GFBN exists to connect and enable the people and organisations shaping the future of food. We bring together industry, knowledge, markets, innovation and capital so participants can move from conversation to opportunity and from ambition to measurable progress.
Global Food Business Network was founded in Africa with a global outlook and a belief that food can be a powerful platform for collaboration. Our founding perspective helps us understand fast-changing markets, entrepreneurial ambition and the need for stronger connections across the food value chain.
GFBN is designed for global participation: businesses, professionals, investors, institutions and communities from every region areinvited to contribute and benefit.
Connect and enable the people and organisations shaping the future of food.


A connected, innovative, inclusive and sustainable global food industry in which enterprises, knowledge and opportunity move more freely across markets.
To build a trusted global ecosystem that enables food-industry stakeholders to connect, learn, grow, trade, innovate and create measurable impact through community, knowledge, capability development, market access, investment and collaboration.

The six pillars define the outcomes GFBN pursues. Membership is the gateway into the ecosystem. Platforms, programmes, events and partnerships are the mechanisms through which those outcomes are delivered.
Join a growing global community of people and organisations working across food, agri business and the wider food economy.