Africa Food Prize 2025

Deadline: Jun 27, 2025

partially funded

To Apply

Please visit the application link below to apply.

Opportunity Overview

The Africa Food Prize 2025 recognizes extraordinary individuals, groups, and institutions whose outstanding contributions to African agriculture are driving a new era of sustainable food security and economic opportunity across the continent.

📝 Opportunity Details

Date Published: April 17, 2025
Application Deadline: June 27, 2025
Category: Contest

🌟 About Africa Food Prize

Building on the values and principles established by the Yara Prize, the Africa Food Prize highlights achievements and innovations with transformative power. These innovations can be scaled and replicated across Africa to eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, and provide vital new sources of employment and income.

🎁 Benefits of Africa Food Prize

The prize includes:

$100,000 cash
A diploma
A trophy

The Prize can be awarded to more than one winner (up to two). If shared, each winner will receive equal prize money ($50,000 each), along with a diploma and a trophy.

✅ Eligibility Criteria

The Africa Food Prize can be awarded to:

Individuals or identifiable groups of individuals.
Established institutions, associations, organizations, or government bodies with a formal and recognized judicial and organizational structure contributing to the Prize's objectives.
Candidates of any nationality, profession, or location, whose work has had a clear impact on Africa at the national, regional, or continental level.
Contributions or achievements made in the recent past, preferably within the last few years.

Ineligibility:

Current or recent members of the Africa Food Prize Committee, or institutions/organizations headed by such members.
The Prize cannot be awarded posthumously, but it will be presented if a winner passes away before receiving the Prize.

🏆 Selection Criteria

The Prize Committee evaluates candidates based on the following:

Contribution to reducing poverty and hunger and/or improving food and nutrition security in measurable terms.
Contribution to providing a vital source of income and/or employment in measurable terms.
Potential for transformative change through scalability, replication, and sustainability.
Increased awareness and cooperation among African audiences and organizations.

📅 Application Date and Process

To nominate a candidate, visit the Africa Food Prize Nomination Portal.

⏳ Application Deadline

The deadline for nominations is June 27, 2025.

🌐 Learn More

For more details about the Africa Food Prize, visit the official website.

Apply now to recognize and celebrate transformative contributions to African agriculture!

Benefits

The prize includes $100,000 cash, a diploma and a trophy.
The Prize can be awarded to more than one winner, but not more than two. If shared, each winner will receive equal prize money (USD $100,000 divided in two), a diploma and a trophy.

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