Executive summary

Agribusiness plays an important role in the agricultural transformation process by providing forward and backward linkages to other economic sectors of development. Apart from a rapidly growing local and regional market demand, the recent improvement in agriculture growth performance opens new opportunities on the supply and competitiveness of agriculture commodities on the continent. There is also a growing recognition on the importance of private sector investments in developing agribusiness value chains in African countries, as underlined by the African Union Agenda 2063, the Malabo Declaration and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.