Trade facilitation
Connecting African supply-side businesses with international buyers, importers and commercial networks.
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's avocado sector connects growers, exporters, buyers, regulators, financiers and researchers across increasingly international value chains. That creates a need for a 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.
What we work on
Six pillars guiding the platform.
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 investment and business opportunities across nurseries, packhouses, cold chain and processing.
Inclusion
Supporting participation by smallholders, women and youth across formal avocado 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
Supplier discovery, sourcing profiles and business matchmaking.
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
Industry knowledge, research and event participation opportunities.
Media
Media enquiries, published materials and the media centre.
Sponsors
Current sponsorship opportunities published by the secretariat.
Exhibitors
Exhibitor applications, company profiles, meetings and lead capture.
Visitors
Published travel, venue, accommodation and floor-plan guidance.
Processors
Oil extraction, by-products and industrialisation.
15 – 18 June 2027 · Sarit Expo Centre, Nairobi