GAIN Launches the SUN Business Network in Ethiopia to Scale Up Private Sector Engagement in Nutrition
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Addis Ababa, 12 May 2021 -
On April 27, The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, GAIN, launched the Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SBN) in Ethiopia. Co-convened by the World Food Program, SBN Ethiopia engaged all relevant small and medium-sized businesses involved in the country’s food sector to scale up and invest in the nutrition agenda.
The launch hosted a media press conference bringing in over 15 media houses from TV, radio and print. The panellists included Ton Haverkort, Country Director GAIN Ethiopia, Abenezer Feleke, Project Manager, SBN Ethiopia at GAIN, Abinet Tekele, National SBN Coordinator and Engidu Legesse, Founder of GUTS Agro Industry, one of the leading complimentary food and iodized salt processing companies in Ethiopia, the owner of which is also the chairperson of the SBN executive board representing the private sector.
Thoughts for food: Rethinking what Africa puts on its plate
African think tanks and universities were recently challenged to help shape the narrative on food systems transformation on the continent at a workshop facilitated by Akademiya2063 through its Malabo Montpellier Panel Program.
Akademiya2063 is an African-based non-profit organisation established to expand the portfolio of policy research and to support the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).
The Malabo Montpellier Panel is a group of African experts and think tanks supporting the implementation of CAADP.
The two-round meeting themed ‘The UN Food Systems Summit 2021: Identifying African policy priorities’ was in response to an invitation by the scientific group of the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) and part of a series of dialogues leading up to the summit scheduled for September this year.
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About GAIN
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with both governments and businesses, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food for all people. In particular, we aim to make healthier food choices more desirable, more available, and more affordable. GAIN’s mission is to advance nutrition outcomes by improving consumption of nutritious and safe food for all people, especially the most vu