Theme: Celebrating innovation, enterprise and impact

Objective

To recognize, celebrate, and support excellence, innovation, service, and enterprise across Kenya’s agricultural ecosystem—from farmers and agripreneurs to service providers, cooperatives, associations, and value chain actors.

Kenya’s agriculture sector is the backbone of the economy and a major driver of livelihoods, food security, and industrial development. While challenges such as climate change, youth unemployment, market inefficiencies, and low productivity persist, hundreds of stakeholders—from grassroots farmers to agri-tech innovators—are making bold strides in transforming the sector. More so, Kenya’s youth are the future of agriculture. While unemployment remains high, thousands of young people are already building businesses across production, processing, logistics, agri-fintech, and climate-smart solutions.