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About GLF Africa 2022

GLF Africa 2022: How to build an equitable, resilient food future brought together over 8,500 participants from 122 countries and featured 182 leading scientists, activists, Indigenous leaders, financiers, youth and government leaders, and 68 incredible partners to explore African solutions to the global food crisis caused by climate change, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine.

Across 31 plenaries, interactive sessions, launches, virtual tours, dialogues, performances, and a job fair, the digital conference explored ways to transform the future of food through healthy landscapes, equitable access to land, and shorter, greener value chains. Messages on social media rallied 26 million people around concrete ways for Africa to regain its food sovereignty.

Born and raised in the drylands of Kenya

Follow Charity Lanoi, a Kenyan dryland advocate and Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust (MWCT), who shares the message of drylands restoration as the habitat of keystone wildlife species. She also works to empower the Maasai women of Kuku group ranch economically through restoration-oriented projects. Charity also fights for the rights of the young Maasai women in her community.

Learn more about Charity Lanoi’s work as a Restoration Steward 👩🏿‍🌾

Fighting land degradation in Yaounde, Cameroon

Follow the journey of Sunday Geofrey, GLFx Yaounde Chapter coordinator, who works to restore soil in his community. He is a passionate farmer and runs an Integrated Farm in Yaounde, where he cultivates vegetables and does poultry and piggery farming.