Top Agri Sectors to Watch: 2025 Investor Brief

Agriculture in Africa stands at the crossroads of innovation and necessity. With the twin pressures of climate change and population growth, the sector is rapidly evolving. According to the African Development Bank’s Feed Africa strategy, transforming agriculture into a high-tech, commercially competitive sector is not just an economic imperative, but a social one.

This 2025 investor brief highlights four of the most promising and transformative agricultural subsectors: Regenerative Agriculture, Sustainable Input Manufacturing, Irrigation-as-a-Service, and Agri-logistics.

The challenges facing agriculture in Africa: climate change, soil degradation, water scarcity, and post-harvest losses are formidable, but they also present immense opportunities for innovation, investment, and impact.