Africa Cocoa and Coffee Conference 2026

The 2026 Africa Cocoa and Coffee Conference will take place on 7 & 8 October at the NECA House in Lagos, Nigeria. The conference will serve as Africa’s premier platform for policy dialogue, trade promotion, investment mobilisation, innovation, technology transfer, and private sector collaboration across the cocoa and coffee industries, with the theme “Building Sustainable Value Chains for Cocoa and Coffee across West, Central and East Africa.

The conference is organised by the Cocoa and Coffee Farmers Alliance Association of Africa (COCEFAAA), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) and other collaborating partners. COCEFAAA is a pan-African membership organisation representing cocoa and coffee smallholder farmers from producing nations across West, Central, and East Africa.

The event will convene Ministers of Agriculture, government agencies, development finance institutions, commercial banks, multilateral organisations, agribusinesses, exporters, processors, manufacturers, cooperatives, technology companies, research institutions, investors, and producer organisations from across Africa and the global cocoa and coffee ecosystem.

The conference will include panel discussions, exhibitions, business networking, masterclasses, coffee and cocoa tasting experiences, invest opportunities, and the newly launched Nigeria Coffee Revival Initiative (NCRI) project.

To learn more and register to attend, exhibit, or sponsor, visit the website.