The first week of October 2025, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), Africa Technology Assessment Platform (AfriTAP), and ETC Group organize a pan African convening in Addis Abeba (Ethiopia) to critically reflect and strategize on the intersection of food systems and the digital economy.
The Grassroots Innovations Assembly for Agroecology is part of the discussion (Kenyan Peasant League, Schola Campesina, Prolinnova) and seeks to articulate the PanAfrican efforts with initiatives of other continents undertaking the same reflections, resistance and support to grassroots-led solutions; as necessary alternatives to imposed technologies.
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), a broad and diverse coalition of African civil society organizations championing food sovereignty and agroecology, in collaboration with the Africa Technology Assessment Platform (AfriTAP) and the ETC Group, is convening the first-ever Pan-African Gathering on the Future of Biodigital Technologies in Food and Agriculture.
AfriTAP brings together civil society groups, social movements, independent scientists, and legal experts committed to tracking and assessing the implications of new and emerging technologies on the continent. The ETC Group examines the impacts of new technologies on vulnerable populations, focusing on ecological and cultural erosion, global governance, and corporate concentration.