The African Agricultural Leadership Institute (AALI), is an independent international not-for-profit entity that provides an African perspective and voice in various services needed to accelerate Africa’s agricultural transformation, particularly among its political leaders, to women and young beneficiaries. 

AALI wants to promote leadership in African agricultural development among the growing ranks of African agricultural professionals who share the ideas, perspectives and voice needed to address the continent’s many challenges.

This vision requires that agriculture be seen as a business, a business which attracts the private sector and investments from governments and development banks to stimulate and modernize its progress.

This approach contrasts with the current situation where agriculture appears to be a neglected sector, with insufficient budget allocations from governments, and largely dependent on the priorities and funding of the donor community.

Agriculture should be seen as an activity that can substantially contribute to import substitution by stimulating economic development through market-based and private sector-led infrastructure.  For this to happen, the mindset of current leaders must change at all levels to recognize that a modernized and more resilient agriculture must drive Africa’s future economic growth. Success in agriculture requires strong leadership, as demonstrated in

Nigeria between 2011-2015, but also in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Ghana andMalawi. Indeed, the increase in food demand in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expected to grow from US$35 billion in 2015 to over US$110 billion by 2025.

To achieve this, AALI believes that there is a great need to promote leadership in African agricultural development among experienced African professionals, whose numbers continue to grow and who share the perspectives and voices that can lift the many continental challenges.

This is how AALI envisions dynamic and bold African leadership, supported by experienced African agricultural professionals. This, in order to catalyze public and private investments, to accelerate and support the necessary agricultural transformation of Africa, in particular for the poorest households, women and young people.

Agriculture should be seen as an activity that can substantially contribute to import substitution by stimulating economic development through market-based and private sector-led infrastructure. For this to happen, the mindset of current leaders must change at all levels to recognize that a modernized

and more resilient agriculture must drive Africa’s future economic growth. That’s why AALI has set a mission to advocate at the highest level with government leaders for the right policies to promote agri-preneurship among young people, women, and public/private investment.