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African Food Heritage & Identity
What Africa inherited, what communities know, what has survived, what is disappearing and what food tells us about identity.
What does Africa have — and what are we doing with it?
Official 2026 edition
Kenya Food
Summit
A continental platform connecting food heritage, knowledge, cuisine, hospitality, tourism, enterprise, trade, innovation and diplomacy.
Opening 30 November 2026
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30 November—2 December 2026
National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi
Beyond the plate
Food is more than what is on the plate.
Food carries memory.
Food carries knowledge.
Food carries identity.
Food creates livelihoods.
Food shapes destinations.
Food connects markets.
Food can become diplomacy.
The KFS journey
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The five pillars
Five conversations.
One table.
KFS brings the cultural, commercial, culinary, scientific and diplomatic dimensions of food into one connected conversation.
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The Business of Food
From production and processing to packaging, branding, enterprise, procurement, finance, markets, hospitality supply chains and trade.
How does heritage become a product, an enterprise and a market?
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Hospitality, Tourism & Destination
Exploring how food moves from cuisine to experience, and from experience to destination.
When does food stop being simply a meal and become a destination experience?
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Food Futures
Indigenous and underutilised foods, nutrition, climate resilience, sustainability, science, technology, innovation and future skills.
How can African knowledge and modern tools build resilient food futures?
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Culinary Diplomacy & Global Exchange
Connecting chefs, countries, cultural institutions, tourism organisations, enterprises, researchers and international partners through food.
No one comes simply to teach. Everyone comes to exchange.
The programme
More than a summit.
More than an expo.
Leadership, exchange, ideas and enterprise — designed as parts of one platform.
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Chefs of Africa
Africa’s Culinary Leadership Roundtable
A leadership conversation on the African chef as custodian, knowledge bearer, market-maker, storyteller, tourism ambassador and culinary diplomat.
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Chefs of Africa Invitational
An African Culinary Exchange
Selected chefs cook, collaborate, interpret heritage ingredients and exchange knowledge. It is an exchange, not a competition.
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KFS Summit
The Conversations
The intellectual and professional programme examining the five KFS pillars.
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KFS Marketplace & Expo
The Commercial Engine
Where products, producers, enterprises, hospitality, buyers, investors and consumers meet.
Marketplace & Expo
Where heritage meets the market.
KFS connects Africa’s food heritage and knowledge to products, businesses, buyers, hospitality, tourism, markets and trade.
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Who belongs here
A table big enough for the food ecosystem.
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Chefs & culinary professionals
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Farmers & producers
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Food businesses & MSMEs
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Hotels & restaurants
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Tourism & destination organisations
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Researchers & academia
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Government & public institutions
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Embassies & international partners
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Investors & financial institutions
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Food technology & innovation
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Cultural & heritage institutions
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Media & storytellers
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Youth & entrepreneurs
One connected system
We don’t separate food from the systems around it.
Food connects heritage to knowledge.
Knowledge creates skills.
Skills shape cuisine.
Cuisine creates hospitality and experiences.
Experiences create destinations.
Destinations create economic opportunity.
Enterprise connects opportunity to markets.
Markets create trade.
And food can open doors for diplomacy.
This is the KFS journey.
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Get involved
There is a place for you at the table.
Attend
Experience the conversations, culinary exchange and marketplace.
Exhibit
Put your product, enterprise, food or innovation before a relevant audience.
Partner
Work with KFS to shape the platform and its impact.
Country / Knowledge Engagement
Explore institutional, diplomatic and knowledge partnerships.
Africa’s Food Heritage.
Africa’s Food Economy.
The World at One Table.
30 November—2 December 2026
National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi