The role of African food plants and animals in health promotion and disease prevention, in attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2 (Zero Hunger) and 3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages) cannot be overemphasised. 

On behalf of the NEPAD SANBio and BioFISA II Programme Unit and all stakeholders, it is with great pleasure to welcome you all to 2019! We hope you had a peaceful, safe and relaxed festive season, and that you are fired up for the New Year.

Meet 67-year old Charline Rosie Morel, the oldest FemBioBiz Season 2 participant from Seychelles, a qualified nurse by profession who got her start in entrepreneurship later in life. 

Investing in good nutrition for the wellbeing of southern African individuals will have a knock-on effect on the economy of the region, say food security researchers.

The 2nd phase of the South African edition of FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme concluded on Friday last week in Cape Town, with four female bio-entrepreneurs selected to represent SA and Lesotho at the annual SA Innovation Summit to be held in September.

Mauritius, together with Rodrigues possess a rich biodiversity comprising both endemic and exotic flora and fauna and represent a goldmine for the global food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industry, yet it has been largely under-utilized up until now. 

With the increasing demand for natural products or plant-based products, the endemic flora and fauna hold immense potentials for the food, pharmaceutical industry and economic development. 

Clemence is a 45-year old successful livestock farmer in rural countryside of Chipinge, in Zimbabwe. He is a family man with six children, 3 boys and 3 girls, all of them going through primary school. In the past two decades, Clemence has seen enough change in technology for a whole life-time, starting from a time where one had to batter trade a cow for a mobile phone SIM card to now, where the same card costs less than USD 1. Now he does not have to write letters but send text messages.