Vision
An Africa that feeds itself and supplies the world with safe, high-quality food.
About AAAN
Advancing Africa's harvest since 2015.
A pan-African agribusiness network, headquartered in Nairobi and working across Kenya, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.
Our story
It started with a question.
In 2015, three graduates shared one frustration. Africa grows some of the world's most valuable crops, yet its farmers earn the least from them. Harvests were lost to poor seed and poor storage, and raw crops left the continent cheaply only to come back as expensive products.
Aaron Appiagyei, an agricultural scientist, Margaret Paula, a food and nutrition specialist, and Antwi Kingsley, a technologist, asked a simple question: what if one network could fix every link, from the seedling to the shelf? They started in Ol Kalou, Nyandarua, with one nursery and 120 farmers. AAAN supplied clean seed potatoes and vegetable seedlings, trained the farmers in better methods, and promised to buy what they grew. Yields rose, losses fell, and incomes followed.
The model worked, so we took it further. In 2017 we came to Ghana's cocoa and yam belt, and in 2020 to Côte d'Ivoire. We added processing, so that more of each harvest's value stays in Africa. In 2019 we moved our head office to Nairobi, closer to our buyers, partners and the region's trade routes.
Today AAAN works with more than 12,000 farmers and supplies buyers in 15 countries. Our belief has not changed: African agriculture, advanced, can feed Africa and the world.
Mission
To advance African agriculture by giving farmers better seedlings, modern technology and fair markets, and by adding value to what Africa grows, so that more of the wealth from every harvest stays on the continent.
Our values
- Quality from the root
- Healthy food starts with clean, certified planting material.
- Safe and sustainable
- We farm in ways that protect soil, water and the people who eat our food.
- Innovation
- New varieties, smart tools and modern processing, put to work in the field.
- Partnership
- Farmers, cooperatives, governments and buyers grow together.
- Integrity
- Traceable produce, honest trade and standards our buyers can check.
- African pride, global standard
- Rooted in Africa, competing with the best anywhere.
Milestones
2015
Founded in Ol Kalou, Nyandarua, with one nursery and 120 farmers.
2016
Our seed potato programme reaches 1,000 farmers.
2017
Ghana operations open in Kumasi.
2019
Head office moves to Nairobi; first international shipments.
2020
Côte d'Ivoire operations and our Abidjan export office open.
2022
First processing lines: cocoa in San-Pédro, cassava flour in Kumasi.
2023
Dairy chilling and processing centre opens in Kinangop.
2024
Digital traceability for every farmer group.
2025
Export reach grows to 15 countries, including the United States.
2026
12,000 farmers; cashew processing opens in Bouaké.
AAAN in numbers
The network today.
- farmers
- 12,000+
- women farmers
- 42%
- farmers trained
- 28,000+
- seedlings
- 15 million
- nurseries
- 6
- processing and packing facilities
- 5
- tonnes a year
- 55,000
- export countries
- 15
- employees
- 420+
Leadership
The people behind the network.
Aaron Appiagyei
Co-founder and Managing Director
Nairobi, Kenya · BSc Agricultural Science
Aaron leads AAAN's agronomy, nurseries and farm operations across all three countries. He built the seedling and farmer-training model that AAAN started with in Nyandarua, and he oversees the company's growth into new crops and regions.
Antwi Kingsley
Co-founder and Director of Technology and Innovation
Nairobi, Kenya · BSc Information Technology
Antwi built AAAN's digital backbone: farm records, the farmer advisory app, GPS farm mapping and lot traceability. He leads AAAN's work to bring modern data tools to smallholder farming.
Margaret Paula
Co-founder and Director of Food Safety and Value Addition
Nairobi, Kenya · BSc Food and Nutrition
Margaret leads AAAN's processing facilities, quality assurance and laboratory testing. She makes sure every product meets the food-safety standards of the markets AAAN serves.