Innovators of youth, technology and Greens of Africa reshape the future of continent’s affairs
Africa’s commercial landscape is evolving at dizzying speed. Young farmers who transform agriculture to startups that have evolved on continents and eco-entrepreneurs transforming waste into opportunity, the innovators of the continent rewrite growth rules.
Young people take the lead in agriculture
At Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 In Dakar, the spotlights were firmly on the continent’s youth. The message was clear: the food future of Africa lies in their hands.
Young innovators reinvent agriculture, moving it away from subsistence to a modern sector and focused on technology that creates jobs and takes up climatic challenges. From precision agricultural applications to intelligent climatic practices, the solutions led by young people inject new energy into agriculture – a sector always employing the majority of Africans.
“Small farmers face obstacles to finance, technology and markets,” said Alvaro Lario, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). “But when young people put innovation in the photo, agriculture becomes a business, not just survival.”
African startups become global
Beyond agriculture, the technological scene of Africa quickly matures-and widens its imprint far beyond the continent. Despite a global slowdown in financing, African startups increase billions, hitting unicorns and, for the first time, repercussions Latin America and Europe.
According to the new data of TECHCABAL INFORMPORS IN AFRICA INFORMATIONAfrican innovation no longer attracts venture capital – it is exported. Startups of Uganda, Nigeria and Tunisia prove that African solutions can compete on a world scene, reshaping the perceptions of the continent in the digital economy.
This change marks a turning point: Africa goes from a testing field for innovation to a global hub of evolving companies and ready for investments.
Waste of wealth in Morocco
In northern Morocco, innovation takes a resolutely green turn. Which was formerly shrimp waste, thrown into a heap, is now reused in organic fertilizer by PGPR Technologies.
Founded by two young entrepreneurs, the startup transforms the shells into products enriching the soils that stimulate yields and restore degraded land. The approach not only supports sustainable agriculture, but also shows how Local solutions can generate a global impact.
“Each shrimp shell that we recycle is a step towards healthier soils and higher productivity,” said the founders. “It is a question of showing that nothing is a waste – only an opportunity.”
