The Ecosystems Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly (EBAFOSA)

What The Ecosystems Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly (EBAFOSA) does

The Ecosystems Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly (EBAFOSA) is a Kenya-headquartered pan-African non-profit institution founded in 2015 through a continental conference process. It operates as the first inclusive pan-African framework and platform with formal protocols, a constitution and rules of procedure, structured around five strategic pillars: clean energy integrated with ecosystem-based agriculture, policy harmonization, agricultural product standardization, innovative financing for climate action, and ICT-driven multi-stakeholder partnerships. Core institutional partners include UN Environment, the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), and the African Union (AU), and the framework spans national chapters in 15+ African countries including Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Benin, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire, Zambia, Mozambique, Gambia, DRC and Botswana.

EBAFOSA delivers its mandate through a federated model of country task forces, inter-agency policy groups, national launches and an innovative volunteerism network. Product and program offerings include the EbaGropamoja digital partnership platform, the Innovative Volunteerism registration platform, the Jangui Green Digital Investment Project, an EBA Training Manual, solar dryer technology and feasibility studies, briquettes production training (Uganda), biofertilizer production training (Nigeria), and cassava agro-industrialization programs (Uganda). The organization targets African governments and national institutions as its primary segment, with secondary focus on youth and local communities (climate-action enterprises, solar dryer fabrication) and smallholder farmers (sustainable agriculture, value-chain development, clean energy for processing).

The business model is non-commercial: EBAFOSA does not sell products or services and has no disclosed pricing or revenue model. Operations appear funded through grants, donor contributions and innovative financing mechanisms, though specific funders and grant totals are not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is conducted through a multi-channel mix including the EBAFOSA Perspective newsletter, Climate Action Digest, publications, infographics, video content and the annual Forum for Multiple Stakeholders in Africa, with no traditional commercial sales motion. Quantifiable outcomes to date include Cameroon's commitment to reduce emissions by 35% by 2030 through EBAFOSA-aligned initiatives and youth wealth creation through solar dryer fabrication and climate-action enterprises across Africa.

Name

The Ecosystems Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly (EBAFOSA)

Legal name

The Ecosystems Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly

Website

https://ebafosa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EBAFOSA is a Kenya-headquartered pan-African non-profit framework founded in 2015 that convenes governments, communities, and partners across 15+ African countries to integrate ecosystem-based adaptation into food security and climate action.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Adaptation and Food Security Services

NAICS

Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Administration of Conservation Programs (92412)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Resilient Livelihoods & Climate-Smart Food Security (BPADAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Agriculture & Food Security Development (BPAGABAB)

Keywords

• Climate adaptation services
• Ecosystem-based adaptation
• Food security programs
• Sustainable agriculture
• Capacity building training

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EBAFOSA operates as a pan-African framework and platform delivering ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) for food security across 15+ African countries. It provides policy harmonization, country-level task forces, ICT-driven multi-stakeholder partnerships, innovative volunteerism programs, and clean energy and agricultural capacity-building initiatives (solar dryers, briquettes, biofertilizer, cassava agro-industrialization). Core offerings include the EbaGropamoja ICT platform, Innovative Volunteerism Platform, country programs, and the EBA Training Manual.

