Food Security For Peace & Nutrition(fspn) Africa

What Food Security For Peace & Nutrition(fspn) Africa does

Food Security for Peace and Nutrition Africa (FSPN Africa) is a Nairobi-headquartered pan-African non-profit organization operating across 11 African countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Cameroon, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Namibia, and Egypt) to address food insecurity, malnutrition, and climate vulnerability in agricultural systems. The organization serves smallholder farmer households, youth and women agripreneurs, rural communities, and urban adolescents through a portfolio of four major EU and donor-funded programs: HealthyDiets4Africa (HD4A, 2023-2028, EU-funded across six countries), CAFAESUP (carbon farming and AI-IoT enabled regenerative agriculture in Kenya and Tanzania), INNOECOFOOD (Horizon Europe-funded aquaculture ECOHUBS using AI and IoT across six countries), and Changemaker (EU-funded adolescent nutrition and NCD prevention in three countries).

FSPN Africa's core product surface consists of two proprietary digital platforms: The Shamba Calendar, a mobile farm management application providing weather tracking, soil analysis, pest detection, market price information, and a community knowledge library (available on Google Play and iOS), and the Community Virtual Hub (CVH), a digital learning platform on food safety and agricultural practices that was recognized on the European Commission's Innovation Radar in May 2026. These digital tools are layered on top of community-based field delivery via Living Labs, farmer groups, and partnerships with KALRO, Kenyatta University, Bioversity International/CIAT, BAYE Africa, and CIIMAR (Portugal), plus an INNOECOFOOD consortium of 20 European and African partners.

FSPN Africa operates a non-profit, grant-funded revenue model with no commercial pricing; beneficiaries receive all programs, services, and digital tools free of charge. Funding flows from the European Union, Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), Munich Re Foundation, GIZ, and Smart Development Fund. The organization reports reaching 202,243 smallholder farmer households, conducting 51,680 trainings, sequestering 346,269 metric tonnes of carbon through regenerative practices, improving dietary diversity for 128,384 households, supporting 6,008 youth and women agripreneurs, and targeting 1,140 adolescents through urban farming programs.

Name

Food Security For Peace & Nutrition(fspn) Africa

Legal name

Food Security for Peace and Nutrition Africa (FSPN Africa)

Website

https://fspnafrica.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FSPN Africa is a Nairobi-based non-profit that runs EU and donor-funded food security, regenerative agriculture, and nutrition programs across 11 African countries, delivering digital tools (The Shamba Calendar app and Community Virtual Hub) and field-based support to 202,000+ smallholder farmers, youth, and women agripreneurs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Development and Food Security Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Support Activities for Animal Production (11521)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Agriculture & Food Security Development (BPAGABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Resilient Livelihoods & Climate-Smart Food Security (BPADAJAH), Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition Technical Assistance (BPADAEAG), Maternal, Infant & Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) Programs (BPADAJAC), Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs (HLAJAKAH), Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (BPAGAGAI)

Keywords

• Agricultural development programs
• Food security initiatives
• Digital agriculture platforms
• Regenerative agriculture projects
• Nutrition education services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nairobi

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding and Donor-Funded Projects: FSPN Africa operates as a non-profit organization funded primarily through grants and donor-funded development projects. Major funders include the European Union (EU), Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), Munich Re Foundation, GIZ, and Smart Development Fund. Revenue is deployed as project implementation support, not commercial sales.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

FSPN Africa delivers food security and nutrition programs to smallholder farmers and youth agripreneurs across Africa through proprietary digital platforms — The Shamba Calendar mobile app (crop management, weather, soil, pest and market information) and the Community Virtual Hub (food safety and agricultural e-learning) — combined with multi-country donor-funded projects in regenerative agriculture, carbon farming, aquaculture, and nutrition-sensitive value chains. Services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries, funded through grants from the European Union, Global Resilience Partnership, Munich Re Foundation, GIZ, and other development partners.

Product overview

FSPN Africa operates a portfolio of digital agricultural products and international development programs. Its core digital products include The Shamba Calendar mobile app (providing weather tracking, soil analysis, pest detection, and market access for farmers) and the Community Virtual Hub (offering digital education on food safety and agricultural practices). The organization manages several EU and internationally funded initiatives: HealthyDiets4Africa (HD4A) focusing on food system diversification across six African countries; CAFAESUP promoting regenerative agriculture and carbon sequestration; INNOECOFOOD establishing aquaculture ECOHUBS with AI and IoT; and Changemaker addressing adolescent nutrition and NCD prevention. These products and programs work together to advance food security, climate resilience, and nutrition across Africa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Shamba Calendar: Agricultural app helping farmers manage crops with features such as weather tracking, soil analysis, and pest detection, providing real-time insights to optimize farming practices.
• Community Virtual Hub (CVH)

