Media Coverage and Mentions

We rely on media engagement to raise awareness of our mission to advance Africa's animal resources sector. By leveraging various media platforms, including traditional outlets and digital channels, we can reach diverse audiences to address misconceptions, highlight challenges, and promote sustainable practices. Media collaborations serve as a crucial tool for AU-IBAR to foster dialogue, inspire action, and drive positive change in the livestock and fisheries sector across the continent.

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Latest News Spotlight: AU-IBAR in the News (January - December 2026)

Africa’s livestock sector can show the way to greater self-reliance - 31 August 2026
Africa holds around a fifth of the world's livestock, and produces just five per cent of its milk. In B&FT, Prof. Appolinaire Djikeng (ILRI) and Dr Huyam Ahmed Mohammed Elamin Salih (AU-IBAR) argue that livestock is where the continent's food import bill of US$70–100 billion a year can start to fall. Not for want of solutions: Ethiopia doubled milk production in three years, and West Africa's Meliteji WASU project has reached over 600,000 families. What's missing is scale — financing, harmonised policy and value chains that work across borders, not just within them.

Their message to ministers meeting in Kigali: leave with named commitments, not a shared statement of intent. Worth a read: https://thebftonline.com/article/africa-s-livestock-sector-can-show-the-way-to-greater-self-reliance #AFSForum2026

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