About

The permanent digital headquarters of Africa's avocado industry.

Convened by the Avocado Society of Kenya in collaboration with regional and international organisations across the avocado value chain.

Our mandate

From an annual congress to a year-round ecosystem.

Avocado Africa began as the International Africa Avocado Congress and Exhibition. It has grown into a platform the industry uses every week of the year.

Africa now supplies a rapidly growing share of the world's avocados. That growth has created a need the sector did not previously have: a single, credible place where growers, exporters, buyers, regulators, financiers and researchers can find each other and find reliable information.

This platform is that place. The International Africa Avocado Congress & Exhibition remains its flagship gathering, held at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi, Kenya — but the exhibition is one component of a wider ecosystem that also includes the Industry Knowledge Centre, the Resource Library, the News Centre and the Media Centre.

Everything published here is maintained by the Avocado Africa secretariat, and is designed to be updated continuously rather than rebuilt each year.

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What we work on

Six pillars guiding the platform.

Trade facilitation

Connecting verified African supply with international buyers, importers and retail programmes.

Knowledge transfer

Making agronomic, phytosanitary and post-harvest knowledge accessible to every grower.

Policy dialogue

Convening regulators, research bodies and industry around market access and standards.

Investment

Surfacing bankable opportunities in nurseries, packhouses, cold chain and processing.

Inclusion

Bringing smallholders, women and youth into formal, traceable export value chains.

Visibility

Positioning African origin fruit and African brands on the global stage.

Stakeholders

Who the platform serves.

Eighteen stakeholder groups, each with a defined route into the platform.

Farmers

Agronomy, certification and market-ready production guidance.

Exporters

Market access, protocols, freight and compliance intelligence.

Buyers & Importers

Verified African supply and structured meetings.

Investors

Pipeline, packhouse and processing opportunities.

Researchers

Peer sessions, abstracts and the resource library.

Government

Policy dialogue, phytosanitary and trade facilitation.

Development Partners

Programme alignment and smallholder inclusion.

Financial Institutions

Value-chain lending and risk instruments.

Nursery Operators

Rootstock, certification and genetic resources.

Input Suppliers

Crop protection, nutrition and precision tools.

Equipment Suppliers

Grading, packing, cold chain and processing lines.

Logistics Companies

Sea freight, reefer capacity and corridor efficiency.

Students

Career pathways, mentorship and campus programmes.

Media

Accreditation, press kits and the media centre.