Products and services

• The Shamba Calendar Agricultural mobile application that helps smallholder farmers manage crops with weather tracking, soil analysis, pest detection, market price information, and a library of educational resources on farming techniques and best practices; available on Android and iOS.
• Community Virtual Hub (CVH) Digital learning platform providing virtual education on food safety, healthy agricultural practices, agripreneurship, and agricultural innovations for farmers and food system stakeholders.
• HealthyDiets4Africa (HD4A) EU-funded program transforming food systems through diversification to combat malnutrition while minimizing environmental footprint; implements Living Labs, a Youth Agribusiness Accelerator, and supports smallholder farmers across six African countries.
• CAFAESUP (Carbon Farming for Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability and Profitability) Carbon farming program promoting regenerative agriculture with AI-IoT carbon Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV), helping small-scale youth and women farmers in Kenya and Tanzania sequester carbon while improving livelihoods and food security.
• INNOECOFOOD Eco-innovative production and business program establishing ECOHUBS and improving local aquaculture farms using AI and IoT technologies across six African countries, focusing on fish, spirulina, and insect value chains.
• Changemaker Public health program co-designing sustainable health interventions with adolescents to prevent obesity and non-communicable diseases through nutrition education, urban farming, and environmental programs in rapidly urbanizing African cities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 202,243 smallholder farmer households reached
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• CIIMAR (Portugal)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Coordinating institution for the INNOECOFOOD project (20-partner consortium spanning Europe and Africa). Hosted the project kick-off meeting and provides scientific leadership for AI-IoT enabled aquaculture and ECOHUB development across Egypt, Ghana, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
• KALRO FARMING (Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 October 2023FSPN Africa's primary implementation partner in Kenya for the HealthyDiets4Africa Living Lab, hosted at KALRO NARL Kabete in Nairobi. KALRO provides the physical facility, agricultural research expertise, and institutional framework for the Living Lab that supports youth innovators in agribusiness and indigenous food production.
• Kenyatta UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 October 2023Academic partner contributing research capacity, student engagement, and academic credibility to the HD4A Living Lab and related food systems research initiatives.
• Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 October 2023International research partner providing scientific expertise in agricultural biodiversity, nutrition, and food systems transformation for the HD4A project across Africa.
• Business Acceleration for Young Entrepreneurs in Africa (BAYE Africa)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 19 October 2023Business acceleration partner co-implementing the mentorship and coaching program for youth innovators within the HD4A Living Lab, providing business development training and enterprise scaling support.
• Mercy CorpssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational humanitarian organization collaborating with FSPN Africa on the AgriFin Learning Event series, digital agriculture knowledge sharing, and agricultural innovation events in Kenya.
• Smallholder Farmer Groups and CooperativescoreOthersCommunity-based farmer groups including Kumok Farmers Group (60+ members), Changamkeni Women Group (24 members), Naurei Youth Group (18 members), and numerous additional groups across Kenya and Tanzania engaged in regenerative agriculture, carbon farming, and diversified food production.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Heifer International: Global non-profit working to end hunger and poverty through sustainable agriculture. Comparable in smallholder farmer support, Africa presence, donor-funded model, and value chain development approach.
• Digital Green: Non-profit that uses digital tools and video to lift smallholder farmers out of poverty. Highly comparable in digital extension approach, smallholder farmer focus, and developing-country context.
• Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD): Non-profit delivering agricultural extension services to smallholder farmers via mobile phones. Closely comparable in digital agriculture tools, smallholder focus, and developing-country rollout model.
• Farm Africa: UK-based NGO focused on reducing poverty in eastern Africa by helping farmers grow more, sell more, and sell for more. Closely comparable in mission (smallholder farmers, climate-smart agriculture, value chains) and donor base.
• TechnoServe: International non-profit working with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries. Comparable as both a food security and agribusiness accelerator; multi-country Africa presence with grant-funded programs.
• Self Help Africa: International development NGO working on food security, nutrition, and climate-smart agriculture across sub-Saharan Africa. Comparable in smallholder farmer focus, EU/European donor funding, and nutrition-sensitive agriculture programming.
• One Acre Fund: Large non-profit serving smallholder farmers across East Africa with input financing, training, and digital tools. Directly comparable to FSPN Africa's smallholder farmer focus, digital extension apps, and Kenya/Tanzania footprint.

Others

• Mercy Corps AgriFin: Humanitarian organization running AgriFin program with digital agriculture focus in Kenya/Africa. Direct strategic partner of FSPN Africa and comparable in farmer-facing digital tools and smallholder engagement model.

Broad incumbents

• Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA): Large-scale Africa-focused institution working on inclusive agricultural transformation across multiple African countries. Comparable in pan-African food systems mandate, donor-funded model, and policy advocacy angle.
• SNV Netherlands Development Organisation: International development organization working in agriculture, energy, and water across Africa and Asia. Comparable in multi-country Africa operations, donor-funded model, and food systems programming.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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