunweli would like you to think about what you eat daily.
by Max Barnhart
Jan 02, 2023
3 minutes
You might not know it, but you're probably consuming food that comes from Africa on a daily basis.
Yet between sips of Ethiopian single-origin light roast coffee, our thoughts of African agriculture might be of destitute farmland and impoverished faces wanting for more.
believes that perspective is profoundly incorrect. She has been working for decades trying to change the narrative that African countries have nothing to contribute to the global food supply. She's founded multiple organizations — such as and — that aim to bring agricultural and economic prosperity to bright young entrepreneurs in, , and powerful voice in the world of African agriculture.
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