23–25 February 2027 · Gaborone, Botswana · Venue to be announced
Policy, national inventories, NDCs, project preparation and catalytic finance.
Proposed contributors: Summit Secretariat; Government of Botswana; partners and exhibitors
Expected output: Delegates registered and the B2B meeting desk opened.
Proposed contributors: Government of Botswana; AU Commission/AU-IBAR; SADC; development finance institutions; FAO; private sector and producer representatives
Expected output: Summit mandate, host vision and continental ambition established.
Proposed contributors: Host Government and founding partners
Expected output: High-level visibility for country priorities and livestock innovations.
Proposed contributors: Office of the Vice President/Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Lands and Agriculture; BITC; Business Botswana
Expected output: Botswana vision for jobs, value addition, trade, investment and climate alignment.
Proposed contributors: Ministry of Finance/NDA; Ministry of Lands and Agriculture; NDB; BUAN; NARDI; BVI; prospective GCF Delivery/Accredited Entity partners
Expected output: Blueprint components, investment logic, MRV pathway and replication proposition presented.
Proposed contributors: All participants
Expected output: Structured networking and bilateral engagement.
Proposed contributors: World Bank Group; IFC; IFAD; AfDB; GCF; EU; GIZ; bilateral partners; development banks
Expected output: Financing pathways, public-private roles and project-preparation needs agreed.
Proposed contributors: FAO; ILRI/CGIAR; AU-IBAR; GGGI; Verra; universities; national inventory teams
Expected output: Draft principles for a livestock MRV minimum package.
Proposed contributors: Finance and technical partners
Expected output: Country clinics scheduled.
Proposed contributors: Track A: MRV/NDCs; Track B: de-risked lending and insurance; Track C: enabling policy, SPS and trade; Track D: project preparation and GCF readiness
Expected output: Country constraints and priority technical assistance recorded.
Proposed contributors: AU/AU-IBAR; Botswana as proposed inaugural co-Chair; prospective fiduciary institutions; foundations; MDBs; producer organisations
Expected output: Trust concept introduced; governance and fiduciary feasibility pathway agreed; interim design group proposed.
Proposed contributors: Government of Botswana and partners
Expected output: Diplomatic, investor and partner engagement.
Animal health, feeds, breeds, alternative proteins, precision livestock and circularity.
Proposed contributors: ILRI/CGIAR; FAO; leading African producer organisation
Expected output: Integrated production-transformation framework.
Proposed contributors: Government veterinary services; AU-IBAR; FAO; WOAH; GALVmed; BVI; animal-health and diagnostics companies
Expected output: Priority actions for FMD/TAD control, diagnostics, vaccines, surveillance, AMR stewardship and market continuity.
Proposed contributors: Animal-health partners
Expected output: Technology demonstrations and partnership discussions.
Proposed contributors: ILRI/CGIAR; FAO; feed companies; forage and seed innovators; methane-solution providers; climate philanthropies
Expected output: Investment pathways for resilient feeds, feed balances, local feed enterprises and methane mitigation.
Proposed contributors: National breeding services; BUAN/NARDI; universities; genetics companies; breeders’ associations; science funders
Expected output: Climate-resilient genetics, indigenous germplasm protection and scalable reproductive services.
Proposed contributors: All participants
Expected output: Partnership development.
Proposed contributors: Prospective contributors: Bezos Earth Fund; ICIPE; African research institutions; sustainable-protein companies; feed innovators; producer representatives
Framing: Alternative proteins are considered as complementary tools for feed security, circularity and diversified food systems—not as a replacement for African livestock livelihoods.
Expected output: A complementary innovation agenda for insect, microbial, plant and fermentation-derived proteins that supports food-system resilience, biodiversity and livestock livelihoods.
Proposed contributors: Digital agriculture firms; telecoms; satellite/IoT providers; banks; researchers; standards and certification bodies
Expected output: Digital pathways for productivity, disease early warning, traceability, lending and MRV.
Proposed contributors: Water and circular-bioeconomy institutions; biogas, manure, water-reuse and black-soldier-fly innovators; municipalities
Expected output: Bankable circularity and resource-efficiency models.
Proposed contributors: All participants
Expected output: Networking.
Proposed contributors: Track A animal health; Track B feed/breeds/alternative proteins; Track C digital/MRV; Track D circularity/water/rangelands
Expected output: Country adoption packages and investment needs drafted.
Proposed contributors: Development finance institutions; foundations; venture funds; private-sector jury
Expected output: Shortlisted innovations, technical-assistance offers and investment leads.
Proposed contributors: Corporate partners and foundations
Expected output: Recognition, visibility and partnership announcements.
AfCFTA, premium markets, value addition, investment and country pipelines.
Proposed contributors: AU-IBAR; AfCFTA Secretariat; African private-sector leader
Expected output: Continental market and investment opportunity framed.
Proposed contributors: AU-IBAR; AfCFTA Secretariat; RECs; trade ministries; producer and processor organisations; trade-finance institutions
Expected output: Priority corridors, products, standards and investment constraints identified.
Proposed contributors: BITC; buyers and trade partners
Expected output: Buyer-seller connections.
Proposed contributors: Middle East buyers/importers; halal certification bodies; logistics and cold-chain firms; standards agencies; exporters
Expected output: Market requirements, buyer interests and trade missions defined.
Proposed contributors: Government of Botswana; BITC; BMC; Business Botswana; producer organisations; processors; MRV and certification actors
Expected output: Botswana market-positioning roadmap and investment-promotion narrative.
Proposed contributors: All participants
Expected output: Commercial networking.
Proposed contributors: Prospective contributors: Bezos Earth Fund; impact investors; foundations; food companies; buyers; African entrepreneurs; research institutions
Expected output: An investment agenda connecting sustainable livestock, complementary alternative proteins, ethical consumption, biodiversity protection and growing African consumer markets.
Proposed contributors: IFC; World Bank Group; AfDB; IFAD; NDBs; commercial banks; investors; processors; logistics and insurance firms
Expected output: Investible value-chain opportunities and financing instruments.
Proposed contributors: Country delegations; MDBs; DFIs; foundations; project-preparation facilities; private investors
Expected output: Country concepts matched with finance and technical partners.
Proposed contributors: Government of Botswana; AU-IBAR; GCF and delivery partners; FAO; ILRI/CGIAR; development banks
Expected output: First-mover countries and customization-support process identified.
Proposed contributors: Interested African governments; RECs; AU/AU-IBAR; country delegation chairs; Livestock Futures
Expected output: Transparent pathway established for future regional editions and ministerial follow-through; host locations remain TBD.
Proposed contributors: Government of Botswana; AU-IBAR; RECs; producer organisations; Summit rapporteurs
Expected output: Draft resolutions and follow-through pathway prepared for AU, REC and partner consideration.
Policy and finance sessions define the enabling architecture; production sessions translate innovation into country adoption packages; and market sessions connect those packages to buyers, finance and investment partners.
All programme and partnership enquiries are coordinated directly by Livestock Futures.