Product overview

EBAFOSA is an inclusive pan-African framework and platform with protocols—a constitution and rules of procedure adopted through an inclusive continental process. The organization operates through five strategic pillars: (1) clean energy development integrated with EBA-driven agriculture, (2) policy harmonization across African nations, (3) standardization of agricultural products and derivatives, (4) innovative financing mechanisms for climate action, and (5) ICT-driven multi-stakeholder partnerships. The platform offers several products including EbaGropamoja for digital partnerships, solar dryer technology for food preservation, briquettes production programs for alternative energy, cassava agro-industrialization initiatives, and biofertilizer training programs. Additional offerings include the Innovative Volunteerism Platform for coordinating volunteer activities and the EBA Training Manual for capacity building. EBAFOSA maintains various information resources including publications, newsletters (EBAFOSA Perspective), climate action digests, and video content documenting climate action across Africa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EbaGropamoja Platform A digital platform operated by EBAFOSA that supports ICT as a driver of mutual multi-stakeholder partnerships among complementary actors across Africa's ecosystem-based adaptation initiatives.
• Innovative Volunteerism Platform A platform enabling volunteer registration and coordination of innovative volunteerism activities across African countries for climate action.
• Solar Dryers Technology Program Solar dryer technology for food preservation and climate action, with training reports and feasibility studies available for Uganda and Ghana deployments.
• Briquettes Production Program Training manual and project for producing briquettes as an alternative energy solution, implemented in Uganda.
• Cassava Agro-Industrialization Program Turning cassava challenges into opportunities along the entire value chain under climate change, implemented in Uganda.
• Biofertilizer Production Training Program Training program on production of biofertilizers, implemented in Nigeria.
• Jangui Green Digital Investment Project Digital investment project aimed at enhancing coherent cross-sectorial actions towards informing coherent policy implementation pathways for food and livelihood security.
• EBA Training Manual Training manual for Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EBA) approaches for food security.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cameroon commits to reduce emissions by 35% by 2030 through EBAFOSA-aligned initiatives
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• UN EnvironmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN Environment is a key institutional partner of EBAFOSA, supporting the pan-African framework's mission to integrate ecosystem-based adaptation approaches into food security across Africa.
• African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACTS is a listed partner providing technological research and studies support to EBAFOSA's climate action and food security initiatives across the continent.
• African Union (AU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe African Union is a key institutional partner supporting EBAFOSA's continental framework for ecosystem-based adaptation and food security across African member states.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Conservation International: Global conservation organization with significant Africa programs integrating ecosystem health with food security and climate resilience. It is a comparable peer on the EbA-and-livelihoods intersection, though focused on a subset of countries.
• ACRE Africa: Africa-focused organization linking smallholder farmers to climate risk management and insurance products. ACRE Africa is an emerging peer in the climate-and-food-security niche EBAFOSA addresses, particularly for smallholder farmers.
• IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature runs ecosystem-based adaptation and nature-based solutions programming globally and in Africa. IUCN is a peer because its EbA and biodiversity-for-food-security work overlaps directly with EBAFOSA's mandate.

Broad incumbents

• World Resources Institute (WRI): Global research organization working on climate, food, water, and sustainable landscapes with active Africa programs. WRI is a comparable peer in ecosystem-based adaptation and sustainable agriculture analytics and policy work.
• African Development Bank (AfDB): Continental development finance institution funding climate-resilient agriculture and food security across Africa. AfDB is a peer because it channels large-scale financing into the same EbA-adjacent themes EBAFOSA's framework targets.
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): UN specialized agency with a global mandate on food security, agriculture, and climate adaptation. FAO is a broad incumbent peer — it overlaps substantially with EBAFOSA's mission at policy and programmatic levels and is one of the dominant funders/partners in the same African geographies.
• UN Environment Programme (UNEP): UNEP is both a partner and a peer — it leads global environmental governance and ecosystem-based adaptation programming that overlaps materially with EBAFOSA's EbA-for-food-security framework across Africa.
• World Food Programme (WFP): UN agency addressing food security and resilience across Africa, including climate-shock response. WFP is a broad incumbent peer operating at much larger scale in the same food-security and resilience space as EBAFOSA.

Direct peers

• Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA): Pan-African institution headquartered in Nairobi working on agricultural transformation and food security across Africa. AGRA is the closest peer — it operates at the same continental scale and addresses overlapping farmer-, policy-, and value-chain-level interventions.
• CGIAR: Global agricultural research partnership running major food-system and climate-adaptation research programs across Africa. CGIAR is directly comparable because it convenes multi-stakeholder research-for-development work on climate-resilient food systems, the same conceptual space EBAFOSA occupies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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